Reviews for Lime Burner Trail - Thetford Forest

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Review by: mooleysbike on 29 September 2008

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Flat, bumpy, ideal for XC riders.......

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I did this trail on a Downhill bike and it was complete overkill!! A good XC bike (or any bike weighing less than 45lb lol) would be more suitable, and probably a lot more fun!! I still really enjoyed it with varying surfaces, covered and open areas, and bombholes dotted around. My mate and me did the bombholes a fair few times, taking different routes just for a laugh. The best bit for me was the Beast which is near the end of the trail....

I give this trail an 8 looking through the eyes of an XC rider. But very low score if looking for something challenging downhill wise.....

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Review by: djjax2005 on 30 March 2008

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A* track, tight bends mud & alot of fun.

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all round good track with lots of tough parts and some easy. Good fun through the trees and mud but very hard work (take notice of what the sign says). Great towards the end when you come through The Beast trail would do that ova and ova again. good luck

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Review by: Jperry on 13 March 2008

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Good Ride.

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The narrow trails provide good riding. The sandy base does mean that it dries out relatively quickly, although can be muddy after heavy rain.

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Review by: spamjavelin on 28 February 2008

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Good two hour blast to clear the cobwebs away.

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A mate and I go riding here once or twice a month, as we both live in and around Peterborough (in the VERY flat fens) its a nice change to have to pedal up a slope. Lol
The black run has several bombholes on it, a small history lesson here, they really are bombholes.

During WW2 the whole east anglian region was home to many bomber squadrons, if one of the planes had to abort a mission and come back to base it had to drop its bombs before landing. If it had only just taken off it couldn't do it over the sea, so poor old Thetford woods took the hit.

But, it does create a great place to 'play' on the way round. The best of them is to the right of the trail just before the 'Beast' its bleedin huge and has 6 or 7 run-ins to it, but only one real way out.
Others have mentioned the 'Beast' this is towards the end of the black run, but a huge amount of fun. Another reviewer has mentioned about hitting the same tree. If its the one I think (top of a small left hand drop in/out with the tree on the righthand side) then I've had some close encounters with it too, including bouncing off the bloody thing and ending up lying upside down still with my bike between my legs in a fit of giggles, much to the amusment of my riding buddy. Lol
Over all, great single track. Yes, there are some boring bits but, you can't have everything in life can you? I mean where would you put it?.

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Review by: glido on 22 February 2008

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not as good as the red trail

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this trail is nowhere as good as the red trail which is under going some building works very good trail in the summer but winter its mud city i would rate the red trail as 8 but the black.......

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