Reviews for Coed Llandegla Mountain Bike Trails

Llandegla LL11 3AA

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Review by: Bluefen on 23 October 2011

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Great fun

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A rode as relative novice on a hard tail.... What great fun, downhills had me whooping in delight and I found the track mentally and physically demanding but an awful lot of fun. Found the final third after badgers rise very tough going as I did this after the blue and I'm not the fittest but still will definetely be going back

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Review by: alexpeacock30 on 1 October 2011

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A great ride for intermediates with some great flowing sections.

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I have recently started riding this regularly after work on a Wednesday evening (late night opening). Both my husband and I ride, but with small children it's difficult to get out, and I've never been keen to go on my own. However, at Llandegla I feel totally safe - there are so many people around. I love this route. The uphill is really doeable. Those who complain there is too much uphill are obviously really unfit or have a way too heavy bike for this cross country route! The downhill is lovely and flowing and is great even in the wet. Maybe it is an easy red, but then it's up to you how fast you ride it.
I feel so lucky to have this as my local workout.
As for the cafe, the food is great and reasonably priced. Would recommend definitely. Am looking forward to doing the black sections next time I go.
Please also see my review of the blue which is awesome for beginners.

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Review by: Uncle Ben on 1 September 2011

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Excellent fun

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This is a local trail for me so I find I can get up ther every often. The black isn't anywhere near as fast or technical as CYB as others have said, and yes the first climb may seem a little excessive for what lies ahead by way of the black route.

However, I ride this route for fitness and fun and in that regard it supplies both very well. The long climb can challenge your fitness if you try it in higher gears and then the red/black takes you down some very good tracks where you can push 30 if you really want to.

I'm not the best of riders (in my own opinion) and own a modest hardtail Specialized and albeit a little bumpy in places, the trail is more than doable on this type of bike.

As for the facilities, I can't comprehend how people manage to give it bad press. Parking is £3.50, very reasonable, that is not excessive in today's world. As for the cafe, I have always found staff very pleasant with a smile for every customer and I go here very often.

The food is much better than many pubs and again, how can it be justified a rip off? Decent size bacon and egg butty for a few quid, fantastic coffee, this isnt a greasy spoon with awful food, it really does good food and I for one look forward to the cafe after a ride.

People travel from far and wide to try Llandegla and whilst it doesn't offer as much of a ride as the Marin trail for instance, this place does what it does very well and is always busy. I'd say that's testament to how good it is.

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Review by: AlexMcManus on 14 July 2011

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Good to play around on!

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The new freeride area had made it alot better, and its just a great place to play around and work on skills

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Review by: Mrjb on 13 March 2011

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the new section great

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Although the hardcore guys will complain the blue run is not challenging enough the new section of the blue run is fast and seems much longer. Many may disagree but kid downhill is better than the red run in terms of time having fun. In my opinion it is awesome, the only problem being you can get families going slow and being a little out of their depth.

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