Reviews for Hamsterley Forest Mountain Bike Trail Centre

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Review by: Dazzerus on 18 February 2015

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Worth a visit

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Worth a visit if you are in the area but not worth driving past Dalby for. 22km of mainly Forrest tracks. The single track is at a premium but really good when you come across it. The transition section is a great down hill part full of berms, and drop offs. The climbs are tough. I did it on a wet day so everything seems harder, I would say that the climbs are harder than Dalby due to the uneven surface and degree of incline. I will be back on a dryer day to sample it again. Please get better (any) signage for the loop as I could not find it easily. Hamsto trail blazers keep up the good work.

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Review by: Dazzerus on 29 October 2014

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Ok for a fitness training session

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Limited in single track action lots of fore roads and one steep climb. Good for the beginner to get started and a basic introduction to basic single track for beginners or parents introducing their kids to off road cycling

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Review by: BrandyB on 15 August 2014

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Love it!

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These are my local trails and im there a lot. They are good trails with constant work happening to them. The red route is my favourite as it has the biggest distance but the blue and black trails are both good as well. The red has some cheeky climbs as well as some good technical singletrack downhill. The singletrack is well kept and loads of fun and easy for the average rider and more experienced riders. The black route is shorter and has a very cheeky rough climb but there is also some good technical singletrack downhill. I know a section has just been revamped which was good fun. The skills loop is good to have blast around for a warm up as it is near the visitor centre and has lots of feature that have chicken runs as well. The normal XC routes and the skills loop are free unless you drove so you have to pay for parking, but the 4x and DH you have to pay for. I have only rode the 4x which was a lot of fun. i rode it every day for a week straight just trying to get faster. I havent rode the DH trails yet but I know they are constantly getting maintained and improved. Definitely worth going to hamsterly though...

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Review by: Davidt on 8 April 2013

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Red route isn't interesting for the first part

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Went today and was disappointed at how boring the first part of the section was. I though there was never going to be any down phill single track. But after an hour of riding they finally turned up. Apart from the beginning its definatley worth a ride. Black route is much better in my opinion

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Review by: Davidt on 17 February 2013

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Good ride

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Went here today and enjoyed it. Was alot of uphill but the down hill sure made up for it. Skills area was good too

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