Reviews for Kielder Mountain Bike Trail Centre

Summary:
mentally challenging ups, eye watering downs - big grin at the finish line

Review:
Completed the Deadwater trail this morning (30/08/09). A quick warm up session on the skills loop then straight into it.

The off road sections are very well designed and keep you on your toes most of the time.

The climb to Deadwater peak is immense, you climb and climb and climb then just when you think it cant go for much longer you climb and climb and climb some more then just to test you mentally that little bit more you climb further again. That just about does it justice.

After that though what goes up must come down, the long stretch of down hill is very exillorating, lenses at the ready as you cannot afford to blink if your eyes start watering as I nearly found out.

In summary this is a quality trail and i look forward to improving enough to try the up and over section in the future.

Summary:
Tough push up, a little bit short, but worth it!

Review:
I went to the black 'up and over' route on my stinky, the push to the top was hard and long, bailed on the northshore, at places my tire was the same width as the wood..which i didnt expect! But once it gets to the desent, it becomes technical, rocks and big drops hitting you fast!

Overall, a good track! even if it is a bit small! quite a high skill level needed! and id recomend a more 'DH' orientated bike to enjoy the track in full!

Summary:
XC only,hope you like climbing tracks,no furniture. Disappointing !

Review:
Mega waster needs a reality check,this trail needs a few rocky features ? it needs alot of rocky and other trail features ! I enjoy climbing almost as much as fast technical decents but the climb along the fire track a third of the way in is mind numbing before a ridiculous ladder of switchbacks. This is a mos-def a xc trail and no comparison can be drawn with Deadwater,Whinlatters n&s loops, Dalby et al. I'm hoping this is the skeletal inception and alot more is to be added. Definately stick to the Deadwater trail if going up to kielder.

Summary:
Fairly short but challenging all the same. For highly skilled riders.

Review:
The up and over trail is part of the deadwater trails. You can choose to return to the car park using the rest of the red graded deadwater trail or the black graded "up and over trail". If you opt for black be prepared for things to get tough all of a sudden.

The descents are steep, rocky and loose and the climbs more so. Initially you're faced with a climb full of extreamly challenging rock gardens. This is the "up". It's steep and at times seems almost impossible. Then comes the "over" which begins with some tricky north shore about a foot wide and a few feet high in places. It's a black trail so there are no chicken routes or ways around so it's do or die. It's all single track here and you never go more than a few metres without encountering some kind of obstacle. Tree stumps are even in play as the trail simply leads you straight over the stumps rather than around then in some cases.

A few twists and turns aside and you begin the descent. It's a bit hairy in places. Big rocks with big drops on the other side of them. It seems just about possible to roll most of it but at times you'll wonder how on earth you made it without going over the bars or scraping your chain wheels. It's a shame it doesn't go on for longer but it's still a blast.

Worth checking out but it's fairly short and very demanding. I likes it!

Summary:
love it

Review:
love the trail but you can get lost easy and what there building looks sick

tip go back next year