Reviews for Cwmcarn Mountain Bike Trails

Summary:
awesome.

Review:
yeah its good. freeride section is a bit rubbish, it only has 2 good drops, a tunnel (better to jump off than go through) some small jumps and a HUGE curved wallride. when i go i usually go there first to warm up before the DH. then i use some fast sections from the twrch trail to link onto the DH. the DH is really good. some big jumps near the bottom and a few on the way down too. lots of big rocks and switchbacks, step-downs, a 90 degree turn through a small tunnel, drop off a road, over a bridge, its all good well built stuff and some sections can be ridden really quickly, others bits, near the top mostly, are quite tight and technical and are not as fast. the uplift takes ages to get to the top mind.

Summary:
Stop Here on your Way To/From Afan/Brechfa

Review:
Rode the trail on 26/05/08, & they've made a few changes to the route, with mixed results. The climb is technical singletrack to about 80% of the way up, with plenty of exposed roots & rocks. This is great fun & a real challenge to get over. The new sections are right at the start (good) & about half way up (not good - smooth & less technical - I hope they're not going to do more of this like they have on the Beast in Coed-y-Brenin). Once you're at the top, take the freeride section - even if you're not into jumps this is much better than the very rocky Twrch at this point. From here there's a mix of climbing/descending on singletrack, which is reasonably technical. You soon come to a point where a hill is infront of you. You're heading left to go most of the way around the hill, when you get out into the open you'll be on a fast sweet descent which eventually hits fireroad. Straight over this (to another good new section) & the final descent is very fast (don't cut the corners), the best of the route.

Summary:
great all round track

Review:
First half is very technical and second half very fast with awesome jumps,drops and berms. Well worth the trip especially with there being a cwmdown uplift service there.

Summary:
good trek.

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bloody hard climb.... but the down is well worth the struggle.

Summary:
great day out

Review:
the bottom part of the course was diverted but was hell of a day the killer hill climbs were just the trick to warm you up, and the down hills what can i say fast scary well worth a trip.. stayed there for over half aday just pure fun,,,,,,, weather very sunny but cold -5 in the woods this morning