Reviews for Cwmcarn Mountain Bike Trail Centre

Newport NP11 7FA

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Review by: Pidge on 5 October 2008

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Ups and Downs, Literly!

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Great when you get there! Bad going up there!

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Review by: tmoboy on 16 September 2008

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Good fun

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Once you get to the top is where the fun starts, a good few tabletops then round the wall then through some tight fast trails, one last climb and then some good fast runs to the bottom. Good fum for all riders

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Review by: Gav1981 on 7 September 2008

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Great Trail

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Rode this on 3rd September in the evening at 18:30.

From the car park its straight into a tough climb with some technical stuff all the way to the top. Once at the top there are a few different routes to take. The downhills are great but not too difficult with a number of drop offs.

Would highly recommend with darker nights approuching that you have a bike light/ helmet light when doing in the evenings.

Overall a brilliant trail, just what mountain biking is all about. There is a bit for all kinds of riders here.

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Review by: konastinky888 on 7 September 2008

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awesome.

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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.

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Review by: John_Barwood on 30 May 2008

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Great Fun

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From reading the other reviews it seems if you're into DH, this isn't that great. I ride XC on a full susser, but do like to get stuck into some jumping.
The best parts are the boardwalk drops, the tunnel/corkscrew (easy to miss as the trail isn't that clear) & several tabletops throughout the course. The last three are the best. You can ride this section instead of part of the Twrch trail & it's much better. Even if you're not into jumping, everything is rollable (just go to the side of the boardwalk drops).

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