Any Welsh MTBers?

[Xiorell]

Look at it this way, where you are located your going to run out of road ride routes fairly quickly, where I am there are more routes than round Merthyr and I struggled to find new routes pretty quickly when we moved here, unless you are looking to put in a ton everyday. Been here 10 years now and still finding new off road gems.

You ain't wrong!
Also selling off my gaming PC , buy a fancier MTB if I raise a few quid

 

[Moss]

You need a local guide? I'm a road cyclist and XC trail biker. (living in the Methyr Tydfil area) Do-not sell your road bike> the Taff Trail and other routes through country lanes are suitable for a road bike. MTB cycling is on your doorstep in Merthyr; and you don't need to go play in the new Wales MTB centre. Many other places close by to experience all the thrills of MTB riding .

 

[Xiorell]

You need a local guide? I'm a road cyclist and XC trail biker. (living in the Methyr Tydfil area) Do-not sell your road bike> the Taff Trail and other routes through country lanes are suitable for a road bike. MTB cycling is on your doorstep in Merthyr; and you don't need to go play in the new Wales MTB centre. Many other places close by to experience all the thrills of MTB riding .

Hey mate
Thanks a lot for the guide offer may have to take you up on that!
Thing with selling my roadie, is that I am sure now I'm definitely more infested in going OFF the beaten trail so to speak.
I can't really afford to buy a worthwhile MTB without selling off the road bike. Well, unless I settle for some old beat up rigid , which does have a certain appeal but I know it'll leave me wanting more.

Besides, it gives me an excuse to build or buy a fancier road bike once we're back on our feet financially.... Think I'd like a higher, 105 or better group set anyway and been looking at imported carbon fibre stuff for a while now ;-)

 

[Xiorell]

So I went up to Gethin woods cycle park today.
Good times. Bloody knackered now though

 

[lukesdad]

What's it like, everything its cracked up to be ?

 

[Xiorell]

What's it like, everything its cracked up to be ?

Well my experience of such places is non existent BUT I had a good laugh! I think a blue trail is about right for me at this point
I'll book the uplift next time coz I found hill climbing on a MTB very very different to road climbing (even on the smoother bits today) so next time will just be a self gratifying trip lol , not every time though.

But no, nice place for a cycle park, most fun I've had with my trousers on in a long time (at least after cycled all the way up a bloody mountain) and a wicked BLT lunch