This location close to Bike Park Wales has a very DARK SIDE!
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- Опубліковано 14 лип 2024
- Welcome to Afan MTB trails in the Welsh Valleys.
If you haven't heard of Afan MTB trails, then just know it has both trail centre offerings and some really gnarly enduro-style trails for those wanting to scare themselves.
I went to find out what Afan was like from the perspective of a normal rider, and boy did the trails escalate. What started off as a fairly chilled out ride, turned into one of the most challenging rides I've ever been on. The off-piste trails at Afan MTB, are steep, technical and just savage. So join me for another Welsh mountain biking adventure. I think you're going to enjoy this video.
If you are new to my videos then expect to see high quality riding vlogs shot in the same style as McTrail Rider and BKXC. I try to travel to the best MTB locations in Scotland finding you the best mountain biking trails to ride, enjoy and explore.
0:00 Intro
0:25 Welcome to Afan MTB trails
2:14 Omega trail Afan Forest Park
4:36 Some tasty trail-centre descents...
8:21 The best trail-centre descent at Afan!
10:06 Pont-rhyd-y-fen
10:50 Arriving at Afan Masts MTB
11:15 This is enduro Afan Masts MTB
13:19 Gulley Gulley trail Afan Masts
14:38 This trail at was sketch!
16:26 Hovis or Medic trail Afan Masts
18:18 Connect 4 trail Afan Masts
21:32 My thoughs on Afan...
The video was shot on a DJI Osmo Action 4 mounted on the chin of an Endura MT500.
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Hey guys. I forgot to put the route in the description so here it is...
strava.app.link/iyFUCYeZxJb
That was great to watch. I know exactly that feeling of thinking you may have bitten off more than you can chew but then making it and feeling relieved but still knowing it could have gone so wrong 😊 Keep the videos coming 👍👍
Will do! Cheers for all the positive comments 👍
I came for the excitement and the drama. Love it. Keep them coming Jamie.
Ha ha. Love it! Hope you found it 🤪😁
Been years since I rode my old stomping ground off Afan. Rode those trails as a teenager back in later 80’s! Lol😅 steel full rigid with a £5 Halfords light. Single track was a minimum so mainly rough fire roads at best. Prefer bpw though. My annual pilgrimage back home
Nice! Yeah, BPW is fantastic. So much good riding in Wales it seems 👌
Sheesh... That looked like a super fun little loop Jammie... Plench janky-Steeps in there!
Nice ride mate... :D
It was good mate! Challenging trails for sure. Hard with the glassy roots and loose rock on the same trail! Deffo recommend 👌
Brilliant Jamie, just brilliant...more ideas and inspiration for me for destinations this year. Thanks 🤘- ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
My pleasure Ricardo 🙏
Soooo much more off piste all over :) I could have shown you around ! :P
Wales is awesome 👌
Very cool Jamie. I'm probably going to be in Wales next year for some riding, so this is really interesting to see.
Mate, deffo consider. I think you'd enjoy it a lot 😀
Top footage as usual pal 🤙
Thanks man. Appreciate that 👍
Trails look great! You rode them well. Welsh Trails always look very steep and techy. As you said if you can ride those trails you could pretty much ride any trails. 😃🤙🤙🤙
Thanks buddy. Yeah, Wales seems fairly gnarly to me. Steep, techy and loose. Worth a visit for sure though 👌
The trails definitely got a bit spicy as you went along 😅, how you manage not to swear is beyond me 😂, top video as always mate 👌
Ha ha. Cheers buddy. I work in a school and a lot of the kids tune in. I have to be on my best behaviour 🙊
Glad to see you enjoyed the masts, and how you ended it there, is close to the words a friend of mine said to me when he started taking me to the masts… “If you can ride the masts, you can ride anywhere!” 😂 Great video.
Thanks mate... And also, thanks for watching until the end! What a great place to ride 👍
Fantastic stuff Jamie, this place looks really worth a visit...nicely done pal. Heading up the Tweed Valley this week, cant wait.
Ah nice! Maybe bump into you on the trails 👌
@streetpigeonmtb you never know pal, you see a bright orange trek slash say hi lol
@MTB_Trekker will do 👌
Trails look amazing mate 👌👌👌
You'd have loved them Dougie. A bit like the Golfie but with a lot more loose rock. A real challenge 👌
That looked so wishy washy at parts even I got nervous for a second 😂 fair play tho brilliant vid
Cheers buddy 👍
Great vid, I seen you on this day at my mates @Bethal Chapel Cafe. Was wondering if you got any footage. Masts are definitely not for the faint hearted. 👍👍🏴🏴🍻
Ah nice one. That's a cool wee cafe as well. Yeah, pleased I got some footage. Already feeling like I need to get to Wales again 👌
looks so strange without all the trees now, not been there since before it got deforested
Ah really?! When did the trees go?
@@streetpigeonmtb not long before the whole covid thing kicked off, i joined 100+ other riders that went up there to protest the destruction of the trails at the time ua-cam.com/video/QfG3t0TpLyQ/v-deo.html this is a link to it.
That was an awesome turnout! Looks very different 🤯
@@streetpigeonmtb more of my comments have disappeared lol. youtube is a strange :)
It can be!
Remind me never to be persuaded to ride at the masts!
😆 I know what you mean!
Gd stuff bro 🎉
Cheers brother!
Bike park Wales looks amazing, need to get myself down to Wales at some point which would you do for a first visit bike park Wales or Dyfi? well ridden pleasure to watch thanks for sharing Jamie! 😁🤙
Cheers Gary. I'd probably say BPW for the first visit. Only because I feel it has more variation and a more obvious progression for those wanting to build up. What I would say though is that both are excellent and neither would be a wasted trip 👌
It’s been too long since I’ve been to Afan, wasn’t brave enough for piste riding then, not sure I am now either having watched that! 😅😂
Ha ha. I'm sure I made it look worse than it is 👌
Only came here to listen to a grown ass man swear like a 5 year old and listen to cheese electro from 30 years ago, not disappointed 😂
Just kidding. Loved the video👍🏼
Absolutely savage! 😆
I've ridden masts a couple of times on my 140mm hardtail, the gopro really doesn't do it justice. Especially at 13:57 , so so steep, I've never been so scared on a bike!
Definitely mate! The GoPro effect is real on these trails. I was quite surprised when I was editing how flat the trails look. It's maybe because there aren't so many trees. Scary but fun!
Awesome stuff. We ride Afan once a year but not tried these. Did you have a GPX file at all? Would be super helpful to get the right trails. Keep em coming, cheers buddy👍
Should be able to download it here...
strava.app.link/iyFUCYeZxJb
What speed does your motor cut out at? Also, great vid mate 👍
25kph or 15mph 👍
@@streetpigeonmtb 👍
Heading there in June. Annual pilgrimage to South Wales MTB centres. Did you do to Dirt Farm?
Sounds amazing. Unfortunately I didn't make it there. I just had two short days. Not long enough in Wales - there is so much to explore!
@@streetpigeonmtb Dirt Farm is an inspiring place. Over half of it is way beyond my ability (big gaps, big drops, bike park stuff) but it's really well built, and has lots of progression. And you get pulled up the hill by a tractor. Watch Sam Pilgrim's latest video - you'll get the idea!
@DrFaroon Cheers for the info buddy 👌
Do you do Strava Mr Pigeon? Okay just looked in about 👍
I do mate. I've added a link to the route in the comments 👌
Try Barry Sidings
Keen. I've heard it's steeeeep!
@@streetpigeonmtb very!
you cut the bars down yet?
Not yet. It's on a long list of to dos 🙈
What route did you take?
This one mate...
strava.app.link/iyFUCYeZxJb
@streetpigeonmtb 😊 Thanks Bud
@fo5zie275 Nae bother 👌
Jeez, what an excitable drama queen.
😆 Nice Tony. I love that you've now written three negative comments on my channel. You clearly hate the content yet here you are again. Another view for me, another wasted comment from you. Keep at it brother. Hope it's keeping you fulfilled. And if it's not, maybe go seek a cuddle from a friend or loved one ❤️
Don't be a fanny Tony.
Shut up Tony, stop being a dick 👎
Tony, if you are not currently getting therapy you should look into it - you really deserve it dude.
Stop being miserable tony, there's honestly no need.