For even more info check out the Bike Park Wales podcast episode...... www.buzzsprout.com/admin/episodes/1436419-bike-park-wales-all-you-need-to-know-about-bpw
Having just started mtb'ing and went to Wales yesterday, I have huge respect for what you guys are doing. I'm comfortable on blues but they drops are the ones that shit me up, need to get some practice in and get my manuals a lot better. Great work!
Thanks Alex, They do love a blind drop at Bike Park Wales....even if they are small they can still be intimidating when you don't know the trail. Check out a few 'drops' tutorials ..... once you have the technique down then you can carry it to any size drop, that coupled with the right speed and you can drop anything! (within reason) Good luck!
Love to be able to send jumps like that, I had a big OTB after landing a jump, the front wheel folded after landing and sent me like superman down the trail. Now even small jumps or drops cause me to stiffen up an ride around. 😩
kerry powell wow that sounds nasty! It sounds like you could do with building the confidence back up. Maybe find a section of jumps that are fairly mellow and keep riding them and add a bit more speed each run (if comfortable) . The only way to get comfortable in the air is to keep practicing.......🤷🏼♂️
carl bagz Thanks Carl! 👍🏼 I threw in the towel until I chatted with the guys at the top😂..... and luckily my bike soaked up the case on the first run through other wise it would have been lights out!!! Glad you liked it👍🏼
You do the best trail centre review videos, love the way you look at some of the more interesting/challenging features and also facilities etc. Have been missing these over the past year or so. Hope you start again when we finally start travelling again.
Thanks for tuning in Matthew, Glad you like them! Yeah it's been tricky to make content recently.....especially as my videos revolve around traveling ! hahaa I have lots of ideas.....looking forward to putting them into action soon! which this space!
GAVIN LEIGHTON Thanks Gavin! I’m so pleased you enjoyed them all..... The aim was to give you all the info you needed.... loads more over on the podcast too!! Thanks for your kind words👍🏼
I've just got back in to riding after four years off following a riding accident. My best ever riding experience was racing in the Welsh champs starting on the enter the dragon jump line with loads of people cheering us on. I did a lot of races but that was the best track and most fun race weekend ever.
Nice to see you were honest with your assessment of the difficulty of some of the trails. good to see the effort with a prerun otherwise you'll end up hurt!
Lee Prendergast Thanks, yeah I do my best to give an insight into what it’s like. I think all the red jump trails and black runs need a pre run otherwise you almost end up in hospital whilst coming up short on a road gap 😂
Love all the different angles you get in the videos, these are the kind of MTB vidoes that will do well. People get bored of just POV constantly. However this is a bit more fresh. Sick riding. My drop limit is about 3ft and every time I hit a table just now I'm still grabbing the brakes. "Not today" is my over used phrase!
Kenny Bunting Cheers Kenny👍 Yeah I want to try and keep it interesting..... there’s enough POV out there that’s for sure! Keep building up the confidence and your be sending ‘enter the dragon’ in no time 😜
Used your review of 50 Shades as a blueprint for my run this week. Worked a treat, and gave me a heads up about the cheeky monster step down in the second section. I didn't have quite enough skill for that and your vid stopped me blindly going for it. (Go Pro effect on other vids initially made me think it was smaller than it actually was) Spot on - thanks! BTW I don;t think many people bother with the little blacks over by Bluebelle - but next visit check out the new drop into Half Cut.... :-o !! Cheers bud....
Average Joe That’s awesome that it really helped! I think that step down must have coughs a few people out over the years! The drop in to half cut used to be a pokey ole thing.... pretty savage little trail that!! Thanks for the comment and pleased I could help you out 👍🏼
Snail Cheers snail👍🏼 That’s awesome, pleased it got you to book something up! Not sure where you’re based but there’s quite a few Mtb groups of Facebook that do group rides..... if your ever in the South East, let me know and maybe we could go for a ride👍🏼
Excellent and fair play for riding the black trails blind. I don't think personally I'm missing out by not riding them. Much prefer the flowy red and blue trails that open up to all abilities. Good video and pat on the back for enter the dragon.
Sixty Seconds of Stephens Thanks mate.... the dragon had me scared for sure! Great flowy fun to be had on the blues and reds..... don’t blame you there!
Absolutely! I thought i was going to be ejected down the landing twice that day! somehow the bike soaked it up and saved me from a couple of broken collar bones!!!
@@MtbTrailHub morzine looks amazing I want to do it so much but I have only been riding since march lol and running a hardtail 29nr I fancy a full sus but times are hard hahah
Beverley Mtb'rs I’ve put together a really good beginners loop which will be in my first video..... nothing but greens and blue trails. A hardtail would be ok on the easier trails👍🏼
Mate, watched a few of your vids now and they're spot on. Best trail review vids I've seen, make me want to get back to Wales after a few years away. New sub here, keep em coming!! Cheers dude
Did 50 shades after 2 years of riding, basically 2 week long finalie trips and 1 week in Alps and a couple of races. Walked the big drop ! Road gap just before was okay though. This stuff is fun, though I'm still working up to doing big jumps.
I’m soooooo shit at jumps but I like enter the dragon cos u can just roll the HUGE jumps and then just go flat out the rest of the way .......🤣🤟🏾👍🏽 ( that’s what I do anyway) probably get laughed at but who cares
Thanks, glad you enjoyed it! There's no way i'd have done it without the other guys there! Hahaa, remember.....clear the step down and don't touch the brakes at all!
Mtb Trail Hub YES , I nailed enter the dragon , only crashed once on the gap jump out of the woods , I think you took the right hand side small drop , great video you smashed it on the huge jumps , big air , you went twice as high as me but I’m happy I got through it
What is the reign like. I have a giant Hybrid roam and it is very solid and really goes. The geometry doesn’t suit me that well though. I noticed that it seemed smoother when you went faster
vince King It’s an animal tbh..... great bike and very capable of almost any trail. Hard to floor it in anyway, It is quite a big bike to pedal around trail centres but destroys the decents! 👌
Thanks, glad you enjoyed it! Fingers crossed we will get the green light to travel soon! My bike is a 160mm which is more than enough for BPW. If you're after a bit more info i've done a write up on my website too - mtbtrailhub.com/mtb-trails/bike-park-wales-ultimate-guide/
100% I did it a few weeks ago, caught the first and last uplifts and only stopped 15mins in-between, just kept catching uplifts with no queue even on busy day. Exhausting but so much fun
Same as the red trail video. Good trail information coming through in the video. You need to refrain from walking back up the trails and stopping in the middle of them though. This video will be seen by a large number of people that will consider it as acceptable behaviour. This is not the case and is dangerous for you and other riders descending the trails.
Thanks, yeah I see your point. I’m always very aware while filming but others might not be.....If you’re about to try a new feature then you must look first....
Steve Murphy I don’t think it does actually..... there is a section below the cafe which looks like a skills section but you need to pedal back to the top each time.
Going off the info on the map..... 50 shades is the longest gnar trail. Bear in mind it carries on past the jumps shown in the video. There is a couple more pro lines but I’ve not ridden them tbh. I get the feeling there isn’t a huge amount of technical trail beyond what’s in this vid. If you want harder features then get a ticket to rampage mate 😂. Or go to Revolution 👍
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For even more info check out the Bike Park Wales podcast episode...... www.buzzsprout.com/admin/episodes/1436419-bike-park-wales-all-you-need-to-know-about-bpw
Having just started mtb'ing and went to Wales yesterday, I have huge respect for what you guys are doing. I'm comfortable on blues but they drops are the ones that shit me up, need to get some practice in and get my manuals a lot better. Great work!
Thanks Alex, They do love a blind drop at Bike Park Wales....even if they are small they can still be intimidating when you don't know the trail. Check out a few 'drops' tutorials ..... once you have the technique down then you can carry it to any size drop, that coupled with the right speed and you can drop anything! (within reason)
Good luck!
Love to be able to send jumps like that, I had a big OTB after landing a jump, the front wheel folded after landing and sent me like superman down the trail. Now even small jumps or drops cause me to stiffen up an ride around. 😩
kerry powell wow that sounds nasty! It sounds like you could do with building the confidence back up. Maybe find a section of jumps that are fairly mellow and keep riding them and add a bit more speed each run (if comfortable) . The only way to get comfortable in the air is to keep practicing.......🤷🏼♂️
That's a great video, knowing and admitting when something might be too much is a real important skill.
Great effort on the jump line, smashed it. 👍
carl bagz Thanks Carl! 👍🏼 I threw in the towel until I chatted with the guys at the top😂..... and luckily my bike soaked up the case on the first run through other wise it would have been lights out!!! Glad you liked it👍🏼
You do the best trail centre review videos, love the way you look at some of the more interesting/challenging features and also facilities etc. Have been missing these over the past year or so. Hope you start again when we finally start travelling again.
Thanks for tuning in Matthew, Glad you like them!
Yeah it's been tricky to make content recently.....especially as my videos revolve around traveling ! hahaa
I have lots of ideas.....looking forward to putting them into action soon! which this space!
Sick! great detail, and second angles were cool. Really want to jump that line, looks amazing!
scott palmer Yes Scott!! Awesome, glad you liked it. If you can find someone to tow you in it helps massively 👍🏼
All 3 have excellent content delivered in quite a humble way making them inclusive 🤟
GAVIN LEIGHTON Thanks Gavin! I’m so pleased you enjoyed them all..... The aim was to give you all the info you needed.... loads more over on the podcast too!! Thanks for your kind words👍🏼
I've just got back in to riding after four years off following a riding accident. My best ever riding experience was racing in the Welsh champs starting on the enter the dragon jump line with loads of people cheering us on. I did a lot of races but that was the best track and most fun race weekend ever.
The glory years!!! It must have changed a fair bit since then! ha, can't imagine it being much of a race track nowadays.
I thought this was an honest, brilliant video. I can't wait to go!
Cheers Paul! really appreciate the comment. That's what i try to do achieve in all my videos! have a good ride!
Nice to see you were honest with your assessment of the difficulty of some of the trails. good to see the effort with a prerun otherwise you'll end up hurt!
Lee Prendergast Thanks, yeah I do my best to give an insight into what it’s like. I think all the red jump trails and black runs need a pre run otherwise you almost end up in hospital whilst coming up short on a road gap 😂
Love all the different angles you get in the videos, these are the kind of MTB vidoes that will do well. People get bored of just POV constantly. However this is a bit more fresh. Sick riding. My drop limit is about 3ft and every time I hit a table just now I'm still grabbing the brakes. "Not today" is my over used phrase!
Kenny Bunting Cheers Kenny👍 Yeah I want to try and keep it interesting..... there’s enough POV out there that’s for sure! Keep building up the confidence and your be sending ‘enter the dragon’ in no time 😜
Really top class video mate. One of the most engaging and informative I've seen in a long time.
Much appreciated, Glad it can help out. The aim is to always deliver the value and get some cool shots!
Used your review of 50 Shades as a blueprint for my run this week. Worked a treat, and gave me a heads up about the cheeky monster step down in the second section. I didn't have quite enough skill for that and your vid stopped me blindly going for it. (Go Pro effect on other vids initially made me think it was smaller than it actually was) Spot on - thanks! BTW I don;t think many people bother with the little blacks over by Bluebelle - but next visit check out the new drop into Half Cut.... :-o !! Cheers bud....
Average Joe That’s awesome that it really helped! I think that step down must have coughs a few people out over the years! The drop in to half cut used to be a pokey ole thing.... pretty savage little trail that!! Thanks for the comment and pleased I could help you out 👍🏼
Good riding there butt. 👍🏻 it's my local so I know the videos don't do these features justice. Admire your honesty when looking at the Proline too! 😀
Daniel Price Cheers Daniel👍. What a place to have as a local 😁👌 I do my best to say it as it is🙌🏼
Big jumps those 🤘
Mark Carruthers touching cloth comes to mind😂
Can't believe I still haven't been. Definitely need to do it just to ride Enter the Dragon. Looks awesome 🤘
Trail Explorer Everyone loves a bit of Bike Park Wales! Be sure to bring some spare shorts.... The jumps are bigger than they look on here😁
I'm firing myself up to hit those enter the dragon booters so gnarly good to see u boys stomping them
Cheers pal👍🏼 ..... if you get over the third one clean then no brakes into the big tables!!! 🤙
Yes dude! Great riding, sick to see you send it all at the end, bet it felt great 🤙
Nicholas McCall Thanks Nick 👍🏼 felt amazing but also a huge relief to walk away after those close calls 😂
Loved this series, inspired me to organise a weekend even though I''ll be riding on my todd! Subbed liked and shared :)
Snail Cheers snail👍🏼 That’s awesome, pleased it got you to book something up! Not sure where you’re based but there’s quite a few Mtb groups of Facebook that do group rides..... if your ever in the South East, let me know and maybe we could go for a ride👍🏼
great video mate looking forward to checking this place out soon
DIRTLINE WILD Thanks, Have a blast ...... the uplift books up ridiculously quick so be sure to book in advance 👍
Superb video and super courage! way better than me!
Thanks Simon, Definitely rode close to edge a few times this day and felt lucky to walk away in one piece!!! practise, practise,practise.......
Excellent and fair play for riding the black trails blind. I don't think personally I'm missing out by not riding them. Much prefer the flowy red and blue trails that open up to all abilities. Good video and pat on the back for enter the dragon.
Sixty Seconds of Stephens Thanks mate.... the dragon had me scared for sure! Great flowy fun to be had on the blues and reds..... don’t blame you there!
It's a great ad for your bike, if nothing else!
Absolutely! I thought i was going to be ejected down the landing twice that day! somehow the bike soaked it up and saved me from a couple of broken collar bones!!!
Awesome video mate it's always nice to see people take the time to show others what's happening 🤙🤙
Beverley Mtb'rs Thanks mate👍🏼 glad you enjoyed it. I do my best to dish out any info I can......🤙
@@MtbTrailHub I look forward to watching more 🤘🤘
Beverley Mtb'rs Awesome...... 👍🏼got some great stuff on the way from Morzine ..... starting with a similar mini series on the 22nd 🤙
@@MtbTrailHub morzine looks amazing I want to do it so much but I have only been riding since march lol and running a hardtail 29nr I fancy a full sus but times are hard hahah
Beverley Mtb'rs I’ve put together a really good beginners loop which will be in my first video..... nothing but greens and blue trails. A hardtail would be ok on the easier trails👍🏼
Mate, watched a few of your vids now and they're spot on. Best trail review vids I've seen, make me want to get back to Wales after a few years away. New sub here, keep em coming!! Cheers dude
ft goggi Awesome!!! Glad you’re loving them ...... happy riding goggi, get a trip in the diary👌
Smashed that first section of enter the dragon in the end buddy 🤘🏻🤘🏻 great video again man!
Mark Kirk Thanks man👍🏼 Needed to put it right otherwise the confidence would have taken a big knock!!
Mark Kirk couldn’t quite figure out the bottom section but was quite content the top bit👌
Great video with some important tips on the way!🤘
William Pryce Thanks William👍🏼 always trying to dish out any tips I can🤙
Did 50 shades after 2 years of riding, basically 2 week long finalie trips and 1 week in Alps and a couple of races. Walked the big drop ! Road gap just before was okay though. This stuff is fun, though I'm still working up to doing big jumps.
Joshua Canfield Good stuff Josh! Fair play for getting down there after only a few hrs of riding
few weeks ;)
Congratulations on hitting 2k subs.
Trail-Finder Thanks TF! It’s been a lot of work but very rewarding to see it growing 👍🏼 plenty more good stuff to come
Such a legend
Harry Cockroft 😂🤙
I’m soooooo shit at jumps but I like enter the dragon cos u can just roll the HUGE jumps and then just go flat out the rest of the way .......🤣🤟🏾👍🏽 ( that’s what I do anyway) probably get laughed at but who cares
You could be practicing your jumps over on popty ping or A470 ? Probably not the best idea rolling jumps that people might be sending big 🤷🏼♂️👍🏼
Popty pig yeah I went down that it’s sweet
Mtb Trail Hub my bike is the Santa Cruz 5010 130mm it’s not great at big jumps but it’s still fun
Yeah.. Think I'll stick to the blues :)
Fairplay dude, knowing when its too much
Goldenmath Nothing wring with those blues👍🏼 Cheers
Great riding, blues n reds enough mind you only been once and just put my 2nd vid on 2 hours ago of first time at BPW. Nice edit too
Trail Biker Terry - TBT Cheers terry👍🏼
Nice vids. I love ur vids
Cheers, thanks for watching 👍
Sounds like Alan Partridge trys Mountain Biking. Niiiiiiiice
adambaker9550 😂😂😂 Aaaah haaa! Alan you caaant! 😁
Sik video. Cheers dude. Subbed.
Much appreciated! Thanks
Really good video that, would love a solid tow into Enter the dragon!
I’d need a pint of courage and a good slap round the face first mind,
Thanks, glad you enjoyed it! There's no way i'd have done it without the other guys there! Hahaa, remember.....clear the step down and don't touch the brakes at all!
Haha amazing , I roll the jumps on Enter the Dragon haha 🤣, next time I’m gonna try send it
Paul Cartwright 🥴 good luck 😁
Mtb Trail Hub YES , I nailed enter the dragon , only crashed once on the gap jump out of the woods , I think you took the right hand side small drop , great video you smashed it on the huge jumps , big air , you went twice as high as me but I’m happy I got through it
Paul Cartwright good man 🤟🏼
Nice vid. I think ill just stick to the blues and reds 🙃
Hahaa, At least you know now! Cheers Greg
Great vid bro! What editing software do you use if you don't mind me asking?
Thanks Adrian, glad you liked it. I use final cut pro.
What is the reign like. I have a giant Hybrid roam and it is very solid and really goes. The geometry doesn’t suit me that well though. I noticed that it seemed smoother when you went faster
vince King It’s an animal tbh..... great bike and very capable of almost any trail. Hard to floor it in anyway, It is quite a big bike to pedal around trail centres but destroys the decents! 👌
It was super video
Thankyou 👍
Enter the dragon tables are way bigger than they look on here 😉🤘
Col Rock100 💯 percent! 😂 serious go pro effect! The take offs are so steep too😬🥴😁
Awesome video mate, planning a trip up there soon. just out of curiosity, how much travel do you have on your bike ?
Thanks, glad you enjoyed it! Fingers crossed we will get the green light to travel soon!
My bike is a 160mm which is more than enough for BPW.
If you're after a bit more info i've done a write up on my website too - mtbtrailhub.com/mtb-trails/bike-park-wales-ultimate-guide/
@@MtbTrailHub ive got a couple mates who have only got 130mm trail bikes. Do you reckon that would be enough ?
@@MtbTrailHub just read your guide mate, sounds really good 👍🏻
@@Jakingz Yeah that will be fine, The black trails might beat you up a bit with a 130 but all it will be spot on for all the other trails👍
Yer buddy.
Alisdair England yew🤙
What bike have you got now?
Tom Fellows I’m in the giant reign these days..... 👌
mint video, what’s the intro song callled?
Cheers Dylan, Yeah it's a banger.... ' Future Vibes - Qeeo'
How did this compare to Friday Jamie?
The trails at Revs are harder I think but there’s a few sections on BPW blacks which will test you for sure!! Get on ok at Snowdon?
Thinking of heading to Bike Park Wales for a couple of days and was wondering if you think it's worth paying for the uplift service?
100% I did it a few weeks ago, caught the first and last uplifts and only stopped 15mins in-between, just kept catching uplifts with no queue even on busy day. Exhausting but so much fun
Luke Bg It’s crazy how many people are there but yet little to no waiting time at the bottom 👌
Telf yeah 100% if you arrive in good time with no too many breaks you can get 10-12 runs in👍🏼
@@MtbTrailHub Yeah for sure! Cheers for the vid on the blues, was really useful before I went 👍
Luke Bg Awesome! Glad it helped you out👍🏼
Same as the red trail video. Good trail information coming through in the video. You need to refrain from walking back up the trails and stopping in the middle of them though. This video will be seen by a large number of people that will consider it as acceptable behaviour. This is not the case and is dangerous for you and other riders descending the trails.
Thanks, yeah I see your point. I’m always very aware while filming but others might not be.....If you’re about to try a new feature then you must look first....
whats the speed for enter the dragon like?
slow pedal in, once you're over the first double do not touch your brakes!
@@MtbTrailHub and no pedalling after the double as well?
Not so easy but worth to try 👍🏻
Tomek Definitely found the edge a few times that day 😂
Does anyone know if BPW has a pump track?
Steve Murphy I don’t think it does actually..... there is a section below the cafe which looks like a skills section but you need to pedal back to the top each time.
Ye they call that a pump track. I guess if you are good enough at pumping you can get back to the top with the speed you have
No, but get ya self to 417 near Gloucester, epic pump and dirt sheds
@@goldenmath4091 it definitely does have a pump track
@@callumyoung7785 fair enough mate, I've not seen one, will take a better look:)
Just what you need to watch. I find you go then don't give enough attention to the trails as your just trying to smash down them
Iain Richard Thanks for the feedback..... what do you want to see more of?
@@MtbTrailHub just stopping to see features that the gopro effect takes place on lol you know the ones.
My name is isla I'M 8 years old I went there after the Easter 5 days in 2022
Get in Isla! Good to hear it 👍
I’m just gonna assume that the 8 dislikes are roadbikers(no hate towards roadies)
Haters gonna hate! hahaa
Rough on tyres and def need to loctite your teeth in lol
What trails arn'?t Especially if you're going top to bottom!
I'd trade my children in to be able to jump.
Your kids deserve better 😂
Thompson Nancy Anderson Richard Thompson William
Is there anymore harder features than this dude?
Going off the info on the map..... 50 shades is the longest gnar trail. Bear in mind it carries on past the jumps shown in the video.
There is a couple more pro lines but I’ve not ridden them tbh.
I get the feeling there isn’t a huge amount of technical trail beyond what’s in this vid.
If you want harder features then get a ticket to rampage mate 😂. Or go to Revolution 👍
@@MtbTrailHub cheers dude hope to meet up when a visit 💪🔥
Vid would be loads better without the music.
Tough critic