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As an alternative to the hardest, which is the most fun?
I'm going for
Flowtastic (with Switchbacks in Spain), speeeeeeed, drop, jump, speeeeeeeeeeeed, corner, speeeeeeeeeeeeeed, corner, jump, rocks, corner, speeeeeeeed, drop, jump, corner, rocks, speeeeeeeed, repeat for what seems like forever, then it just suddenly ends 🙁
Unfortunately the pleasure/pain theory holds true and that ride leads onto a slog up the road folowed by lemmings/touretts :S
The (now non-legal) descent from La Flegere into the Chamonix Valley. Just the best stretch of trail I've ever ridden.
lick her sore in gillard creek, canada. no longer there 🙁
come to think about it, it's herts shore 🙂 🙂
Sorry I thought it said the "funniest trail" - but I'll post on that basis anyway - The Barbie Trail at Cannock which features (well it used to I haven't noticed them for a while now I come to think about it!) various Barbie & Ken figures in various states of undress and disassembly.
For pure flowing, grin inducing singletrack, the end of Follow The Dog once it cross's the road is brilliant. Sure, there are harder, more technical trails but that bit is just plain fun.
Magic carpet at Brandon Country Park, Thetford. Sooo long and just downhill enough to make it super-fast round all the berms. A brilliant trail and loads of fun - now sadly deceased 🙁
Nah the old end sections were better than the newer ones. They were good but they chopped down the rollers and ruined them, the rest of it is just churned up and rutted and generally wasted. Any section on the Monkey is far better fun than the end of the Dog
Headless Chicken when its dry.
The DH tracks at Morgins, they were fun on my Dialled and on a Brooklyn.
"emma watsons itchy witchy bitz" @ swinley.
i'm guessing its called that 'cos once you've ridden her you've caught the bug 😆
grannys back garden thing in les arc.
Freight train to Dirt Merchant into Heart of Darkness - Whistler
geetee - which one, there are loads! illegal only in july/august.
and the drop from the park/lawson park back to the coniston road at the end of a long day out.
electric blue down to the hub at Glentress, true blue at llandegla and also parallel universe in Llandegla
"El Ingeniero" (The Engineer), Segovian side of the Sierra de Guadarrama in central Spain. An hour of swoopy singletrack through the trees.
La Varda and Calvin's trouser snake* in Les Arcs with trail addiction
*May not be still refered to as this!
Pictured with me on it 🙂
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Oh and for trail centre UK stuff i did really enjoy cannok chase
agreeing with davidtayforth, the berms at morgin have been built by angels.
Also really enjoying the descents on the wall at Afan at the moment
"emma watsons itchy witchy bitz" @ swinley.
where's that then?
Kirroughtree Black
Suicide Brake / Lockerbrook down to the visitors centre at Fairholmes. Fast, fast, FAAAAAST rocky and fast SLOWDOWN.
Makes me feel like a downhillest every time I stay off the brakes a little bit further, and always puts a grin on my face.
The last 2 big (by cannock standards) descents on the Monkey Trail, just before you cross back over the road to the FTD side 🙂
The Minton Batch descent at the Long Mynd is probably one of my favourite descents, though last time I went I was rubbish at it 🙁
Rocky singletrack after the Glacier on the Megavalanche.
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That Bridleway on the side of Ullswater.
Other local stuff.
Sheepskull at Forest of Dean maybe, short but so sweet. Not as it was on my recent visit though - all muddy and with loads of felled trees blocking top section.
Or the Tello descent in Alpujarras, Sierra Nevada, sticks in my mind as an all-time fave. Would love to go back.
The DH tracks at Morgins, they were fun on my Dialled and on a Brooklyn
+1 CAnt make up my mind which one though. The blue is flat out uber-fun, but you can hit the berms on the red so hard you come out dizzy 😀
Used to be Climachx final descent, now probably track 1 in Alpe d'Huez. Love top of DH3 at Aston too.
the red route xc descent at inners especially the top part fast and loads to keep me smiling
and natural Minton batch on a dry day
I have to agree with Freeridenick - Freight train to Dirt Merchant into Heart of Darkness - Whistler. Or the ridiculous bermy one (superstar?) at Silverstar.
oh and A-line of course...
bretchfa, black run. the corkscrew section amazing stretch of trail
Rocky singletrack after the Glacier on the Megavalanche.
I thought that bit was pretty uninspiring compared with the rest of the track, tbh.
Funnest trail centre trail for me is probably Stainburn Black. Other than that, there are too many choices...
The Brazilian,with Bike Verbier .Thanks very much Phil and Lucy!
Descent from Prarion to St Gervais the back way then down to Le Fayet via the pipeline, 2 hours of pretty much solid, sweet singletrack
Agrifoglio, Val Argentina, Italy... I ride it loads but I still havent found a better trail*
*Havent been to Whistler yet tho!!!
powerslave in nelson.
didn't come close to clearing it all on the one time i rode it, but i could easily ride that thing alot 'til i had it dialled....
or some of the moab stuff i rode 15 yrs or so ago and can't remember the names of.....sunny, rocky and glorious.
the scottish borders manage to make me smile on a regular basis tha noo, though....
For the bitd-ness of rose tinted memory - the Beast at Thetford in the 90s before it got hammered.
For local fun - the Hartslock path between Whitchurch on Thames and Goring, when it is dry.
False teeth at CyB, just for pure speed and grin factor 😀 or the blue at llandegla the day it opened, it was super smooth but loose for drifty fun.
Puncture Alley from Pointe de Mossettes down to Lindarets in the French Alps. Or maybe the DH trail the other side down to Les Crosets....scared me sh*tless though....
Although now ive posted that someone will be along to say its a rubbish trail and they have ridden it sat backwards on a bamboo constructed fixed wheel adult trike in the pitch black whilst eating a plate of freshly cooked french crepes.
1. Long Trail = [b]The Downieville Downhill[/b] - starting at the Sunrise Trail, which links up to Bucher Ranch, then down to 3rd Divide for smooth fast singletrack and ending on upper and lower 1st Divide to finish.
2. Short Burst = [b]The Repack[/b] - the short burst from the top down to the Finish line.
There is one cheeky one we do as a night ride - its really knarly and overgrown with tree stumps, boardwalk with alge, nettle and roots galore - we call it the "Ho Chi Min" trail.
Always make me smile, almost never cleaned.
The Chavannes in Les Gets - I love it so!
I thought that bit was pretty uninspiring compared with the rest of the track, tbh.
For me it's probably the upper half of the qualifier track on the Mega that I liked the best. I guess it's not very fashionable to pick a trail centre but I really enjoyed Laggan. Just seems to flow really well.
More pix please - that one in Les Arcs looks completely marvellous
its not really in the same type of trail as is described here but i did anyo the slick rock trail in moab. Its as much as down but it was more different than anything else but i loved it like a kid on a new bike
Lots of Les Arcs is great - never really bother with names (I know which is La Varda though and it is good fun but I think I prefer some others). Havent ridden many places though, so can't really talk
All the better for the chairlifts, though ! 😳
Toboggan in Verbier always brings a huge grin to my face.
GRAEMEJONES - Member
The Brazilian,with Bike Verbier .Thanks very much Phil and Lucy!
I think we have a winner, especially with this at the bottom:
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What is it, 20km+ of downhill or something stupid, mix of open rocky stuff, skirting around fields on hardpack and those amazing endless switchbacks at the end. Then a dip in the lake. Mint.
Toboggan is worthy of a mention though.
Someone up there ^^^ mentioned the Glentress Blue from Buzzards Nest to the Hub. Also worth a mention, simply because its 100% fun when you're flying. Last time we did it there was 7 or 8 of us, inches away from each others wheels all pinning it down there...
[i] Rocky singletrack after the Glacier on the Megavalanche.
I thought that bit was pretty uninspiring compared with the rest of the track, tbh.[/i]
Did you ride it outside of the event? It's a ballache when racing as there are too many people mincing. Twisty flowing rocky views ace.
Also coming off the mostly unridable glacier, especially in the race, it's glorious. Once you get round the hill with Alpe Dhuez in view it's not so good. Oh and I last rode it in 2004 so it could be quite different now.
I can't believe I forgot Froota. Specifically Joes Ridge and Kessel Run circa 2004.
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False teeth at CyB, just for pure speed and grin factor
Have to say, i quite agree.
Rode the MBR for the first time on sunday, and it was reallllllyyyyy fun.
Thanks DBW! Nice to see someone else on here knows that one as well. That trail is what Alpine 160's were built for. At the end of that we were just lying in the grass giggling like a bunch of kids . Many Happy Returns to come !
Devilla forest near kincardine, the trail to the east of moor loch done north to south - at least before they cleared all the rhodedendrons from the start and finish. It had sudden twists and turns, rhodedendron tunnel, dodgy bridges, mud but always thought it was great fun.
Penhydd
A sad loss
If you want to wave willies, see posts above, but the OP asked for funnest.
Magic carpet was good Gee.
For me the trail at badaguish 😀
flyingmonkeycorps - Member
Suicide Brake / Lockerbrook down to the visitors centre at Fairholmes. Fast, fast, FAAAAAST rocky and fast SLOWDOWN.
Is that the 'alternative' descent to Gores?
+1 for False Teeth at Coedy and Parallel Universe at Llandegla.
For 5h1t5 and giggles I have to confess affection for Jambo and Sharki's trail on the Q's . I still haven't fully mastered it, but I'm close. When I'm riding well and it's dry, the old DH trail in Rowberrow Wood is similar.
For lovely singletrack, I really like sections of NantYArian, and a cheeky local trail called Badgers, esp when it's dry, leafy and drifty in the Autumn.
For speed: I like the brakes off, balls-out fast zigzag descent from North Hill to Minehead beach. Ideally in the summer with dust billowing everywhere.
I love my wee trails at Drumlanrig for fun fun fun; but then maybe I'm biased, or maybe i just build them for the way I like to ride, I don't really care. Kirrochtree's pretty good too, from the wall to the finish is toptastic.
Bangin on - well Drum goes without saying really 😀
Lemmings - always finish it with a massive grin and probly a semi 🙂
About the last 3 seconds of the Mark of Zorro where it feels like you're flying are also a fave.
Verbier's Bojangles? Or maybe Silly Arete. No doubt Phil's got some new ones up his sleeve for 2011....
Nelson, BC, Hitman into Doz Slabs or Lick Creek.
The section of blue trail at learnie red rock that starts after the entrance to the 'freeride' trail..
Just checked the map and it's called 'callachy downhill' and is 1.2km of linking berms, great for learning scrubs on.
Also I think everything we rode during a bike village holiday, but I try not to think about the fact that other countries have better riding than here.
TSY +1
and City Park Motocross trail in Austin
ooh, magic carpet at brandon is very nice.
And Joe's Ridge is on the list of "trails to ride before I die"
Can't think of my favourite off the top of my head. Ullswater, including the descent from the Cockpit is up there.
Fave local trail the cheeky descnet to Farmways store from Dukeshouse wood.
Locally at the moment its 'up the wrong un then into derek's back door'
Good old drifty, rooty fun 😀
Half Nelson in Squamish - 5 min DH pump track, leaves you wanting another run everytime 🙂
After that I love original Sin top section leading into Goats Gulley http://www.pinkbike.com/video/150520/
Another... I've only ridden it once in the soaking wet but the Volunteer Trail at Gisburn left me with a massive grin.
One of the Black Rock descents at the bottom of Superbagneres, courtesy of A Quick Release. Still no idea how we all survived though, something about the trail just caused an outbreak of mad recklessness. [i]Fantastic[/i] though.