Clwydian Range

[sikora]

Seeing as its my local haunt, i thought I'd put up a link to the trails on the Clwydian Range

www.ridetheclwyds.com

Some beautiful views can be seen from top of these mountains

I'd recommend taking a map up there though, as there aren't really any signposts - OS Explorer Map 265 covers the area.

They also have a sister website - www.ridehiraethog.com

This covers nearby Mynydd Hiraethog, which offer more beginner and family oriented trails.

Afew trails here are signposted, but the OS Explorer Map for the area is 264

Happy riding

[Rob]

Sikora,

Have you ever done 'Over the Top' i was planning on doing it a week on Saturday (12th)

[sikora]

No i haven't done "Over The Top", although i have done the "Moel Fammau Loop" - Its smaller, but follows the off road sections that "Over The Top" uses.

Let me know what you think of it when you do it.

[Rob]

No probs mate i will report back.

[tomlaws]

Rode "Arthur 2 Times" today with a mate. Quite long, and a bit of wasted Downhill on roads, but a nice change and much more rewarding than following tourists round llandegla!

Towards the end of the big loop, just after the car park there is a great section of singletrack leading off to the left, down the hill.

Cheers,
Tom

[sikora]

Jan 16, 2009 22:53:08 GMT tomlaws said:

a bit of wasted Downhill on roads,
Tom

I've got my own little loop that i occasionally do from my house (You'll of passed mine while doing Arthur 2 Times) and i agree that theres quite a bit of tarmac desending.
I don't ride up there that much as I don't find it that enjoyable - just farm tracks and country lanes.

[tomlaws]

The singletrack

(This stuff)



Is there more like that hidden away in there? Is it worth a bit of an explore?

[Russ]

That's the old 'Scouse Downhill' it used to be really busy every weekend with downhillers from all over the North West. The land owners and the riders had a really good go at trying to develop it, problem was it crossed a couple of bridleways and they couldn't sort out any really good alternatives to crossing them safely at speed. So a couple of years ago sections of it were bulldozed and it was closed down. However it had a happy ending as the landowners gave them some better land to develop instead >>

www.foeldhriders.com/

As for the Over The Top route it's a pretty hard route with plenty of climbing in it, but worth it for the views and the speed you can get up to on some of the sections, Moel Famau down to Gelllfor can get a bit mental. Not techy but a lot of people can easily get up to speeds beyond their abilities (and brakes) to cope with. Thing to remember for any Clwyds route is that at this time of year it can get pretty shitty in places but if you know where to go you can avoid the worst slogs.

[flattyres]

I've got a few routes on here

www.flattyresmtbroutes.com/WalesRoutes.html

which pretty much covers the whole of the Clwyds. Where do you ride from? I'm local to, not far from the lower Moel Famau car park.

[tomlaws]

I live just outside Denbigh, in Brookhouse.

There is still some fun to be had at Scousers, but most of the trails are now dead and burried. I found one worth riding from top to bottom, the rest would need a good old re-vamp, which is obviously not in anyone's interests, Don't want to wind up landowners.

[thesquaredog]

Moel Famau down to Gelllfor can get a bit mental. Not techy but a lot of people can easily get up to speeds beyond their abilities (and brakes) to cope with

Yes that is one seriously fast downhill section! Rode it on a nice summer's evening last year. Got covered in sheep sh1t and nearly crashed into a few sheep but it was still fantastic fun

Its very steep and is short grass which makes it difficult to stop. Halfway down I was getting worried because, despite having my brakes full on, I was actually picking up speed

I seem to remember there being a bit of a jump near the top but I bottled it at the time - one for next time

A few months ago I walked the Offas Dyke path from Moel Famau to Moel Arthur. I'm dying to ride it on my bike but bikes aren't allowed there

I guess it wouldn't do any harm to get up there very early one summer's morning and ride it before any walkers arrived would it?