coed-y-brenin

[st739]

Me my missis and brother in law are going to coed -y-brenin this coming Saturday were not very fit
and very new to mountain bikes.what are the best trails to do there for beginners but we don't want it to easy?

[dyls]

Whats the longest distance you've ridden before?

I would suggest the mbr but at nearly 20kms and more technical than the Marin trail it may not be the best to start off with if you haven't a lot of experience/fitness.

The other one is the Tarw which is also something like 20kms but Ihaven't done that so can't comment.

The other one is the Afon trail but that's purely forestry roads - nothing technical.

[st739]

Me and my brother in law have done the marin 2 weeks ago and loved it.The missis has never done anything before,ive neve been to brenin id go on the forum ride but its out of our depth we need to learn first

[Oggy]

Promise the forum ride wont be out of your depth, if you can do the marin then u will have no probs, all sorts of skill levels attend and its not a race more of a social gathering.

I wouldnt recommend you take the missus on the mbr and maybe not the Tarw if she hasnt riden before i would say stick to Afon.

[st739]

I want to go with you lot saturday whats worlds end like for beginers.Is there alot of hill climbing?the 3 of us complete novices.Were not that unfit but no were like what every one is like here

[dyls]

CYB is the most technical out of CYB, Marin, Penmachno and Llandegla.

[Oggy]

Just come along mate, u will have a ball, no one on here is that fit, we stop at every oppurtunity for a brew break which is more or less every 5 minutes

The ride has been changed to the mast instead of worlds end but starts form the same place at the same time. It takes in the Llandegla trail where you have a choice of red or black and plenty of oppurtunitys to cut it short if need be. Llandegla isnt technical at all, its really smooth ;D

[st739]

Ive got to convince the other two cyb seems good because of the easy route to start with.iam definetly going on the snowdon ride its only up the road from me but iam on my own that day

[st739]

I went llandegla saturday got to the car park late and missed the forum ride.But me the missis and brother in law done red route,what a brilliant day missis crashed and lucky not to break anything.Told her not to use the front brake when going down hill she will learn shes bruised everywere today .

[dyls]

Glad you liked it. Tell your misses we all crash from time to time.

[sikora]

I agree with whats been said so far: CYB is technically the hardest out of the Trail Centres in North Wales - Although in my eyes, the Marin and Penmachno Loop 1 are more physically demanding than the MBR at CYB.

Llandegla is by far the easiest Trail Centre. I'd go as far as saying that the Black route is easier than the Marin.

Personally i'd get your missus confident on the Llandegla Black before you take her to CYB.
Its very rocky and technical there, definatley not for beginners.

[ady]

I find Penmachno more technically demanding and every time I do it I question if I enjoy the trail, I don't find the Marin that challenging but I always enjoy it, as for CYB its both demanding technically and physically but very enjoyable, There are a number of sections that can catch you out but loads of others that keep you grinning and buzzing so all in all I think the place rocks.

[gar]

I agree. Mbr and tarw are the most techoical trails out of the centres up here. They can be a real pain in the wet if you r new 2 biking. I took 2 lads i wrk with and did the temptiwr, which is bits of the mbr. Both ended up crashing and were put off biking.