Author Topic: Greenlanes Aberystwyth? (Read 2612 times)

bigpie · « **on:** May 04, 2014, 09:42:43 »

After managing to make the four hour ride a six and a half hour ride we're now in Aberystwyth for day 2 and fancy having a go.
Are there any around?

bigpie · « **Reply #1 on:** May 04, 2014, 09:55:12 »

Turns out there is one close ish strata Abby. So going to head over and take a look.

TLPower · « **Reply #2 on:** May 04, 2014, 10:39:17 »

Enjoy.

Locky · « **Reply #3 on:** May 04, 2014, 10:41:02 »

Claerwen Reservoir trail is a good one and not too far away

bigpie · « **Reply #4 on:** May 04, 2014, 18:26:08 »

I fell off.

MartinW · « **Reply #5 on:** May 04, 2014, 18:31:27 »

Quote from: "bigpie"

I fell off.

Hope you are OK?

bigpie · « **Reply #6 on:** May 04, 2014, 18:40:45 »

Yea. Was a struggle to get it back up on the wheels. Needed a push on that start. My road smart tyres didn't grip well on the wet rock.

Jacko · « **Reply #7 on:** May 04, 2014, 18:49:49 »

Nothing grips well on wet rock, console yourself mate.

Locky · « **Reply #8 on:** May 04, 2014, 18:51:20 »

Hope you're OK ? Any bike damage ? What trail was you riding ? Any pics

bigpie · « **Reply #9 on:** May 05, 2014, 12:41:53 »

I filmed one go at it, so will upload to youtube now I'm back home in South Yorkshire, I forgot to turn the microphone on, so you'll miss out an my constant swearing.

I tried to stop it going down, but in the end settled for letting it fall more gently.

Locky · « **Reply #10 on:** May 05, 2014, 12:45:09 »

Looking forward to seeing the video. Riding trails is always a big risk when it comes to falling off. What trail was it ?

bigpie · « **Reply #11 on:** May 05, 2014, 14:46:32 »

Strata Floria, we'll a bit of it.

bigpie · « **Reply #12 on:** May 06, 2014, 07:18:04 »

My internet connection is shocking, the whole area is full of houses built in the last couple of years, should have put fibre to each house.

So, after 5 hours uploading, here it is:

Jacko · « **Reply #13 on:** May 06, 2014, 08:47:31 »

That looks tough, I wouldn't have taken a Vstrom down there, kudos.

bigpie · « **Reply #14 on:** May 06, 2014, 10:44:44 »

This biking is getting expensive, I now want a track bike and a green lane bike.

Yoyo · « **Reply #15 on:** May 06, 2014, 11:12:05 »

Good on you for giving it a shot! For those that haven't done it the feeling of satisfaction is amazing, even if you are thinking 'what the hell was I thinking'! If you enjoyed it on the strom wait until you try a 250, you'll love it.

TLPower · « **Reply #16 on:** May 06, 2014, 18:07:48 »

Dougie Lampkin eat your heart out.

Well done that man. Respect.

tallpaul · « **Reply #17 on:** May 06, 2014, 18:16:02 »

I'd love to have a go at that, but not on my Strom! I'd be scared of damaging it. A Honda XR400 would do me nicely!

Locky · « **Reply #18 on:** May 06, 2014, 18:30:09 »

I enjoyed that bigpie , I did a shot section of the Strata Florida trail a few years ago on my K5 Wee, but it was just to hard for the bike. What location was the start point of the trail ?

bigpie · « **Reply #19 on:** May 06, 2014, 20:06:28 »

Quote from: "TLPower"

Dougie Lampkin eat your heart out.

Well done that man. Respect.

I've been knocking about with you too much, I was given 5 minutes head start to get my faffing over with to get going after each stop.

The start was easy to find, it was well marked, get to Strata Florida Abby and keep going until the road forks, the easy looking one you are not allowed to ride/drive up, the hard looking one has a post next to it stating that it is for vehicles.

http://www.greenlanefinder.com/?p=246 looks quite long