Literally my ONLY complaint about my trip to Dyfi and Mach was finding somewhere to stop and to eat on the first evening. Turned up the first night (a Friday about 9pm) after a long drive from Newcastle and ended up having to just get stuff from the supermarket at the end of the High Street. Other than that, literally everyone we met, spoke to or did anything with was super stoked to have people coming to the area and spending money. Stopped at the Centre for Alternative Energy - not specifically for bikers but they couldn't of been more welcoming, found somewhere secure for our bikes and even let us use the shed to do some maintenance. A vast difference to some places I've ridden where riders are looked down on and seen as a necessary evil.

Spot on about location and having the right people doing the right things at the right time. I want an atherton dh bike,e!! They are 💪

Power to the people! It's a bit wanky but it's the workers owning the means of production. Rare these days that you can turn passion and a calling for something into something positive for others. The fear and respect for what they've done is so true

I think Dyfi is the very definition of for riders by riders and that’s why people love it.

Dyfi is so good to ride in winter... 100% agree.

Sic episode!.. well done guys 👊

Stoked for the future of Mach 🎉

What a star BK is

I live just outside Mach and honestly I want the athertons to be given the rains and be in charge of trail planning of all the trail centres in North Wales and make it like the welsh Bentonville

@jeremyatkinson4976

6 ай бұрын

There's enough rain there already

@marks-0-0

6 ай бұрын

Are some of the old school bike parks in mid Wales struggling to stay open? It would be a real shame if so or is it just a part of the sport evolving into the next chapter i wonder.

@jeremyatkinson4976

6 ай бұрын

I think there's a real danger that the sport leaves newbies behind and thus struggle to replenish itself. That's why places like Nant yr Arian are so important. Folks can get a real sense of achievement on entry level bikes, that don't cost shedloads..@@marks-0-0

Dyfi/Mac/Corris are such amazing places. If you lived local you'd soon be a pretty epic rider if you wanted. 🔥👊🏻

@craigworley1674

7 ай бұрын

I live locally and I'm still crap! haha

I recently lost my job and my house. Having to move back to Anglesey with my parent. Defo plan to visit Machllynleth when I'm down

@chrisparti

2 ай бұрын

Do you know Ren Gill from Anglesey by any chance?

The more the area has the better,.for me to make the trip over from Ireland its nice to have a few options to make a multi day trip out of it....damn i miss have revs as a warm up for dyfi😒

Went up to that area to compete in rally north wales, would love to go back and ride dyfi and stay about for a bit.

b k is a legend …

BK is the best!!!

I’ll only come if I can meet Lada in person… I mean I live down the road from your other home but I WILL drive to Wales. 🐾

Visited Machynlleth while working on the rail bridge nearby not knowing they were based there.......😔

Interesting to hear the Athertons would welcome more bike parks in the area. Would a traditional ski lift help put the area on the map as a destination, and what would one cost? Are there cheaper alternatives to chairlifts/gondolas/tbars?

@jeffminnich3291

7 ай бұрын

I do a lot of lift access riding and some shuttle places too. Lifts are typically much faster to get more runs in (some places have real slow lifts). Shuttles are there then gone, if you miss it, you have to wait a long time but you can run shuttles in a million more locations much easier than building a lift. One thing about shuttles is when you have all those really stoked/pumped people together on a shuttle, the energy in the air is crazy. Everyone is amped and taking and just enjoying it all. Shuttles have something that chairlifts cannot attain.

@nikht0

7 ай бұрын

@@jeffminnich3291 True, but many people are drawn to the mountains for the solitude and the views on the ride up, and being stuffed in a van with a bunch of other people yacking it up for 75% of the day could put a damper on that. I was a downhill ski racer and got plenty of social time in the ride to the hill and in the lodge. So I didn't need my ear talked off on the lift as well. ;)

@daniel_9500

6 ай бұрын

@@nikht0i get what you mean about the solitude, but for me the energy in the vans especially at Dyfi is electric. You get loads of info on trails on the way up, and for me as someone who rides solo a lot (i get weird days off mid week all the time) it’s a great way of meeting people and getting some riding buddies for the day. I’ve also been in a shuttle and Dan Atherton jumped in the same one, then told me to follow him down, and that was single handedly one of the greatest mtb experiences of my life. It would have never happened on a chair lift resort. Then again the speed and convenience of a chair is unbeatable

@Coolcmsc

6 ай бұрын

There’s a few obvious issues. One that’s not talked about much is the difficulty, cost and huge delays in having the electricity plumbed in. It’s a big issue I the U.K. from car chargers to uplifts.

@nikht0

6 ай бұрын

@@Coolcmsc Interesting point. Here in Canada I've been to some ski resorts in very remote, rugged terrain but have no idea if it's more or less difficult getting the power in there. One advantage bike parks in the UK have is that they are more or less year-round, offsetting the cost. Also, from the sounds of it the Welsh government seem keen to encourage the economy.

The only issue with these places getting busier (i know profit talks) is you can soon spend a lot of your day queuing..... Love dyfi though probs my favourite riding spot.. even though it's a six hour drive for me

I feel like as far as a Mecca of MTB goes its surely Whistler and the Sea to Sky Corridor in BC generally

@daltonknapton

7 ай бұрын

was gonna say this. Multiple companies here, great riding mostly year round

Add some cable car up there like in Switzerland and then we have a deal! :)

Why would Bernie limit his sales by not delivering?

You might want to ride the golfie , winter, summer, autumn, spring, summer

Has gee Atherton been the most injured ever?

I always get suspicious when somebody claims somebody is honest... Why do you need to make that claim?

bernard kerr is obsessed with money

@kaseykohler1490

7 ай бұрын

Welcome to capitalism my friend

@nickmaclachlan5178

7 ай бұрын

He's a great businessman, what's the problem with that? Just cos you may struggle to get your ass off the sofa doesn't mean everyone should be like you does it? Bernard genuinely wants to make things better for people who invest in his product etc, he's not looking to make a fast buck and do a flit. If that has the knock on effect of making him rich, then so be it. It's the payoff for investing his own risk, time, money and effort...... too many people nowadays want something for nothing and the world just doesn't work like that.

@pauldavies7251

7 ай бұрын

​@@kaseykohler1490nobody uses that word in the UK. You American?

@frankmatibs8076

7 ай бұрын

Hard working bloke good luck to him Nice person aswell

@robinclaidlaw

7 ай бұрын

In the long term, if you want bikes to be your life, you need to be a business person, and that’s what he’s doing, and seems to have a good head for but he’s working hard to do it.

Kerr do dou think you are authority 'to speak about other people?

@elliotwilliams7421

7 ай бұрын

What makes you ask that?

Definitely interested in Pivot e-bikes, especially if that’s the only place in the UK you can really test them out 👍

Software dudes are probably in the best situation, most of them i know have worked from home since 2020 so can literally locate to anywhere that has decent broadband access