Great video as always! I’m fortunate to have this 10 minutes drive from my door, so yeh, got my ‘legendary pass’ (£35 btw) and got up there last week. Will be back plenty for sure!

@McTrailRider

Жыл бұрын

I’m not jealous at all 😜 I’ll pin your comment so that people can see that the past is £35

@GMRS4

Жыл бұрын

You’ll just have to spend more time up here! As you know, loads of great natural stuff too👍

@flippy66

Жыл бұрын

What does the pass get you? Assuming parking and/or uplift?

@GMRS4

Жыл бұрын

@@flippy66 free parking. You get posted a small pass to put in your car/van. There’s no uplift.

@McTrailRider

Жыл бұрын

@@flippy66 it’s for one years parking.

Thanks for the shout out Andrew. I loved how you rode about 3 berms and decided you loved the place! I was the same. Finally we have a serious trail centre offering trails that we rarely get to ride. But more than that, the quality of the build is next level. Just imagine CRC had designed and built the Blue Doon! Perfect trail centre. Just perfect. P.s. let's get to Fools Gold and try and nail it!

@McTrailRider

Жыл бұрын

No worries Jamie, loved your video. I definitely want to get Fools Gold cleaned next time. This level of building with Blue Doon’s elevation and backdrop would be unbelievable!

@streetpigeonmtb

Жыл бұрын

@@McTrailRider maybe time to start a national crowd funder to construct the ultimate blue trail!

@MTBScotland

Жыл бұрын

@@streetpigeonmtb They have one at Fort William 😬

Great video Andy. Was a great day riding with you and the guys. Big thanks to all involved for all their inspirational efforts

@McTrailRider

Жыл бұрын

Was great to have you along mate, we had a great group of riders 👌

Was up there the other week, absolutely class trails for your beginner/ intermediate levels, will probably be back when I fancy just a fun day on my bike without risking obliteration

Heading there tomorrow after 2 days at glen livet, can’t wait.

@McTrailRider

Жыл бұрын

Nice, good plan 👍

Fantastic video Andrew and great riding by all. Will defo be heading up there for a day soon as I can. Thanks for filming

@McTrailRider

Жыл бұрын

Good to hear 👍

Andy great to meet you yesterday and it was a fantastic group to go riding with. Tarland have knocked it out of the park!!

@McTrailRider

Жыл бұрын

You too mate, I really enjoyed my time riding with you guys 👍

Wow! Thanks for this one! I've now added that to my schedule for my trip to Scotland this year with my bike. Would probably have missed this place this year if you hadn't uploaded this video! Looks absolutely epic.

@McTrailRider

Жыл бұрын

Glad you seen it then 👍

Amazing, never stop.

Visiting Tarland from a holiday in Ballater next month, trails look amazing big flowy berms with table top jumps and rock features hands down personal favourite looking forward to it. It will be interesting to see what CRC trails will build next. Great video and thanks for sharing Andy!

@McTrailRider

Жыл бұрын

CRC are going from strength to strength 💪💪

Great stuff! I'm always weary of washing out, so leaning so far into a berm makes me uneasy, but you clearly has a blast!

Brilliant trail Andrew thanks for the heads up It’s on the todo list cheers and looking forward to what you show next 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

@McTrailRider

Жыл бұрын

Thanks dude

Great video Andy looks amazing place some awesome riding there we will up there later this year thanks for sharing keep up the good riding 👍👌

@McTrailRider

Жыл бұрын

Thanks Darren

That just looks pure HEAVEN! It's definitely now on my list. Awesome

@McTrailRider

Жыл бұрын

And so it should be 👍

Tarland just looks awesome. Amazing access value for money for the enthusiast. Brilliant video, mate, showing this all off. Great Chanel . Love it 👍

@McTrailRider

Жыл бұрын

Excellent! What a place👍

10/10 for such a quick turnaround, Andrew. I saw your comment about heading up there on Street Pigeon's channel only last night!

@McTrailRider

Жыл бұрын

Not how I usually do things, but I thought I’d get the video out while I’d new and exciting.

@adriankelly_edinburgh

Жыл бұрын

@@McTrailRider very wise. I've got a feeling it will get very busy very quickly.

"immediately flaattering" aka the stoke!!! Good to see you having fun man, And i can't wait to get on my new H2... sat waiting for me teasingly

@McTrailRider

Жыл бұрын

The Stoke was real 🤘 You’re going to love the H2, is such an awesome bike!

Place is phenomenal, it was my first go on them yesterday also! So glad to have them locally!

@McTrailRider

Жыл бұрын

I’m not jealous of you at all 😬

Great video, my wife and I are in Aboyne at the end of May, can’t wait to get on these trails. Cheers Andrew.

@McTrailRider

Жыл бұрын

I’m almost certain that you will both love it.

Great commentary and content Andrew 😀 - the Aberdisney' pay dirt has been sculpted with exceptional care & skill. All credit to the Tarland II team, CRC and numerous contributors. Loved riding all these exquisite trails blind in a train. Elements of Crank It Up and B-Line @ Whistler in places. Refreshing to see a bold mix of jumps, booters and surfaces. See you up here again no doubt 💥. Thanks to Mikey @ 20Twenty for the loan of the flat pedals. Gawd damn eeb's are a glittering allure !

@McTrailRider

Жыл бұрын

Fantastic job by all indeed 👍 So good to have such great facilities available to us here in Scotland.

Interesting ride differences between bikes. Looks like a fun place to spend the day. Thanks for the ride along

@McTrailRider

Жыл бұрын

I’m glad I used the e-bike to start with as I’m not sure I would have managed it all in a reasonable time otherwise.

Great looking place. Trails that everyone can ride but also a different experience depending on your level, eg. rolling or clearing the jumps.

@McTrailRider

Жыл бұрын

Exactly! That’s the sign of good trail building👌

Thanks Andrew...very cool place ! The guy with the "NonE-bike". Flat pedals as well.....impressive as hell !

@McTrailRider

Жыл бұрын

Callum was very impressive for sure 💪

Nice! Looks amazing! Glad you have access to such a resource. Greetings from California! 👋

@McTrailRider

Жыл бұрын

Thanks dude, hope your enjoying all your sun shine 😔😜

@TheJofrica

Жыл бұрын

@@McTrailRider Welcome! Yes, springtime is here and it's looking lovely out 👍

Fooking brilliant Andrew. As always a totally riveting watch. "I love this place instantly'. Quote of the year. I have always fu---- myself up on jumps so at my age I will be blasting and rolling. Great to watch. 🤠

@McTrailRider

Жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed the video, jumps definitely aren’t for everyone.

@bigstoozeradventures

11 ай бұрын

👍🏻@@McTrailRider

Looks fantastic. Need to get myself up! We’re def needing more places like that in Scotland

@McTrailRider

Жыл бұрын

Definitely worth a visit, and so good to have these kind of trails in Scotland now.

Can’t wait to go there. Thank you.

@McTrailRider

Жыл бұрын

You’ll enjoy it for sure.

That was me down at the blue caddy trying to work out of it was you or not! Quality video, such a awesome place! Runs get even better after a couple times down them

@McTrailRider

Жыл бұрын

Haha, it definitely wasn’t me😜 Looking forward to getting more familiar with these trails.

Good video , never knew about this till today . 3 weeks time going glenlivet so will pop on the way back to check this place . Thanks

@McTrailRider

Жыл бұрын

Great that they are so close to each other 👍

Just had a fantastic day here. Came up from Cumbria after seeing your video because it looked so good. It did not disappoint. It is a slog up to the top, but the trails are absolutely fabulous. Next day did a natural ride up and around Pannanich Hill, which was a great bit of downhill. Definitely have to come back up for more. Can recommend the Ballater Hostel as a base, too.

@McTrailRider

Жыл бұрын

That’s what I like to hear 👍💪 There is so much riding to be done nearby, I’d highly recommend heartbreak ridge 👌

That definitely looks like something to check out!!!

@McTrailRider

Жыл бұрын

It is that

Looks bloody brilliant!!

@McTrailRider

Жыл бұрын

It is 👍

Looks a brilliant place. Great video 👍🏻

@McTrailRider

Жыл бұрын

Thank you 👍

That's a class set of trails rite there. Beautiful work to from the trail builders 👏👏. Looks brilliant mate 👍. Jst a shame I'm way too far away 😂 👍 👍

@McTrailRider

Жыл бұрын

Excellent work indeed 👌

Class, been waiting on your video for this place after seeing street pigeons video yesterday. Scalextric looks like Scotland's answer to Willy Waver. Hell of a long way from London though!

@McTrailRider

Жыл бұрын

Long way for sure, but if you ever find yourself up this way……….

Aye Andy boy, great looking trails. defo going very soon. 👌

@McTrailRider

Жыл бұрын

You should!

That's got to go on the bucket list for sure! They do say that blues are the most fun!

@McTrailRider

Жыл бұрын

I’d have to agree with you.

That is now on my to-do list, looks so much fun especially the Blues..might need to look into accommodation nearby, otherwise its a 2 and half/3 hour drive each way

@McTrailRider

Жыл бұрын

I’m sure there will be plenty of accommodation nearby 👍

Thanks for the video, after having my mountain bike stolen I gave up for a few years. Just bought myself a new mountain bike and have been enjoying myself in the woods, and headed up to Carron Valley Reservoir, which was pretty but a bit boring! Will have to find some more technical routes like these.

@GrdenGnome

15 сағат бұрын

You insured this one ?

Great video and great trails. I can see this being very busy and the rest of Scotland’s trail centres will be empty if they don’t up their game!

@McTrailRider

Жыл бұрын

The only thing that’ll stop it being super busy, is that it’s away from the big cities.

Looks awesome. I was heading there tomorrow, your video just confirmed it 😅👍

@McTrailRider

Жыл бұрын

Your going to love it!

@Andy-od7fg

Жыл бұрын

@McTrail Rider it was brilliant, going back on Friday 😆 need to get the fitness up, 6km initial climb was a bit cheeky

Fantastic stuff. Know what im doing today, and quite possibly the whole summer

@McTrailRider

Жыл бұрын

Haha, very true

trails look awesome, nice one

@McTrailRider

Жыл бұрын

They are!

Cool vid thanks man x

@McTrailRider

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching

Thanks for that dude. We're heading up..

@McTrailRider

11 ай бұрын

Have fun!

That looks amazing!

@McTrailRider

Жыл бұрын

Pretty cool eh 👍

@rogerknowles4217

Жыл бұрын

@@McTrailRider I rode the trails in Morzine in 2019. These trails look just as good! Needless to say, I got spat out of many a berm that week! Enjoy!

Heading up Sunday. It looks (on all the videos so far) like the blue is much more *fun* than Blue Doon at Nevis. The Black looks like there's plenty of air to be had. Very different from the technical stuff you (and I) usually focus on.

@McTrailRider

Жыл бұрын

Not even comparable to the Blue Doon imo, although it can’t compete with it’s views.

Great video highlighting how good the place is. So lucky its only 15 minutes away from me. Also glad to see theres no footage of you guys passing my mate and me burst walking up to high pressure 😂

@McTrailRider

Жыл бұрын

Your very lucky indeed. I’ve been burst and pushing on many an occasion.

It's so good! Only 40 mins from my house and have been 3 times in the last week. Thought I spotted you thereon Monday afternoon :D

@McTrailRider

Жыл бұрын

Be sure to say hello next time 👍

@garioch_gravel_rider7376

Жыл бұрын

@@McTrailRider I will if I can catch you 😂

Class!, place looks excellent 👍👌

@McTrailRider

Жыл бұрын

It is!

Great vid , place looks epic man . Also recognising all those old bmx faces from LIVI

@McTrailRider

Жыл бұрын

Nice, I only knew of Mike being a bmx’er tbh.

@thatbikedad8252

Жыл бұрын

@@McTrailRider 🤙

Rode it yesterday and I have to say it's the best riding outside the alps in my eyes.

@McTrailRider

Жыл бұрын

High praise 👍

Looks absolutely brilliant Great video. It's only 6.5 hrs drive for me so maybe one day😂

@McTrailRider

Жыл бұрын

4hrs for me, I’d do it again 👍

After watching your video and the one from street pigeon It looks like iv made my plans for Sunday, luckily for me there less than an hour away

@McTrailRider

Жыл бұрын

A sound plan right there 👍

That place looks brill, as you say, jsut how a trail centre should be - fun all the way down.

@McTrailRider

Жыл бұрын

Bingo

Cracking video pal

@McTrailRider

Жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it

Great ride 🤟🏼

@McTrailRider

Жыл бұрын

Thanks

Added to must ride list🤟

@McTrailRider

Жыл бұрын

Quite right 👍

Gotta love a new trail centre to explore. But I wouldn't be too harsh about Scotland's MTB options when you've got trail centres like the 7 Stanes, Laggan, Glenlivet, Moray Monster, & gondola uplifts at Fort William & Glencoe! But I agree there must be potential for a Scots version of BPW, Dyfi or Antur Stiniog,

@McTrailRider

Жыл бұрын

I probably should have worded it better. My frustration is mainly with the lack of development or keeping with the times from the forestry run centres. A lot of our trail centres are quite tech focused as well, which obviously doesn’t necessarily suit beginners. Here pretty much every trail can be ridden by everyone👍

@smv9338

Жыл бұрын

I see what you mean. Now you mention it, difficult to think of decent blue trails outside of Glentress.

High praise.

@McTrailRider

Жыл бұрын

It’s worthy of it 👍

This place looks like POP city! Brill video Mc T.

@McTrailRider

Жыл бұрын

Pop city indeed!

so good I watched it twice 👍

@McTrailRider

Жыл бұрын

Nice!👍

Yeah I feel exactly the same about Scotland’s bike park game. The potential with some places in Scotland are endless especially Nevis glen coe etc in the west. There are some gems if you know where to look. It’ll come though give it time, bike park Scotland 🚲💨

@McTrailRider

Жыл бұрын

There’s little snippets here and there, but this is the first time I’ve felt all the trails as a whole made for a great single location 👍

@Dawks12

Жыл бұрын

@@McTrailRider aye enjoy your videos and been to a lot of places on the back of them actually saw you at aberfeldy once, love that place. Il deffo be making the trip to tarland in the near future

OMG I'm on it ❤

@McTrailRider

Жыл бұрын

Yes! 👍

Looks like I’m hitting Tarland before heading across to Fort William in September

@McTrailRider

Жыл бұрын

That covers all bases 👍

If I lived a bit closer I'd definitely be there a lot. Does look like it needs a lot more rocks and roots though.

@McTrailRider

Жыл бұрын

Plenty of rocks and roots everywhere else nearby 👍

East Lothian needs this desperately. Lammermuirs!!!!

@McTrailRider

Жыл бұрын

Everywhere does really

@MTFUCOUK

Жыл бұрын

@@McTrailRider 100% - and most places in Scotland with hills have something. But East Lothian and east borders don't. Despite the number of enthusiasts and economy that could flourish from it. Fingers crossed one of these days we get someone like you doing something similar here.

Fantastic video, looks like a wonderful place to ride! May I ask, how long should I put aside to cover the trails you've ridden there pal?

@McTrailRider

10 ай бұрын

I believe it may have been about 3-4 hours. You can hit them all quite quickly tbh.

NICE ❤

@McTrailRider

Жыл бұрын

Cheers

The trail "Bon Gripper" sounds like Don Draper from Mad Men ( box set TV). In reference to your video title, Don once said .....“This old pro, a copywriter, a Greek named Teddy, told me the most important thing in advertising is ‘NEW’. It creates an itch. You simply put your product in there as a kind of calamine lotion”....... Andrew & Jamie are certainly getting Tarland II out there !?

@McTrailRider

Жыл бұрын

Call me Teddy then, because I was almost certain that a “new” trail centre would get people to watch 👍

🔥

@McTrailRider

Жыл бұрын

Cheers Sam

Add some fast tech “rim dinger” style and an uplift and you’ve got Scotlands answer to Bike park wales.

@McTrailRider

Жыл бұрын

They might not as those kind of trails to Tarland, but the surrounding area has plenty of natural tech trails.

Handy for getting up the hill's the ebike and pretty sure that they handel and jump just fine fir most folk 😊

@McTrailRider

Жыл бұрын

Very true, it was just the tight switchbacks that I felt slightly hindered.

@stewartjackson1821

Жыл бұрын

@McTrail Rider never seemed to hinder the other guys on ebikes you were following, could it be your human after all 👍

@McTrailRider

Жыл бұрын

@@stewartjackson1821 well I’m not going to blame myself for riding poorly, am I😜

@stewartjackson1821

Жыл бұрын

@@McTrailRider 🤣 all good mate 👍

Great trail review, do you like these trails more than dyf ? Can you list your top 10 favourite trails here ?

@McTrailRider

Жыл бұрын

I don’t feel the two places are actually comparable. One is a trail centre without an uplift, and the other one is a bike park with uplifts. Tarland is a better destination, and for appealing to the masses, I.E people of all levels should be able to enjoy the trails. Dyfi is aimed more towards the intermediate to advanced riders and has amazing features as a result.

Looks great, I live not far away and have a Vitus aswell, how did the battery do ?

@McTrailRider

Жыл бұрын

Better done pretty well, I could have done everything on the one battery 👍

Totally agree, the bike park scene is non-existent in Scotland, and we've got places like Nevis Range squandering their opportunities. Places like this just show what is possible. THAT is what a blue flow trail should be, totally rollable and safe but fun for anyone. Send the Tarland trail builders to Glencoe, Glenshee and Nevis Range! One point, we need to ditch orange grade, it's not helpful. Look at the Alps and Canada, black trails (e.g. A-line) are still entirely rollable with chicken lines, but the black grade indicates the size of the jumps and features. I think that is a better way of doing it than orange, which is not used consistently and doesn't really say anything about the trail. All of these trails could be orange.

@McTrailRider

Жыл бұрын

I agree fully with your thoughts regarding some of the other destinations in Scotland and what they could be. The grading system is always tough to get right and I adjusts take them with a pinch of salt.

@HankBizzle

Жыл бұрын

I totally agree with dropping the stupid orange grading, the North American bike parks just label them as flow or tech trails and give them the appropriate colour for their difficulty. Just remember if you ever go to a NA bike park that the colour codes are different, they have Blue, Black, Double Black an THEN Red, unless you are a pro you stay the hell off the red trails 😅

Looks like fun man! Question though; ‘red’? What is ‘red’? In Canada we have green, blue, black and double black trails.

@McTrailRider

Жыл бұрын

Red is equivalent to your black I believe, although these aren’t very hard for Red’s in my opinion.

Money well spent , the trails look amazing .

@McTrailRider

Жыл бұрын

Agreed

Between this and the ongoing work at Glenlivet, CRC are going from strength to strength! @nevistange should really be picking up the phone. Just watched Papa Moyne do Macavalanche to be reminded how awful Blue doon really is 🤦🏼‍♂️

@McTrailRider

Жыл бұрын

I obviously have no opinion on blue Doon😜 CRC are the absolute go to guys for trail building now👍

Best review ive seen to date on tarland. Id say I'm about same level of rider as yourself. I got a better perspective of the bike park watching you. Instead of watching expert rders smashing down trails.

@McTrailRider

Жыл бұрын

Glad you found value in my video. Good to know my average-ness is finally paying off😜

enjoyed the vid, is the guy on the santa cruz a dentist lol.

@McTrailRider

Жыл бұрын

More likely to do with oil than teeth in Aberdeenshire.

Would overnight parking be tolerated?

@McTrailRider

Жыл бұрын

Probably not, but there’s a camp site in the village and many quiet spots nearby.

I enjoyed the trails but they are not for everyone. I appreciate its meant to be flow orientated but it was more like very smooth BMX tracks and they are all very samey. No variation between grades etc. Good for families or a blast if nearby. Personally I probably won't be back but it's very subjective.

@McTrailRider

Жыл бұрын

When I say that they are for everyone, I mean from an ability point of view I.e almost all abilities can ride the same trails as each other. Almost every other trail in Scotland is more techy, so it’s nice to have some flow trails👍

Whereabouts in Scotland?

@McTrailRider

Жыл бұрын

Aberdeenshire

Doable on a hard tail?

@McTrailRider

Жыл бұрын

Very much so, maybe even a better choice

@rockwatchswitzerland3227

Жыл бұрын

Thank you. Keen to give it a go. Great video btw 👍

Can you hire E-bikes there

@McTrailRider

Жыл бұрын

Not at the Trail centre itself, but quite possibly at one of the nearby bike shops. 20Twenty bikes may be able to help you.

No uplift 😭😫

@McTrailRider

Жыл бұрын

Nope. This is a trail centre rather than a bike park.

Sorry but inners and golfy are as good as any in uk and any of the stains are ok as well you have it ok Andy lol and glentress

@McTrailRider

Жыл бұрын

The Golfie isn’t a trail centre and Inners is about 95% off piste, so I don’t really include them against Tarland.

bike is a bit squeaky

@McTrailRider

Жыл бұрын

Yeah, not so good 😬

@ricrsv

Жыл бұрын

Sounds like the same noise as my Hope brakes....

When your riding it’s not as clear as when your stood still 🤷🏼‍♂️

@McTrailRider

11 ай бұрын

Just like real life, no.

@jamiesmith5970

11 ай бұрын

Sorry man that comment wasn’t for that vid 🤷🏼‍♂️ was for pinned no idea how that happened, love yours vids

@McTrailRider

11 ай бұрын

@@jamiesmith5970 no worries man👍

Tarland. It would be better off tarred. Miles of samey twisty tracks with not a rock or root in sight. Kids will like it as it will give them a chance to show off. Glenlivet on steroids, Jeez.

@McTrailRider

Жыл бұрын

Thankfully there’s rocks and roots to be had everywhere else in the area. Flow trails is something that we don’t have much of though.

@adambracegirdle

Жыл бұрын

I rode on opening day and I've described this to friends as like a BMX track but everything is huge and on a slope. That won't appeal to everyone, but it's a great contrast to the natural / tech trails in the north east, see Ben Cathro's pinkbike piece on Aberdeenshire. Going through the huge compressions and jumps I can only say I felt like a fighter pilot.

As you come down Scalextrix and look to the west, you can see my house!

@McTrailRider

Жыл бұрын

Nice extended garden you have 👌

@claverhouse1

Жыл бұрын

@@McTrailRider It's a bugger to cut the grass though!