It’s my local so we’re there a lot, they are putting in a great deal of work repairing worn out lips etc on jumps and generally improving the place. It’s not a bike park it’s a trail centre so it’s bound to be more mild than some other places. Climb only takes about 25 mins on a trail bike 🤷‍♂️ and a full blue about 40 on max attack. You need to use a bit more turbo mode 😉

@TheHeadAngle

3 жыл бұрын

😂 yes I do lol

@TKbeatwerk

Жыл бұрын

Only thing I would say is the reds feel like blues most of the time

Looks amazing. I'm heading there next Friday. Can't wait.

Nice vid & worth a watch as always, think it gives a pretty good idea of what someone should expect if they've not been there before. Regarding the view that it's not the 'gnarliest' place around, to be fair that has never really been Degla's thing. I agree that the Black runs are similar to other places Red's but what Degla is in my view is a fun blast which offers something for people at most skill levels. I live 15 minutes from the place & ride it all the time (well I will do now again it's finally re-open!) & usually have a decent ride there. That said I've come across a few people over the years dragging DH bikes around the place whinging about how crap it is... Also I did smile at the bit where you flew straight across the road crossing with the prominent stop signs on, don't think I've seen anyone even slow a bit down there.... ever....

Great vid need to go there looks a good day out.

Great video man. Really informative and great footage 🤙 we’re hoping to come up here for some filming soon.

Great vid degla is always a fast & fun ride

Great video and an intro to someone who hasn't ridden there......yet! Hopefully soon. Thanks just subbed.

Sick video bro I love it 😎

Love Degla, it’s my local ride, so wish the blacks were more severe tho, need some nice big drop ins and hardcore rock gardens for a bit of a thrill

As a local lad, I'm hoping to get back up there tomorrow. Iike the vid as well.

Hi mate , great video. I was the one on the red canyon at the jump line with my mate on the nukeproof and his dad on the Santa Cruz. Any chance u would be able to send over some of the drone footage of us . Love the video

@TheHeadAngle

3 жыл бұрын

Yes mate just replied to your pal we’ll get it sorted 👊🏻

That is one nice bike mate

Great Video. I think most jumps at Llandegla are poorly made and sometimes I feel cheated but you can see this in the Free-ride area. However all the other weaknesses are also its pros as its a very easy course and pretty much anyone can enjoy every trail. I just want some more technical stuff 😂

@TKbeatwerk

10 ай бұрын

Fair point they do need maintenance

I found it really hard going, short decents, followed by short sharp climbs. Was knackered after 600m. I did Marin train and penmacno the following 2 days, and neither knackered me as much

I find Degla an odd one. It's definitely not for you if you go to Dyfi or BPW or Revs. Black runs are definitely very mild and the jumps aren't great BUT it's not really that kind of place. If you love XC mixed with a little adrenaline then it's for you. There's a lot of pedaling with short downhills but if you're local you'll get mire out of it but a one and done visit you may be disappointed.

Haven't been for a while but looks like it's alot better then what it was about 10 years ago, picking up a new bike this year so I'll be on the trails again

Degla has some of the easiest ‘black’ sections I’ve ever ridden

@MTB_FPV

3 жыл бұрын

I'd say it's a mild red at best tbh

Rode the blue line the other eve on my electric mountain board. It's a shame I have to wait till 'after hours' to be allowed on the tracks though. Really limits the play time

19.23 on a analogue bike 😊

I used to ride Llandegla before the trail centre was ever thought of! What Badger and Jimmy have developed over the last decade is absolutely awesome, this is the best trail centre in the uk!

Good for beginner riders. Other than that a decent cafe but not much else

Aaah yes, the 'deg...

I live a couple of miles away miles from the centre and I always like it, staff are all great, but one for you to try is coed y Brenin.

@TheHeadAngle

3 жыл бұрын

Yes I have plans to do Coedy, but feel I need a weekend to do it justice with all the different trails, the beast on its own would make a good video

@ApexGears

3 жыл бұрын

Coed Y Brenin has ruined me a few times 🤣 I'm bang in the middle of both places so feel slightly spoilt for choice.

Nice vid. I was the one on the yellow nukeproof and my mate was on the red canyon. Any chance you could send any of them vids over please 👍👊

@TheHeadAngle

3 жыл бұрын

Nice mate, yeah sure drop me a message on Insta or Facebook and I’ll get some details to send it too 👊🏻

I like it there just a lot of jumps have very worn lips and the freeride line need a big overhaul it's not step enough for the jumps

Im thinking of doing black route soon what would you say is the biggest drop off ?

I’m a big fan of xc, I am going to test my new scalpel there I have done some technical descends but I’m not very keen on drops, would you recommend testing the red trails?

@Climbatron

2 жыл бұрын

Hey I went to LLandegla yesterday and did the red trail and there were no challenging drops. I only go to trails 4/5 times a year so I'm no expert. If you do go in the skills area there is a drop section with 3 graded drops. The middle grade is similar to what you find out on the trail.

Long,long overdue a remodel!

@TheHeadAngle

10 ай бұрын

Thanks

Great vid again. What you think of the ebike? I've thinking of switching over but not sure..

@TheHeadAngle

3 жыл бұрын

At first at my locals I wasn’t sure about the ebike, I didn’t feel fast enough on the downs but it’s a different beast... After spending a day on it here it was amazing just so much fun

There are two climbs. One is that fire road and then there is a second one in the woods next to it

great video mate I have a question tho do you think this trail is safe enough for an amateur without a proper mtb and without a helmet? Obviously by going relatively slow compared to you

@starwarssuks

2 жыл бұрын

Hey! I go here often and can confidently ride it all but I'd say you should definitely always wear a helmet on any trail. They are super cheap now and very comfortable so always worth it 😁

A lot of the trails have been worked on and they are better

It gets a lot of stick fron purists; but its perfect for an ebike, Ive been using one for three years and then it was just me and the odd other ebiker, now they are 90% of the bikes. I think they'll slowly make the trails for ebikes. How about trying the mountain path from the Ponderossa cafe, I tried it..made a vid...huuuuuge epic trail. By the way I love your camera angle it just seems better and I cant work out why

@greggan100

Жыл бұрын

Hi do you have link for video from pondrosa

@chargeriderepeat7024

Жыл бұрын

kzread.info/dash/bejne/iGagsK6Mk9TPl5c.html

this guy is an og egg!!!!!!

Your making llandegla seem really bad and easy. It's an amazing trail centre at a good place to get to. If you want a challenge do the tough free ride zone and tough parts of the skill area. Llandegla blacks offer challanges maybe just not as hard as places like Cannock chase. It's brilliant

You're right about the sizes of jumps - I was on one of the final stages and the final of the 4 jumps was smaller and I came off and dislocated my shoulder - lessons learnt, not all jumps get bigger as you speed up. Still, I'm looking forward to getting back.

subbed thx

Quite enjoyed Degla for only doing it twice. Your criticisms are on point, I imagine it is better for a more novice level rider.

@joelperrin1072

3 жыл бұрын

Yep I live across the road

Think it gets a bad rep for the climbs but it's great for folk that are relativity new to riding and are looking for something different to cannock .. It's as fun as you make it

@TheHeadAngle

3 жыл бұрын

Very true I had a great time riding there, it’s been so long since I’d last been it all felt new, I drove away smiling which is all that matters, but it is a shame a lot of sections have been updated.

@andywoolley2636

3 жыл бұрын

@@TheHeadAngle there were some new additions made in the last 12 months, I think rollercoaster is new.

I'm sorry 20 minutes to do that first climb I'm either fit and I don't realise or that ebike isn't that good because I do it in that time

I live only 2 miles away so I go every weekend

Going for the first time at the end of the month… looking forward to it

Let me get one thing straight, so far I'm 3 minutes into the video and want to point something out. You said after the initial climb there's only a few short climbs, that's wrong and so wrong. Unless you fell asleep and carried round on a stretcher you would be aware of the mammoth last climb of around 3/4 the way through until the bitter end. Bitter end is an understatement and no wonder there's so many e-bikes there.

@1Wynney1

3 жыл бұрын

Haha, so true. You've got Badger Rise after Dave the Fox then that last climb near the end up the red route is a killer 🥵

@jez770

2 жыл бұрын

Thought exactly the same thing... On an ebike, no real climbs..

@richardjones2811

2 жыл бұрын

@@jez770 On an E-bike they can kiss goodbye to any cardiovasular exersise.

@malenedandanel638

2 жыл бұрын

@@richardjones2811 I’ve got an ebike. And it all depends on how you use it, you can be really lazy and run on full power =no really cardio exercise, or you can do what I do and run on minimum support and only use on steep climbs. I did 21/2 hr ride last night avg heart rate was 141 and max 171 so I do think I’ve got some cardio work out as was out of breath a lot! We are no all the same, and we have all our reasons for having an ebike. Trust me if I was 21 again( am 54 woman) I’d be on a stump jumper! But as you get older things gets just that little bit harder 😂😂😟 so please don’t judge us all as the same

That man riding without an helmet while escorting his son down a black trail must be one of the all time stupid things I’ve ever seen done at any Trail Centre.

No way it takes 1 hour to climb the big hill on a analog bike I was there today and it took 20 minutes

@maxeddon621

3 жыл бұрын

Sheeesh must have some chonky legs

@stevo050

3 жыл бұрын

Definitely not an hour, 30 minutes on a bad day 👍

@Stevo_YouTube

3 жыл бұрын

Half hour on analogue. Did it in about 11 or 12 on my ebike today.

@maxeddon621

3 жыл бұрын

@@Stevo_KZread makes me want an ebike

@Stevo_YouTube

3 жыл бұрын

@@maxeddon621 it's like having a fast forward button for all the duller parts of your ride. Takes half as long to get round so if you don't feel tired you just go round again. Do it as fast as you can and you certainly won't feel like you've 'cheated'. I did 2 laps of the black in just over 2 hrs and I'm bloody sore today.

I live only 15 minutes away and used to go there a fair bit when I first moved to the area. However, I was always disappointed with it. Is previously lived near Nant y Arian really enjoyed their tails. My main gripes were that everything seemed poorly maintained: trails were really rough with pretty bad holes, puddles and cambers, and that was especially true on the blue and reds. I also found that the red and blue were extremely rough for the majority of it and riding on a hardtail wasn't much fun. Weirdly, the black was easier because it was much smoother. Many of the 'downhill' sections were pretty uninspiring with few rollers or kickers, and the few little jumps there were were weirdly spaced out or placed so often didn't work. Finally, the climb/reward ratio was very poor. I didn't mind the initial big climb, though it was annoying not to have a smaller loop available, but there are (were) many rubbish climbs that would lead to nothing: You'd spend 5 minutes climbing just to roll down a boring track to the bottom of another similar climb. I haven't been for a few years now due to covid/work/kids, but I'm hoping the work they've done recently will have improved things a fair bit.

Not a fan of Degla, Bit of a 1 trick pony.. Jump, berm,singletrack, hill, repeat.. You would think they would mix it up a lot and build features that are in the freeride line or the skills park on the main trails.. Then it would be a sick place to ride..Atleast at Cannock theres stile cop to play about on.

Went today and it was bloody awful. We did the complete blue line because there was a low skilled lad with us and the complete thing was a waste of time and not worth the over an hour it took to get to the top. There wasn’t enough down time to make up for all the climbing. The stone they use for the trail is massive so it wants to knock your teeth out on a hard tail. Once at the bottom we packed up and went home feeling it wasn’t worth the climb back up. What ever you do, do not do blue. Stay with at least the red.

clandegla?

@TheHeadAngle

2 жыл бұрын

Yes?

@TKbeatwerk

2 жыл бұрын

sorry mate, welshie here 😅

🤣🤣 a 40min to an hour climb