Review for Cardinham Woods Mountain Biking

Dave Taylor:

Rode the Bodmin Beast today with the red extensions. Great little trail, climbs all fairly moderate (except for the Hells Teeth climb). All nice and fast and felt a bit like Blue Scar at Afan in places. I would say that the 'Dialled in Dave' is a bit easy for its red grade, was more like a blue to me, but was nice and flowy with some fun little step ups to test your skills. I wouldn't bother doing the blue bit instead of 'Dialled' as it's mostly fire road going down hill! If you have got that far then 'Dialled' will be fine. Hells Teeth much more deserving of its red grade. The climb is nasty. I pushed about half of it! The downhill section is great, fast flowy bits and lots of tight switchbacks to test your skill. A great little loop just off the A30. Coffee and cakes at the cafe recommended, and there was even a fantastic mobile workshop from Trailmunki in the car park. Bled my back brake for me and adjusted my rear mech for a very reasonable £20.00. Will only be there at Weekends and half terms over the winter though.