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- Type: Purpose Built Centre
- Grades: Blue,Red,Black,Orange
- Riding: Cross Country,Skills Area,Pump Track
- Facilities: Car Park,Toilets,Visitors Centre,Cafe,Bike Wash,Bike Hire
- Distance(s): Under 5km, 5-10km
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- Country: England
- County: Greater Manchester
- Website: Clayton Vale
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GeorgeTheDopplerEffect:
Excellent small scale trails, provided for free.
I would like to see a community that looks after the trails as well as rides them.
What do you like?
This is an amazing set of local trails in a city environment. The place has been built with real skill to offer loads of great trail fun in a small plot of land which is shared with general public. They've done a fantastic job of squeezing so much in - and this is for free!
I hope it inspires some local kids to get into mountain biking and develop the health benefits and responsibility to the environment that goes with it.
What could be improved?
Because of its location, it is prone to being used for dumping rubbish (at one entrance at least) and I get the impression that people feel the maintenance of the trail is all down to Eastlands Trust or whoever runs the Velodrome. It would be nice if people could realise that it's also their responsibility to lool after it and as much as you don't want to clean up after other people, it would be better than letting litter become a problem.
Would you recommend?
*Yes*
Date written:
02/10/2016 - about 9 years agoWas this review helpful to you?
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XC ride
Epic
What do you like?
Good looking trails
What could be improved?
No loo roll
Would you recommend?
*Yes*
Date written:
14/01/2016 - almost 10 years agoWas this review helpful to you?
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^Ben:
Excellent innercity trails
In response to a couple of other posters, my ratings are rating it for what it is (an urban biking centre) and are not done in comparison to proper trail centres.I'm a regular mountain biker. Ride in the Lakes, North Wales, Peaks, as well as trail centres such as Llandegla, Coed y Brenin, Gisburn etc. Given what they have to work with, this is an excellent little set of trails. They make great use of what little elevation they have and the reds and blacks/orange have enough going on that you need to think and have your wits about you. Probably not worth travelling to in the way that you would travel to one of the big trail centres, but for something that is local and easily accessible for Mancunians these are excellent. I've ridden here maybe 20 times and only once had any kind of issue with potential "trouble" and in fairness that was just a bunch of youth hanging out and not (as far as I saw anyway) actually causing any bother. If you turn up expecting a Gisburn or a Llandegla you're probably going to be disappointed. If however you rock up looking for a fun and relatively skills demanding set of trails (particularly if ridden at speed) that you can zip around on your lunchbreak, or after work, then you'll be happy with what you find.
What do you like?
Fast, flowy, fun trails, with enough technical bits to keep all but the most proficient mountain bikers interested.
Real climbs, it's a good old workout
Nice skills area to practice/play
Short red/orange/black bits have enough of the consequence factor to keep me interested anyway
Easy to get to from Manchester city centre
Next to Cycling centre so secure(ish) parking and facilities on hand (incl a bikeshop)
What could be improved?
Not many really, other than its not a full blown trail centre in the mountains (duh!)
Maybe that it is in a somewhat dodgy area of Manchester, but I've never had an issue and never heard of one through mates who ride there or the local biking forums that I spend too much of my time on..
Would you recommend?
*Yes*
Date written:
14/01/2016 - almost 10 years agoWas this review helpful to you?
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Better than a lot of people make out!
Would you recommend?
*Yes*
Date written:
22/11/2015 - about 10 years agoWas this review helpful to you?
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^gilesmartin81:
I went for a ride here with a colleague when working in Manchester, handy way to spend a couple of hours after work.
I wouldn't travel to ride here, but as a place to visit if you are close by and have time to kill it. Is pretty good.
What do you like?
It's a great location,
You can do a few laps and mix it up between red and black
Good option for the centre of a city.
What could be improved?
Not to long,
Not too challenging
Gets boring fast
Would you recommend?
*Yes*
Date written:
03/10/2015 - about 10 years agoWas this review helpful to you?
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^Dylanthejedi :
Clayton Vale
We started at the skills loop were we was met with a gang of young lads smoking skunk and drinking in the arches, we carried on to the start of the trail. At first I thought, it's not to bad, but more and more I was seeing glass on the trails, the odd glue bag and kids running up the trails. The lads walking 2 staffs on the red had me slamming my breaks on. Ok trail, wrong location.
What do you like?
Free parking at the velodrome, bike shop etc.
What could be improved?
Glass on the trails.
The odd glue bag.
Dog walkers.
Kids messing about on the trails.
Would you recommend?
*No*
Date written:
14/07/2015 - over 10 years agoWas this review helpful to you?
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