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Dean Trail Volunteer:
Avg 4.42
Grin Factor
Trail Variety
Skills
Trail Quality
General Setup

Will be the Best :)

Great Place to Ride

What do you like?

Family Cycle Trail, 10 miles of beautiful scenery on a family friendly loop Verderers, an Excellent 7 Mile Blue Trail with one of the biggest grin factor final descents in the Country built by Rowan Sorrell of BPWs "Back on Track" boys Freeminers 7 miles of Great natural and man made features, Built and Maintained by the Dean Trail Volunteers Launchpad the realisation of a Dream, Phil Hall of the Rough Riderz 4 Wheel Gravity Bike Club with support of the Dean Trail Volunteers and funding from the Gloucester Enviromental Trust and the FC made this a reality that 40,000 riders enjoyed in the first year of opening, it is a credit to the builders "Architrail" and the determination of the Rough Riderz And last but not least the excellent variety of DH runs Sheepskull, Ski Run, Mr Rooty, Endo, Cougar Root, Corkscrew, Bottleopener, Good the Bad and the Ugly (GBU), Corkscrew, Brothers, Anything but Boaring etc... ALL BUILT and MAINTAINED BY Volunteers http://www.deantrailvolunteers.com/ Plenty of Car Parking but could do with more due to the every growing popularity and the excellent work of the Dean Trail Volunteers Great Cafe, Workshop, Clothing and parts shop, Toilets and Showers, Bike Hire and the Excellent http://www.sprungsuspension.com/ for all your smooth bouncing needs on site The Best Mini DH and Mini Enduros in the Country Courtesy of Chris Roberts

What could be improved?

Not enough Volunteers to cope with the growth and popularity of the trails No direct funding for the Dean Trail Volunteers to build and maintain trails http://www.deantrailvolunteers.com/ (DTV have a donation box in the cafe and a paypal button on there website) Car Park needs to expand Red needs extending (but this should happen in the next 12 months) Pump Track needed (but this should happen in the next 12 months) Skills Area needed (but this should happen in the next 12 months) More DH Tracks at the other end of the Valley (its on the cards)

Would you recommend?

*Yes*

Date written:

20/10//2016 - about 9 years ago

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