Review for Risca Bike Park and Cwmcarn Trails

Ryan :

I'm a local Risca lad so know the surrounding areas well. Cwmcarn is a place I find myself most of the time to practice for Enduro. The climbs here can be quite challenging and I've been caught out by bits myself. You have to scan ahead and also near to your wheels as things creep up on you when you don't expect it. For example you've just climbed a technical rocky and rooty climb where you need to attack it, then it'll go in to a long progressive climb and as you come around the corner - immediately there will be a feature that you simply have to attack. I've seen many a rider have to dismount as what's around the corner has caught them out. The corners can be very challenging and are just within the turning circle for the bike so you find yourself going out wider to come in on the corner. What I like it that the terrain is a mixture of loose rock, roots, technical climbs with progressive climbs to burn your legs out with tight corners all to keep you thinking. The descents are as technical. The Rocky valley and all through here is very fast and you can use the bigger rocks to help you jump sections and get a great line through it. The people that come riding here are always friendly. And I've had many a rider ask if they can tag along. A good place to come to practice and develop more advanced skills or if you are a novice also you'd soon find yourself getting very fit and learning a good skill on bikes if you came here often.