Our weekly night rides at the moment are all exploring the trails that are likely to be part of the Dyfi Enduro. Last night we started from the northern end of the course and rode a few of the trails there. The first descent we attempted was covered in branches leftover from recent forestry operations so unless they clear that before the event I doubt that we’ll be going that way.<\/p>\n
The other descent were typical Dyfi Enduro style descents with lots of sharp loose slate that managed to slash both Dave’s and my rear tyre. Each descent was of course followed by a long slog up a fire-road. The cold winter does seem to have released a lot of extra rock from the trails meaning that it is very loose under-tyre and slowing down on the descent is difficult as the loose rocks just slide on each other. It may improve a little as more people are up there riding the trails in preparation for the event now. The recent nice weather is drying things out a little up there as well.<\/p>\n
Next week we’ll be riding around the Bailey’s Bridge section followed by an end of month ride around the entire route (as near as we can get to it without knowing in advance exactly where it will go).<\/p>\n