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graeme
October 19-2005, 06:21 PM
The old red freeride area was 1 of the first bits of trail to be built at Glentress and the years have taken their toll. When it was built a 4 inch travel bike was probably considered a downhill bike so now with the current generation of hardcore hardtails and freeride full sussers a new trail was long overdue.

The trail is currently under construction and expects to open in Mid-November. From the start line theres a choice of 2 skinny's or stright into the jumps and tabletops. Sneak preview below!

Bookings are now being taken by the ferrys for the first batch of NI riders to put the new trails to the test!

Glentress is one of the 7 Stanes mountain bike trails in Scotland.
Near Peebles about 25 miles south of Edinburgh.

Click read more for more pics.

http://photo.pinkbike.com/photo/637/pbpic637646.jpg


http://photo.pinkbike.com/photo/637/pbpic637645.jpg

http://photo.pinkbike.com/photo/637/pbpic637644.jpg
andrew k
October 19-2005, 06:23 PM
were bouts is glentress.
graeme
October 19-2005, 06:29 PM
Glentress is one of the 7 Stanes mountain bike trails in Scotland.
Near Peebles about 25 miles south of Edinburgh.
andrew k
October 19-2005, 06:32 PM
looks class.

might try 2 get over some time after christmas.
Causeway
October 19-2005, 06:32 PM
Glentress is one of the 7 Stanes mountain bike trails in Scotland.
Near Peebles about 25 miles south of Edinburgh.

Graeme you lucky fecker.
Craig A
October 19-2005, 06:34 PM
The new omega man !!!

Conor fancy a trip over when shes done?

Craig
graeme
October 19-2005, 07:42 PM
cheers for the editing steve!
AndyL
October 19-2005, 08:45 PM
graeme, I take it it's not open yet (mid nov?), so what is Saz taking me to ride on Saturday? I'll be having a look at it anyway!
Conor
October 19-2005, 08:52 PM
That's more like it. When I was there the 'freeride' area was a bit of a joke when you considered the fact that most XC trails in the 7-stanes had bigger jumps, berms and drops.

New stuff looks good though. Can't wait to ride it. Dead handy as it's right beside a car park!
graeme
October 19-2005, 11:33 PM
Not open till mid november at earliest
It'll be crap at the start as its right beside a car park
probably be a queue at the top
yeah i'm a lucky fecker but i prefer the black as its a bit more natural, not really into this bmx track stuff!
graeme
October 20-2005, 09:18 AM
For those who don't know Glentress is a working forest and these trails are being built by the Forestry Comission. There are already approximately 70 km of trail in the forest specifically for mountain biking.
Forest Service in Northern Ireland have refused to build trails like this, so if you want some of the same write letters to your MP, Forest Service, DARD, DCAL, CAAN, Local council, Local and National Papers, Cycling Ulster and the Sports Council. With a wee bit of pressure you could be riding this type of trail in your local forest!!!!!!!!
christy
October 30-2005, 12:52 AM
that looks awesome!! i wonder if there'll be 4x's on it?
graeme
October 30-2005, 01:45 AM
not wide enough christy
Aaron p
October 30-2005, 11:52 AM
that looks so fun, adn i like the fact the skinnys are low, meens i could actually ride them. wish i could go over sometime
christy
October 30-2005, 07:41 PM
ah damn:( how bout a duel!!?!
AndyL
October 31-2005, 10:08 PM
btw, at the end of the three skinnies (each with a 18 inch/2 foot drop off the end) is a 5 foot vertical stone step down with about a 10 ft run in and about 4ft of flat after it before the tranny. You have to get your speed up on the skinny to make the drop.

At least there's good access for the ambulances!
dulldave
November 05-2005, 05:15 PM
To illustrate what Andy is talking about

http://mcmtb.fotopic.net/p22417766.html

(fingers crossed the image thingy works)
dulldave
November 05-2005, 05:18 PM
bugger

it's here:
http://mcmtb.fotopic.net/p22417766.html
Aaron p
November 05-2005, 05:48 PM
looks class :D
graeme
November 05-2005, 07:28 PM
yeah but daves only about 3 foot tall ;)
thetrailbuilder
November 05-2005, 07:31 PM
that looks fun
AndyL
December 13-2005, 07:43 PM
it's open....

do a search on STW for pics. Diving board drops, rock stepdowns, wall rides, container drop offs a la whistler.

Ooh, I've had a trouser accident!
Pete W
December 13-2005, 08:32 PM
Why can we not get somewhere like that??lol
Conor
December 13-2005, 08:56 PM
it's open....

do a search on STW for pics. Diving board drops, rock stepdowns, wall rides, container drop offs a la whistler.

Ooh, I've had a trouser accident!


Posated said pics yesterday mate :cool:
chris_the_sham
December 13-2005, 09:58 PM
dont think its open yet. the stw pics still had barriers in place. looked to be people testing it when they shouldnt have been i think
graeme
December 13-2005, 11:18 PM
red open
black still closed
hopefully testing it tomoro night followed by xmas dinner in hub
Craig A
December 13-2005, 11:48 PM
Dam why is next November the opening date :(
AndyL
December 14-2005, 03:05 PM
craig, the red is open, the black is nearly finished. both open by end of jan at latest I'd say...
Craig A
December 14-2005, 03:19 PM
O yes great. Cheers Andy. Who is heading over? Ill be def up for it if they have free space :)
thetrailbuilder
December 14-2005, 03:45 PM
apparently it was susposed to be fully open in november but people keeped riding it befor it had settled, so repair work had to be done. its a great looking bmx track.
bikelife
December 21-2005, 05:29 PM
I have ridden it this weekend (18th-december). It is immense, the drops have been panneled up with wood but they are easy to clear with speed. Loads of people were there, some of them were riding in large trains, doing no-handers and such. There are 2 main trails, one is all jumps but this is unexpectedly tyreing as its hard to breathe when pulling up all the time. The other trail has a line up of 3 different sized drop platforms, which lead to a large slope followed by 2 snappy wallrides. once the two trails have joined they continue on into a large box, around 12 foot. This is the main spectacle. Loads of people watch some manual along its flat top, dropping into the slope and out the bottom. great fun, i went to ride the entire red but didnt want to leave the freeride area so i stayed there all day. The good thing is that it can all be ridden on a hard tail, how fast is up to you!
Bloom
December 21-2005, 10:28 PM
I have ridden it this weekend (18th-december). It is immense, the drops have been panneled up with wood but they are easy to clear with speed. Loads of people were there, some of them were riding in large trains, doing no-handers and such. There are 2 main trails, one is all jumps but this is unexpectedly tyreing as its hard to breathe when pulling up all the time. The other trail has a line up of 3 different sized drop platforms, which lead to a large slope followed by 2 snappy wallrides. once the two trails have joined they continue on into a large box, around 12 foot. This is the main spectacle. Loads of people watch some manual along its flat top, dropping into the slope and out the bottom. great fun, i went to ride the entire red but didnt want to leave the freeride area so i stayed there all day. The good thing is that it can all be ridden on a hard tail, how fast is up to you!
Sounds good. Lucky you.
Conor
December 22-2005, 08:51 AM
Can't wait to get out in the spring time.

Hope it's not wrecked by then though!

Have a feeling this section will be the busiest trail in the country!
A.P
January 08-2006, 01:43 AM
sweet that is ammazin !
A.P
January 13-2006, 12:13 AM
people are oboisly going to ride on it before it is finsihed comon its ****in amazin lookin
graeme
January 13-2006, 01:30 PM
been finished a while now
nobody was able to ride on it before it was finished as they build pretty sturdy fences over the jumps