Rivington Moor
| Location: | United Kingdom > North West |
| Time: | N/A |
| Distance: | Various |
| Level: | Moderate |
| Rating: | 7 |
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Review by: wilcocker
on 31/07/2009 - (Report Review)
Summary:
Several Possible Trails, Decent Cafe
Review:
There are a couple of different route guides available in the Barn Cafe (approx £1 each) that contain 3-4 different routes for varying abilities and fitness levels.
I completed the "Shoreline pootle" route with the missus. It was easy graded and was about 3 miles with no major climbs. It was a good introduction to off-road biking with one short but steep descent that was a good intro to controlling speed.
The other route "Reservoir ramble" rated medium, is clocked at 7 miles and i tried this one alone. This meanders round the reserviors and then takes you up near the pike, so uphill climbs featured heavily mainly on very rough BW.
The 1 mile downhill section is also on very rough BW and I found it hard to get any real speed up due to the massive vibrations attempting to shatter my skeleton. It would probably have been more enjoyable on a full sus bike.
All in all Rivington has got some great XC routes and im looking forward to trying the others in the guide book.
If its DH thrills your looking for, then the Healy Nab course can be incorporated into most routes that take in the Angelzarke reservoir or you can park nearby and DH to your hearts content.
Members Rating: 7
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Review by: ouch
on 22/06/2010 - (Report Review)
Summary:
XC for miles, however DH can be a bike breaker
Review:
You can find yourself going for miles XC finding different routes.
But....there is always a "but", at weekends its very busy and the cobbles will eventually get you down.
Now if you want to take it easy stick to the lower tracks.If you want to push yourself a bit take a trip to the castle at the top, just watch out on the way down. the cobbles,rocks and dust on some DH tracks are body and bike breakers as i found out at the weekend. Which does sort of ruins your ride.
Members Rating: 7