Maendy Madness @ Treorchy Bike Park

I finally visit Maendy Woods - Treorchy Bike Park and join Castle Mtb for a guided Sunday ride. The trails are packed full of features, drops, doubles, jumps, gaps, on / offs and i'm riding some of them blind... as the ebikes disappear out in front. Pushing my limits and testing my nerves - until the shoulder finally said enough is enough and stopped play.

The tracks i rode:
1. Schnitzel
2. Bermuda
3. Coal Lab
4. Naughty Norman
5. Rogue Trader

I need to go back and session the tracks / features to get redemption....

[markcheeseborough]

Great video! some of features are a bit tasty. There are some nice trails on the other side of mountain too.

[TheBikeRoom]

Thanks for an honest review of all the trails you ride. Some have inspired us to pay them a visit like Rudry etc. Me, my son and the boys struggled a lot at Barry Sidings so we decided, instead of riding steep tech, we stick to what we feel comfortable riding. These days it means near-empty loops of Skyline, W2, Penhydd/Blue Scar, Margam, Darren Fawr at Blaengarw, Cafall/ Twrch at Cwmcarn and if feeling flush then Freeminers/Verderers at FOD. For more testing stuff we stick to our locals at Tyn Y Coed, Ganol and Smaelog, where we have great fun and progress, albeit slowly. But hey, it saves us in fuel, it's a pain driving to places where we basically just end up getting off and pushing the bikes down passing features we can't commit to and getting hurt as I did at Barry Sidings.🤣

[budycelyn]

always liked tombstone, but not been up there in a few years, probably been some changes by now.

[paulbarnett]

Another great video I've never been there before so where would you suggest parking? I bet those features are bigger than on camera.