Mountain Bike Rider

BEAUTY & THE BEAST

Rhayader is a small town in mid-Wales with big plans; it wants to be the UK’s premier mountain biking hub, and it’s just taken one giant stride in that direction by opening Pump Track Wales (PTW).

Quite possibly the biggest of its kind in the UK, Pump Track Wales is certainly the first split-line pump track — nearly the first in Europe in fact, although one has just opened in Austria. That’s important because it means you can hold races,

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