Mountain Bike Rider

BLACK AND BLUE

BikePark Wales will never be finished. We’ve been visiting the UK’s biggest bike park since it opened back in 2013, and the big takeaway is there’s always something new to ride – usually a trail, and without fail an innovative handbuilt section or feature on an old track. It’s a little like the Forth Bridge in that way, constantly being worked on, although it probably has marginally fewer red lines.

THE A470 FEATURES 40 TABLETOPS AND GAPS

This time around, the new stuff is scarred into the hillside and visible

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