Brilliant Ballo MTB

Had a fantastic day at Ballo Hill with Paterson. It has been 4.5 years since my one and only visit to Ballo and my return was just as enjoyable as the first time. Even better actually! Ballo is a great place with lots of spicy trails as the names would suggest. I definitely won't leave it 4 years until I return. Highly recommended, they are some of the most fun trails I have ever ridden.

[@RicardoPetrazzi]

Thanks for sharing the experience. Looking forward to giving these trails a go for myself also. You have to go back an give them a 3rd go! looked like a good day oot!

[@muddymongoosemtb9873]

Cheers, Ricardo, you should definitely check them out. You'll love them, I'm sure. It's a great place to ride, and there are lots more trails there. I'll definitely return and won't leave it for another 4 years! 😃🤙🤙🤙It was good conditions on the day, pretty grippy. The trails would be very difficult when wet, I think.

[@rossjacksonmtb]

Good effort mate. Still to get up to Ballo myself

[@muddymongoosemtb9873]

Cheers, Ross! Definitely go mate, it's a great place with lots of brilliant trails. 😃🤙🤙🤙

[@garyalexander3281]

Some skillful riding there Donald (and just a wee bit of swearing 😂) Tight, twitsy and those steep drops at some of the trail ends would scare me too, always think when I get to those tree jumps that if I just get my speed up then bottle it as cant see where I'm landing and can often be tight. Very well ridden Ballo looks great am off out tommorow on a big bike day out doing the three lochs way with Stoozer. All the best, cheers! 😁🤙

[@muddymongoosemtb9873]

Cheers Gary, yeah sorry it all got a bit sweary at the end! 🤣🤣🤣 It was more through frustration than fear. I was knackered by the last trail and wasn't concentrating properly and so was braking too hard. Brilliant trails up there, highly recommended if you haven't done them yet. Yeah those log drop/jumps weren't high but you couldn't see the landing until you were right on them. I'd do them now I know they aren't bad. Have a good day tomorrow mate, look forward to seeing the video if you are filming it. 😃🤙🤙🤙

[@garyalexander3281]

​@@muddymongoosemtb9873Although mainly forest road where we're heading there is some amazing scenery will attempt to capture with drone will still record GoPro footage of trip too, cheers! 😁

[@thesingingmolecatcher5461]

You sounded terrified mate 😅

[@muddymongoosemtb9873]

🤣🤣🤣 Believe it or not but I was actually quite relaxed. Did swear a lot at the end because I kept messing things up braking too hard. It was a lot easier this time than when I was there before on my old bike...that day I was bricking myself!🤣🤣🤣 Cheers mate. 😃🤙🤙🤙

[@thesingingmolecatcher5461]

@@muddymongoosemtb9873 you should treat yourself to some smooth flow trails after that root fest 😂