CRAZY TRAIL RIDING IN WALES// AFAN "W2" TRAIL

Afan is located near Port Talbot in South Wales and has some of the best trail riding I have ever ridden on offer. Kara & I are on a road trip and decided to swing by for a loop of the black trail "W2" as we had heard good things and it certainly did not disappoint... weather your a beginner MTB rider or advanced, Afan covered it all and we had and awesome session...
Afan offers some of the best MTB trail riding in the south of Wales and the U.K in my opinion... from fast flowing sections, steep technical lines and huge climbs Afan covers it all and I would highly recommend the trails to anyone!
I was riding my Haibike ALLMTN 3.5 electric bike which is perfect for this style of riding!
I hope that you enjoy the video! :)

[@chrisbritten286]

had a great ride there on hard tails last weekend

[@TomCardy]

Nice!!

[@freerideWA]

I loved this video, great effort guys, reminds me of the trails i used to ride before moving over to Australia. Keep up with these fantastic videos😍

[@misterchristophermorris]

Hi Tom, I visited this trail park yesterday for the first time with my parter and were blown away how much it had on offer. Even on the green and blue family trails you can still loose at a slow speed it because the scenery is that awesome. Living fairly locally to this is going to be an good dose of excitement when you know you're going to visit the centre again because I felt it ticked a lot of boxes. Thank you and Kara for the videos you've made on this place , they were helpful before visiting .

[@FROADER]

6:53 is that when Kara said "I'm going to need a biscuit after this" in her video? Haha, I love it! What a great adventure! EEb IT!

[@LivingWithTheCoopers]

My local trails, some amazing off piste places up there too, also “Du” as someone else said is just Black in Welsh and is pronounced “Dee” nice to see some big names using the trails though, not quite a bike park, but some really fun lines up there, there’s another visitor centre you pass way before you get to this one, which has got a couple of nice trails too!

[@Pienimusta]

What a view! Truly leaves no room for mistakes or it might hurt a big time.

[@davecardy3984]

Great trails lovely countryside fantastic riding both of you 👍👍😆

[@BikingwithJP]

I love all this gnarly tech!

[@ericm8811]

Hey Tom Cardy! What an awesome adventure day! Those are the type of raw, natural trails I ride here near Vancouver BC Canada! You and Kara Beal should plan a long trip here after things have opened up again! Ride ride ride!

[@Druidwil]

Looked awesome pure enjoyment thanks bro

[@Pizza_boy07]

My local, love it, there are probably close to 100 trails like that across South Wales 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

[@mtbbros964]

awsome love this we are going there soon as well to make a video

[@tomllewelyn5845]

cool love these trails

[@joellewis759]

Sick trails! Awesome riding as well!

[@MrRobjones70]

Watched this again cos we're locked in, I'll assume theocal boys you spoke to mentioned the masts trails, if you enjoyed s4 and 6ft under, you'll love the masts. Jim pinned tv done a idiots guide a few weeks ago so I'm not giving any secrets away. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🚴‍♂️🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🚴‍♂️🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

[@ESSEXSPUDDER]

Great trails at Afan, when I went years ago the trails were "The Wall" "Skyline" "Whytes levels" and "The Red Bull run" did all of them over a couple of days, Awesome riding.

[@ryandodgeshaw]

Really good! Heading to Afan in July and think this could be the Trail to hit! Question though, could it be done and hit another smaller loop after? TIA

[@JRMess1]

Hey :) I literally live 5mins walk from tramway, hope you enjoyed :)

[@mintyaviation2376]

Them going down a few slabs of concrete on their full suspension e-bikes: Goooorr this is gnarly Me going down an entire rock garden on my 10 year old hardtail: meh kinda bumpy

[@rorothedodomtbprogression.1760]

Amazing video again

[@BasicBeachCommunity1]

Wow.. close to Swansea and Gower peninsula.. if you have time check out the beaches there...world's best!

[@macjimtv4917]

sending trail is the best sick🤘🤘

[@welshgingemtb372]

Got afan 10 min from my house, got some good off piste around there aswell, plus afan masts 👌

[@gavindiamond9054]

Surprised you didn't stop at the skills park by the lodge. (just before the last downhill section of the Wall or Yr Wal)

[@CHOPERUS23]

Mate you always go to South Wales, why not North Wales?! Yes it's a little further but so much better for biking.

[@rupedog]

Just rode w2 on my analogue bike in the recent 36c heatwave. VERY SWEATY! The big long climb up whites level, no shade, 36c, I wished I had an eeb! But its not Black tech, W2 is a black xc route...I.e. black rated for physicality. The 2 trails that join together to make W2 are each individually rated reds...and that's trail centre reds (=bike park blue). Still, its a tough ride with long and technical (in places) climbs.

[@-arthur-5265]

I’m going there on Friday. When are you going home❤️

[@Shibgo983]

Du is Black in welsh mate. So the really tough one was just called “Black” in welsh lol

[@DroppingInTV]

sickkkkk keep it up!!!!!!!1

[@Cruff8008]

Cards back with another vid

[@jamesrutherford6820]

Sick vid

[@yeboihank8833]

I like the E bike!!!!

[@charlottejones150]

Will tom reply im huge fan i love biking on my dmr sled

[@ashtonspeedway1070]

Good vid bro

[@ShadLife]

What is the range on those eBikes? You did all of that climbing on one charge?

[@anongshoanuvobkhan8387]

appreciation from bangladesh

[@dasanoneia4730]

That must have been steep i never seen you stop before

[@davemilner1660]

Looks cool, your both young and fit people why do you ride ebikes?

[@joebell9170]

👌👍🤘

[@aquatoad6940]

And I thought that some fire roads were bumpy

[@IDontDoDrumCovers]

Matt Jones, Tom cardy, and Sam pilgrim should take their girlfriends on a tour of the UK and go to as many trails as possible, maybe do some 2 hour builds along the way leave their mark

[@kemosabikeemanart]

Gooder!

[@ashthisguy7624]

39 kms bloody hell the biggest ones near me are 2km

[@cirlandasilvaoliveira4569]

off anotice!.

[@iloveloam276]

s4 and 6ft under are some of the easiest black trails in the area, I could show you some proper steep stuff ;) so much off piste :)

[@seanlink_1]

Wait why does Tom call Kara KJ? 😂 I’ve always just accepted it.

[@rubenTR309]

Her middle name begins with J and J sounds better than B next to K lol

[@brookproductions.]

When I go in 2 weeks, I'm supposed to be doing Skyline which is harder than W2 apparently.. Definitely gonna die. 😂

[@stephenbrewer8601]

Skyline is a very old XC trail, W2 is much better than sktline

[@crickhowellparagliding]

Du means "Black"! I guess syou know that now!

[@lukemitchum7172]

Do u ever do those types of trails on your enduro bikes like actually climbing

[@redline8000]

Why do you call Kara Kj

[@mike_ewins]

If you like REALLY steep techy stuff dm me, I know a few (in kent) you would like.

[@Huppat]

E-Bikes are *ay