The Scariest MTB Trail In The UK!

Nestled beneath the huge ridgeline of Dyfi Bike Park and named for its imposing natural bedrock slabs, the Slab Track offers riders a supersized adrenaline rush as they descend the extremely challenging terrain! Join Neil Donoghue as he makes his way down this infamously difficult run to see whether or not this track can be crowned the scariest MTB trail in the UK!
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[@flckvanse]

My re teacher did this trail and now he's the only teacher i respect

[@pendulum1997]

Respect all your teachers, you don’t have to like them though.

[@mad3arber]

Cool story

[@gmbn]

What a comment! That's so cool! 😂

[@tylerdurden4289]

Teachers are people too you know. Most of them go into the job to try and help kids, even if they aren’t always appreciated

[@flatlineA5]

Would love to see you ride it again with ABS brakes.

[@gmbn]

Now, this would be a cool experiment! Thanks for the suggestion!👊

[@iamkzonjames]

That's cool. Hope to try like that with my 7yo next summer here in Norway

[@Cameron9788]

Great vid! Would love to see the unedited helmet cam footage to see how long it takes and see it in all its glory!. Neil is a beast!

[@smv9338]

Check out the footage of the Ore Chute trail in Colorado, on the Singletrack Samplers KZbin channel. It is rated double black but I reckon that it deserves triple black status!

[@4dfam458]

I watched that, it looked pretty nuts! But the Sampler and BKXC did good!!

[@chrisridesbicycles]

When the Don puts on the full face helmets, it‘s serious business.

[@gmbn]

For sure! You know things are getting gnarly when Neil wears a full face.🔥

[@oliverbourne9599]

Winter's just horrible ☹

[@elrictdb]

Scary stuff! It would be too tough for me to try for sure (the 15 hour drive would be a bit prohibitive too!). How does it compare to the secret trails you did with Ella Connolly up in Inverness - if you even saw the scarier stuff up here?

[@arrang_f3413]

😂 they have seen it but no reply

[@gmbn]

Hey Stewart! Thanks for the support! Neil did a great job. Those trails were pretty gnarly, but we couldn't possibly comment further!😉😂 All we can say is that those slabs are pretty slippy.

[@apm9507]

Looks like fun! Nice video photography!

[@gmbn]

Thanks so much!

[@junka1975]

No wonder Neil is the Don. He nailed that descent!

[@smv9338]

The Don made it look easy. The two double black diamond trails at Gawton in Devon are scary, would like to see Neil try those. How many black diamonds does Hard Line have???!!!!

[@frontierfishingwithryanmac1981]

Doesn't look that scary when you have Neal ride it...Neal makes it look so easy!! - but we know it isn't!!!

[@aliens1990990]

Eastridge offpiste is the scariest trail I have ever done

[@martinturner8110]

Love to ride with you guys when you are in cannop FOD

[@zimmermanlandscape9287]

Curt gowdy state park in Wyoming has some good trails … not that scary but fun nonetheless

[@fynnhansmann8027]

Ride the Fernartrail in Sölden

[@cgriggsiv]

I definitely look like an awesome trail going down I hate to try to go up it

[@samanderson7187]

Any chance you can overlay his heartbeat along the bottom of the video?

[@Michaeceae]

If it’s a jewel in the crown, does that mean it was stolen?

[@cezarmartins3489]

I bet this is one of those cases that the camera doesn't do justice to how steep and gnarly this actually is

[@bobothericefarmer1878]

Gnarly

[@gmbn]

Hella gnarly! 🔥

[@_Zane__]

Looks like a good hike, not a biking trail

[@broadyroberts3955]

Can I get a reply

[@gmbn]

Hey Broady! 🤘

[@KevinT3141]

At least two, although mine's not the one you were looking for.

[@Mo.Jo.MTB_101]

@gmbn Isn't this the same trail a certain Mr. Richard Payne rode on an XC bike?...

[@smv9338]

yep, but didn't he swerve a couple of sections as he was on the XC bike?

[@Mo.Jo.MTB_101]

Indeed he did, but I think riding the track on the XC is amazing non the less... ;-)

[@smv9338]

@@Mo.Jo.MTB_101 Absolutely!!!

[@richardpayne5176]

Sure is mate, the only bit i skipped was the chute

[@smv9338]

@@richardpayne5176 Total respect!

[@stevek3114]

camera definitely makes it look like a completely different track . 😂 its definitely tough track to ride clean and well . theres a section in gulley of doom that is harder tho

[@core-i7413]

I've ridden the trail, when I saw it on camera it looked a lot easier than it actually was. The trail was steep, technical, and off-camber the whole time. Managed to pull through using a Yeti SB150, good experience.

[@gmbn]

The camera will never do it justice! 😂

[@GelMibson-u2y]

looked like some absolutely treacherous conditions...Neil is a wizard . GMBN should come over to quebec this winter and have the fellas do some proper snow riding on fat bikes! First week of February is winter carnival!

[@phoenixinthetrees1446]

Good stuff. I bet it's scarier in real life that it comes across on the video as well. I think I'd give it a miss on my hardtail...

[@RideBikes_Walkplaces]

Looks like a standard lake district ride to me! All kinda fun. Wear elbow pads on this stuff, my mate slit his forearm from top to bottom on this! You should see the picture 😳

[@samblenkharn8099]

I was thinking the same thing re: Lake District trails. That's not to belittle Dyfi Bike Park. It looks like a cwl trail

[@danielhicks5031]

He says it’s the scariest he’s hit in a long time but still so calm. Doing in the wet too. I remember seeing how Blake and rich were on this track. Confidence was insane

[@lesbeefmemebois5552]

If it looks uncomfortable on gopro it has to be totally insane in real life

[@PaulGPixelBike]

Why do GMBN videos look like a potato ? It's 2022, everyone films beautiful videos in 4K on great gear, even small channels with less then 50K subs, but GMBN is like hell no, let's channel 2010, mushy 1080p FTW. Especially Gopro footage, forest is just a continuous blob.

[@senseriedigitalmarketingin9083]

Didn’t Rich go down this one?

[@gmbn]

Yeah, Rich went down this on his XC bike. Here's the link! 👉 kzbin.info/www/bejne/Zp7aqqN7rtmDrLc

[@KevinT3141]

Incredible Neil. Thanks for sharing that experience with us!

[@gmbn]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@2scoops624]

Man the GoPro effect! Neil's POV cam made everything look flat then you see the 3rd person cam and your realize he's riding down the side of a wall.

[@thingswelike]

0:13 "George"!? Is that Gee's real name?

[@yengsabio5315]

Stunning mountainbike playground! Lots'a love, cheers, & Mabuhay, from tropical Philippines! #RideOn #KeepBiking

[@gmbn]

For sure! Dyfi Bike Park is insane!

[@MlrDnl]

Personal goal for 2023: headin over to UK to Freekin shred some Bikeparks man!!!! Whit a Percy of a Shred 😍

[@marcusgarner1]

more videos with neil please :D

[@thelocalangler]

didn't rich do that track recently? it sure looks familiar.

[@richardpayne5176]

Yeah buddy, we hit it up in the summer on my xc bike

[@gmbn]

Feel free to check out the full video here! kzbin.info/www/bejne/Zp7aqqN7rtmDrLc

[@4dfam458]

@@richardpayne5176 Mad man, we love your content mate!! In fact we love everything on GMBN

[@Chief_Engineer]

Looks a bit like slick rock riding in Moab, but with the massive challenge that it is slippery (which Moab isn‘t). Well done, esp. the bits where the brakes needed the subtelest of handling.

[@nerdexproject]

Gosh that looks awesome! I need to go there!

[@gmbn]

It's so good!

[@pony_club7243]

Picked the right time of year to do it 😅

[@gmbn]

Yeah! 🥴

[@football_freak_la23]

almost as scary as haaland

[@andybrockbank3027]

Try Mt Owen, Queenstown, Tasmania -North Owen descent. Absolutely no escape lines. Ride it or crash.

[@BigOlSkip]

Triple black diamond? Squamish says blue/black 😂

[@xtrailz]

Looks easy ... I bet I could do it on me gravel bike

[@hotsky83]

I would not attempt at my current skill level lol

[@ICE329]

Wow! Nice!

[@celestewilkins2886]

How do you know what size bike works for you?

[@1999Eross]

Verry NICE Trail ,,,,😍😜💪

[@One-foot-skank]

Hit it don’t shit it 😂😂

[@MudmanDH]

Insane trail

[@Cheapsh0t247]

Great vid, fantastic idea for a series, "Challenging Neil". I recon there are some challenging ones in Scotland, and am sure the locals will be in touch or Maybe reach out to the Dudes of Hazzard lads

[@MedievalRichard]

Dyfi is on my list of bike parks coming up. I will more than likely give that trail there a miss, lol!

[@RicardoPetrazzi]

#GMBN Go check out the Spineology and Grande Sassiere trail videos on the McTrail Rider channel from his latest trip to the Alps!

[@stujm8376]

Why does Neil make everything look so easy… scariest trail you’ve ridden in ages? Certainly didn’t look like it

[@kiltymacbagpipe]

Is that bike park ever sunny and dry? I wonder how many times Neil had to push back up those scary features to get all those shots.

[@patrolmaverick]

That may just be the horniest track I've ever seen! I'd love to have a crack at that one. Looks a bit sketchy in the wet though lol

[@charles_1523]

Are you recording these with a 360° camera?

[@justmtbandgaming4518]

Ok that was some serius braking skills. Well done Neil!

[@overseer_grimal]

Is this a Spectral 125 with a coil shock?

[@stephenmorton8017]

that encroached on the realm of trials. well done.

[@overweightbadger]

Been in that netting a few times on the steepest bit and even in summer it still felt wet!

[@frthdo]

loved this, not often we get to see Neil look amateur!

[@pabslabspabslabs4589]

Why you chose the canyon for that ride ¿

[@MrLeovdmeer]

I would die riding that.

[@petinka721]

Neil nailed it!

[@dangitboy1918]

SWEEEEEEET 👍

[@anitalandkroon]

It looks challenging 😳😳 That's too hard for me 😱😱 but the setting is beautiful ❤️

[@gmbn]

It really is!