VITUS UK BIKE PARK TOUR EP//8 AFAN DISASTER

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Well that didn't go to plan, you spend an hour in the cafe chatting about the trail centre, and they don't think to mention half the centre is closed. We forged on anyway, and luckily found a couple of locals who showed us round the skills park at the top of the mountain, and what a little spot, gos on for ages with some great stuff there to develop some fundamentals.
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[@mariusreiter9493]

For anyone visiting Afan: DON'T TRUST THE MAP OF THE SKYLINE TRAIL!!! The maps are outdated and say its 19km with 316m of elevation. The actual trail has been modified but the maps haven't been updated, its actually 46.5km with 2000m of elevation. We blindly followed the signs expecting a 19.4km ride, and after we were still heading away from where we started after that distance, we googled a bit and found out the truth. We had to head back over the gravel roads and wasted so much elevation because we couldn't find a proper shortcut.

[@simon8413]

What are these things you call ‘kilometres’?

[@mariusreiter9493]

@@simon8413 A little known unit for distance, only used and understood by the elite.

[@mrbadger9920]

@@mariusreiter9493. The elite. And the French

[@camperp195]

Totally agree,skyline is really badly posted,some signs are so small you can miss them,i once did skyline,got lost,ended up doing 45 miles! Badly needs revising! Rest of the trails there are fine,must admit,komoot is a great help

[@hallstewart]

Uk metricated in the 1970s 😂

[@leewalker5902]

Anchor great video, absolutely love the bike park tour! It has to be hamsterley forest next 🙏

[@thecremeegg]

Love Afan, one of my favourite places to ride!

[@deividas_kimontas]

Awesome shredding Rob! 🔥🤘

[@petermascall1158]

From what I remember before the trail centre opened, the steep fire road climb up to Bryn betws Lodge was referred to as 'the Wall'. Used to race xc there back in the 90s. My local trail centre as well

[@geoffsimons3475]

Although the wall was shut Rob did look pleased when he headed for the disco in the loos at the end 🕺

[@speakerface1379]

Richard Burton was in where eagles dare Charlton Heston was in Ben Hur

[@Dononemaccaboy]

Those jumps at the end reminded me of Chainspotting

[@levitt90]

Ey up Rob, there's a new bike track in Easingwold, North Yorkshire (close to Yearsley Woods which is mint for mountain biking) that's just opened. Why don't you come and Christen it? I've just bought a box of eggs...

[@Lou-lq7cd]

Have a great Xmas Rob and all the best for the new year. Great new series x

[@weekendbikingwarrior360]

Inspiring stuff, just what I needed to help me look forward to get over the flu, I feel an Easter tour coming on, with FoD too.

[@TheBikeRoom]

Just head into the Bike Shop that was just in view of Rob's wee van. They'll show the way to get round Y Wal or advise on other trails located behind the shop, Penhydd and Blue Scar. There's other trails further up the valley too such as Whites Level, Blade and Rob mentioned the epic, Skyline (which as a mid fiftees bloke, I've ridden twice this year on an acoustic Giant Trance and took me and my son around 5 hours to cover the 50kms from the Trail Centre, although in winter I'd recommend riding an ebike and certainly with other riders.

[@danpatterson7108]

Dry leafs for the win, and you're obviously going much faster when you're on them. Always reminds me of the rob warner bit in chainspotting

[@Gazzaloddi-ml9ej]

Rob is still shredding. Mind you, he did win a world cup

[@freeridemtbauz]

Love the videos Rob keep them coming, 👍

[@nathanwilliams3356]

Should of tried the masts on the next hill over much better trails

[@hallstewart]

YWall and access to the enduro trails is STILL shut due to taking longer to deal with larch disease and everyone is really annoyed. Better off starting at Glencorryg up the road and ride Blade& Whytes for now

[@iloveloam276]

You can ride all day in Afan and not touch any trail center stuff, unofficial trails are not mapped like they are in say Scotland.

[@olisymes3973]

Why anyone didn't tell you afan masts is beyond me.😢 its literally 2miles from the car park you were at😂

[@Itchintoride]

Rob, you should have invited that 2x junior national DH champ along for the ride. Maya could have taught you a thing or two 😂

[@1brokenspoke189]

You could say that the Sh!t hit the van in this video.

[@rossridesmtb7497]

another classic!

[@MrRobjones70]

Hope he returns and tries the Glyncorrwg of the valley..

[@cassierankin7420]

Should have went to the masts if it were all shut Rob

[@smtkelly]

What bike stand is that Rob?

[@soundwarper]

Class stuff! 👊😂

[@scoto1976]

Risca bike park at Cwmcarn trail centre is worth a ride

[@Ha-GNAR]

Think you need to have a word with Vitus head office. They've clearly failed to do any diligence for this episode!

[@theadhdbiker6493]

Are we ignoring how smooth that turn was at 11:35 was?

[@zaffer36]

I need to know what bike stand that is.

[@will.134]

ARE YOU LOCALS 😂😂

[@greymike72]

Anyone know what make and model robs glasses are ??

[@mrsjb2334]

Melon alleycats 👊

[@greymike72]

Cheers 👍🏼

[@tomh6469]

Head to chicksands

[@dougtherugg]

Sh*t start to the video... The toilets fallen over!!

[@crisprapper]

Strapping the bike upright but not the thing potentially full of pee and poop? Oof.

[@dannyfag1]

What happened to the Honister edit young man?

[@mx2strokes250]

THE WALL IS NOT CLOSED !!! there are diversions if you park at the visitor centre but you can ride all trails except the black options. I cant believe nobody directed you to the trails, there are diversion signs everywhere.. Gutted I didnt bump into you so i could show you the way

[@FinHow7]

#AFANTRAILCREW 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿⛏️💯🔥🤘 there's much better trails in afan than the official ones, most of them are off piste and built by the locals like us yewww 🤘 plus can't believe you missed out on the duel slalom and the 4x track just up from the skills park 🙈

[@mikeg2939]

Richard Burton was in Elisabeth Taylor's, quite often too I believe.

[@tonysnell5049]

Loving the series Rob! Looking forward to World bike park tours.. hopefully 🤞🏼

[@afanvalleybikeshed9491]

There is an alternative route to ride Y Wal. You can still ride 95% of the trail at the moment. The NRW signage is pants so pop into the Afan Valley Bike Shed and they will point you in the right direction.

[@mariusreiter9493]

Hey, I don't know if you have contact to whoever makes the maps, but it would be great to update the maps to reflect the new layout of the skyline trail. From all the maps and GPS files we found we had expected a 19.4km ride, and only after following the signs for about that distance and realizing that we were still heading away from where we came from we googled and realized that the new layout is more than twice as long. We had to head back over the gravel roads and killed all the elevation we had gained during that first part of the trail, which was a bit frustrating.

[@cyclingslowlytoseethings]

Bit concerned all the people at that bike park may have ended the day with out being aware they had met a real world champion.

[@bigspear4358]

*national champion

[@BrickBike]

😂

[@sayno4137]

At least it was only piss.....

[@derman3658]

But you know how Rob likes to take the piss. He now travels with a van load.

[@GelMibson-u2y]

Rob can we get some Kaprun 96 shirts?

[@saywhatnow4561]

Ride the masts next time your in Afan, loads better than any of the official trails

[@Dukesy]

Enjoying the vids Rob 🤘 - I bet you are a right laugh to ride with

[@sixmonthjamie]

Should have gone to the Afan masts

[@darrencoles9925]

Glyncorrwg was only another 10 minutes up the road and blade and skyline are open

[@nathandavies8308]

Cool vid, anyone know what the song is that starts approx 13:26. Cannot find it from Google or Shazam

[@bongcity4216]

All hail the eggggg

[@markallen3606]

You need to go there in the summer , ☀️ great place and go to the other side where you go down the mountain ⛰️ to the other cafe some sick riding there rob , they do racing at that afan place aswell and you can camp 🏕 there aswell and the people who run that place are a good bunch ,

[@WilliamMaxfield]

Thats the definition of piss wet through 😂

[@derman3658]

Piss poor preparation proves piss poor performance

[@stevebennett6727]

My local trails. Over there most weekends. Y Wal, Whites level, Blade, skyline and Blue scar and penydd are all great trails. 👌🏽👌🏽🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿. It’s also pronounced Avan 👌🏽😉

[@scottcampbell10]

I was there yesterday and was equally disappointed to find the trails closed... however it did only take me 15 minutes to get there not 3.5 hours 😂😂

[@scottwhyte2772]

That's a great episode kids. The ending is perfect. Have you been writing? Lol. Electric rules.

[@dazbbgful]

What was the chest camera Rob..?

[@mrsjb2334]

Looks like a i360

[@everettstone6574]

you can use a mix of peroxide, vinegar and soap to clean up "biological" smells. My cat went through a pee on everything phase, and this was critical. For gas or other non water soluble stuff, you can use some other oil like olive oil + baking soda which can mix with the unwanted oil. Then use lots of soap and water to lift the loose oil.

[@EarthlyEden1]

''peroxide, vinegar and soap'' Thats Robs shampoo recipe.

[@derman3658]

I initially thought this was a list of trail names that were a short cut to the top, but no, it's Rob's nightly routine

[@MrWightHD]

Yamaha badge? Have Honda kicked the cult leader off the payroll? I think we should be told.

[@waynecoates6887]

Such a shame you didn’t go see Ben at The Afan Valley Bike Shed, anyone visiting go see him, so much local knowledge and will for sure point you in the right direction

[@evanjones7236]

Don’t see Ben, see the boys in glyncorwyg.

[@stevebennett6727]

Ben is sound plus Jeff in glyncorrwg

[@waynecoates6887]

@@evanjones7236would make sense to see Ben if your riding out of Afan Ywall etc and see the boys up the valley if your riding Blade or Whites level…