
I’ve just got back from Thetford Forest where I checked out the Red and Black mountain bike trails. Doing both, my computer had clocked 22 miles.
This was my first time round Thetford & the weather was good. I’ve heard that this trail centre suffers in the rain, after a couple of hot days I was hoping it had dried out. Whilst the Red trail only had a few muddy patches the Black was rather boggy.
This part of world is very flat so dont expect any fast downhills and the flatness didn’t help the flow of the track. I found it hard to pick up and maintain any speed over the very rutted terrain. Having to dodge boggy sections didn’t help either. There was however some great singletrack with plenty of berms and twisty sections.
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