Golfie MTB - A Beginner's Guide - part 1
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This is our beginner guide
This is our beginner guide to riding the famous Golfie trails in Caberston forest (Innerleithen) in the tweed valley, for anyone curious about the trails but not really knowing where to start.
This is our introductory route for someone new to the area (not new to riding), showcasing the incredible, hand-crafted off piste/natural/wild trails here regularly featured when the Enduro World Cup (formely EWS) visits the UK.
Part 2 of this series can be found here: Golfie MTB - A Beginner's Guide - Pa...
This is literally our favourite place to ride bikes in the UK. There is so much variety in the entire Tweed valley, we haven’t even scratched the surface.
Please note: These are not “beginner trails" for new riders. These trails demand a high level of bike control and riding commitment. They are steep, have loose changeable surfaces and are filled with slippy roots, drops and tight switchback corners.
The coloured ratings used by the Trailforks app for the trails featured in this edit are "off piste" ratings and should not be mistaken for trail centre or bike parks ratings of the same colour.
Caberston forest "off piste" trail ratings are unique in that the black trails also carry numbers from 1 to 4 (1 being easiest, 4 being hardest) which is super useful in progressing your riding without getting in (too much) trouble.
I have saved the route in Trailforks: Mindful trail biker - beginner golfie.
https://www.trailforks.com/ridelog/vi...
Garmin route here:
https://connect.garmin.com/modern/act...
We start of with a short climb to ride a trail called Stinger (red rated) into plan B (rated Black 1), this is the squirrel catcher and gives some idea of what’s ahead on the other trails without climbing to high.
If it's not for you, there is plenty other places to ride in the valley.
The full route is around 18km with 850m climbing with the option to shorten and miss out one of the black 3 rated descents.
There are slightly easier “off piste” tracks and routes in the other parts of the valley so we will try and do a similar edit of some of these tracks and routes as a more “guide to beginner off piste” if it's useful?
Apologies for the shaky camera footage on some of the heavily wooded descents. The stabilisation does not work so well in very low light conditions. There was complete cloud cover the entire weekend and the footage taken on day 1 was so poor that we amended our plan for days 2 so we could go back and re-record. Even with max stabilisation and the chest mount tightened as much ass possible, very rough trails and very low light conditions seems to best the GoPro.
As ever, I hope you enjoy and let me know if your inspired and decide to give it a go.
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#hiking #hikingadventures #vanlife #traildog #vizsla
#mentalhealthawareness #anxietyrelief #mentalwellness #itsokaytonotbeokay
This is our introductory route for someone new to the area (not new to riding), showcasing the incredible, hand-crafted off piste/natural/wild trails here regularly featured when the Enduro World Cup (formely EWS) visits the UK.
Part 2 of this series can be found here: Golfie MTB - A Beginner's Guide - Pa...
This is literally our favourite place to ride bikes in the UK. There is so much variety in the entire Tweed valley, we haven’t even scratched the surface.
Please note: These are not “beginner trails" for new riders. These trails demand a high level of bike control and riding commitment. They are steep, have loose changeable surfaces and are filled with slippy roots, drops and tight switchback corners.
The coloured ratings used by the Trailforks app for the trails featured in this edit are "off piste" ratings and should not be mistaken for trail centre or bike parks ratings of the same colour.
Caberston forest "off piste" trail ratings are unique in that the black trails also carry numbers from 1 to 4 (1 being easiest, 4 being hardest) which is super useful in progressing your riding without getting in (too much) trouble.
I have saved the route in Trailforks: Mindful trail biker - beginner golfie.
https://www.trailforks.com/ridelog/vi...
Garmin route here:
https://connect.garmin.com/modern/act...
We start of with a short climb to ride a trail called Stinger (red rated) into plan B (rated Black 1), this is the squirrel catcher and gives some idea of what’s ahead on the other trails without climbing to high.
If it's not for you, there is plenty other places to ride in the valley.
The full route is around 18km with 850m climbing with the option to shorten and miss out one of the black 3 rated descents.
There are slightly easier “off piste” tracks and routes in the other parts of the valley so we will try and do a similar edit of some of these tracks and routes as a more “guide to beginner off piste” if it's useful?
Apologies for the shaky camera footage on some of the heavily wooded descents. The stabilisation does not work so well in very low light conditions. There was complete cloud cover the entire weekend and the footage taken on day 1 was so poor that we amended our plan for days 2 so we could go back and re-record. Even with max stabilisation and the chest mount tightened as much ass possible, very rough trails and very low light conditions seems to best the GoPro.
As ever, I hope you enjoy and let me know if your inspired and decide to give it a go.
#golfiemtb #caberstonforestmtb #mtb #tweedlove #tweedvalleymtb #innerleithenmtb #golfietrails #mtb #adventure #mtblife #mtblifestyle #mountainbike #mountainbiking #ukmtb #mtblove #mtbiking #outdoors #outsideisfree #enduromtb #downhill #santacruznomad #santacruzbikes
#hiking #hikingadventures #vanlife #traildog #vizsla
#mentalhealthawareness #anxietyrelief #mentalwellness #itsokaytonotbeokay
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