If you are in the UK, Swinley Forest could be your destination for your next outdoor activity. It has a wide range of room for various activities such as hiking, but predominantly biking. It offers a wonderful environment and serene atmosphere for bikers. It also showcases its great terrain and beautiful scenery that attracts more people. On top of that, Swinley Forest has some wild animals, as reported by some of the bikers who have visited there, which has increased its potential for more visitors.
It has done well in its accessory service delivery such as bike hiring and trail mapping and guidance, which has led to its success in ensuring its visitors get the best experience.
In this article, you will get the deep details of the Swinley Forest Bike Trails. Enjoy!
Swinley Forest Bike Trails – Green Trail – Easy
The green trail makes a loop of a single track for riders that covers a distance of 1km for them to get used to riding off road. Known for its gentle descents and climbs easing the work for gears and legs. Beginners are often encouraged to start with the green trail before graduating to the blue trail.
The green trail has proven to be suitable for family activities. It is friendly for kids learning cycling, especially learning the art of single track.
Swinley Forest Bike Trails – Blue Trail – Moderate
The blue trail is home for intermediate cyclists and mountain bikers with basic off road riding skills. It is good for gaining more cycling experience, and thus a recommendation for most intermediate cyclists.
With a trail width of 1.2m, the blue trail offers a purer single track experience. Similarly, its trail surface resembles that of the green trail. In addition, the blue trail offers more uneven, loose and muddy sections and introduces small obstacles such tree roots and rocks.
This challenging gradient and technical trail features with much shorter and steeper terrains make it fast and twisty for experienced cyclists.
Swinley Forest Bike Trails – Red Trail – Advanced
The red trail is a continuation of the blue trail. It starts half way around the blue trail. The red trail has a vast range of terrain features. It includes natural woodlands, tight twisty single tracks, more steep places that include steeper berms, longer descents, longer climbs, roots, drops and a couple of nice tables along the way that ensure all your energy is not depleted.
This area is not suitable for families, especially young children. It’s prone to more accidents and difficulties. Hence, more useful for experienced cyclists who like it fast and twisty.
Swinley Forest Bike Trails - Bike Hire Services
Swinley Forest offers bike hire services for cyclers who do not own their own bikes. There is a pool of bikes to choose from, suiting your preferences. Whether new to cycling or whether you are an experienced cycler, its bikes cater for all skill levels.
Kid’s bikes
Kid’s bikes provide them with safe riding experience and a fun environment where bikes come with 24” and 26” wheels.
MTB bikes
For the standard MTB bikes, the hardtail bikes have a front suspension feature for easy control. They also have fat tires for grip and comfort. On top of that, they have very powerful brakes which ensure that you get a confident descent. These features are also available for the premium MTB (full suspension) bikes.
They offer a range of high-quality bikes ideal for all trails. Whether green, blue or red trails, their bikes are available, including kid’s bikes, hardtails and full suspension bikes.
It should be noted that all minors (under 18) must be accompanied by an adult out and onto the trails if they are hiring a bike from the Swinley Bike Hub.
You do not have to have your own helmet as all bikes come with a helmet, but you are not restricted from coming with your own and using it.
Swinley Forest Bike Trails – Coaching Services
If you are new to cycling, worry no more about your experience. Swinley Forest provides you with an excellent coaching team that is fully qualified with British Cycling, MIAS, or MBCUK certifications. They also have first aid skills and are licensed by The Crown Estate to coach in the Swinley Forest.
The Swinley forest has a 10 acre skills park, The Summit that is ideal for practice and coaching. They also help those who are new to off-road riding, training for a race or even if you are looking to improve a certain skill in riding.
The coaching is tailored to your riding level. And there is no level that is beyond coaching, as coaching is key to upgrading your riding. This will help you build skills and confidence.
There are three coaching options where the first one is private coaching. Which focuses on one-on-one session to accelerate your progress. The second one is group coaching where you join like-minded people and ride at a similar pace as well as having fun. Lastly, we have youth and female coaching which specializes sessions for younger and female riders.
Conclusion
As we have seen the overview above, Swinley Forest is a dream come true destination for you, your family and loved ones as you engage in your outdoor activities. Here you will get all kinds of experiences in riding and all the necessary accessory services are available. Thanks to the coaching team that provides first aid services in case of any accident that might occur in the process of riding.
Comfortable Riding with E-bikes
E-bikes are the modern versions of bikes that are integrated with motors that assist riders in easy propulsion of bikes which makes pedaling much easier and enabling long distance riding. They are fitted with modes that can be adjusted to alter with the level of assistance needed by the rider.
These bikes are eco-friendly as they produce zero emissions. They reduce effort needed for propulsion and they are cost effective with low charging costs and no fuel expenses. These bikes come in different styles for different purposes such as for commuting, mountain biking, and cargo hauling.
These ebikes are available in most online bike stores and on site stores. You can get one either online or onsite, make an order and grab one, you will use it in your upcoming race at Swinley Forest.
