Bike Park Wales pedal pass
Bike Park Wales pedal pass
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TT1138

Original Poster:

798 posts

163 months

Tuesday 8th March 2022
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Bit of a rant but has anyone else noticed that it’s gone up to £15?

I swear it used to be about £8. Cue old man shakes fist at clouds meme but BPW getting absurdly overpriced. Natural trails it is.

aVdub

14 posts

55 months

Tuesday 8th March 2022
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And soon it will cost £10 a litre to get there biggrin

Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr

TT1138

Original Poster:

798 posts

163 months

Tuesday 8th March 2022
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aVdub said:
And soon it will cost £10 a litre to get there biggrin

Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr
True. Maybe I need to start building jumps and trails on bits of waste ground like we did when we were kids. Cheaper.

aVdub

14 posts

55 months

Tuesday 8th March 2022
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TT1138 said:
True. Maybe I need to start building jumps and trails on bits of waste ground like we did when we were kids. Cheaper.
Have you seen the price of timber biggrin

Street is always free and now and then you get a chase from security.

TT1138

Original Poster:

798 posts

163 months

Tuesday 8th March 2022
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anonymous said:
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I agree. It’s stopped feeling like a bike park and more a method to extract every penny from visitors. Clearly it doesn’t bother most people but pedalling up on a conventional bike I doubt I’d get more than a couple of runs in. £15 is very poor value.

TT1138

Original Poster:

798 posts

163 months

Tuesday 8th March 2022
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aVdub said:
Have you seen the price of timber biggrin

Street is always free and now and then you get a chase from security.
I’m a bit more concrete-averse now than when I was 15 laugh

sir humphrey appleby

1,797 posts

251 months

Tuesday 8th March 2022
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15 quid just to ride there, without using the uplift? Blimey, we usually go to Afan once a year and yes I know you can’t really compare the two but camping is cheap so usually works out to be pretty good.
Isn’t the uplift 40 quid or something?
But think about it, that is a whole day’s entertainment, you could get quite a few runs in during the day. I always try to compare what it would cost to go and see a football match, cinema, bowling etc which is expensive but doesn’t last all day.

missing the VR6

2,539 posts

218 months

Wednesday 9th March 2022
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We normally go 3-4 times a year and I don't think it's expensive for a full days entertainment, can take lunch to save a tenner and share the fuel costs with a few guys.

Wouldn't pay £15 to pedal up though, that's mental!

Bathroom_Security

3,891 posts

146 months

Wednesday 9th March 2022
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They have split the days, do you honestly ride for a full day?

Weekend between April 16th & September 4th (4.5 hour session AM or PM) = £37 (includes a pedal pass for the full day 09:00-19:00)

I think its a good idea. Half a day costs less than a day did and Ill still get plenty of riding in 4.5 hrs. I think I usually make the most of it and probably do more than that in a full day but I am fecked by the end of the day and starting to get sluggish, I wouldn't be attempting any decent sized jumps at that point


Re. Building nearer home - yeah, get involved a biking group that digs. You'll be amazed what 15 blokes with a few tools can do in 2-3 hours.

missing the VR6

2,539 posts

218 months

Wednesday 9th March 2022
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anonymous said:
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£10 per hour not to pedal, doesn't sound like a lot to me, sounds like a bargain to my fat @rse! Haha