North Face Trail, Grizedale

[MrFlatrabbit]

I love this trail did it today nice and technical

[daveb118]

the north face is too slow. IT's full of middle aged men from Leeds who think it's the best thing in the world. Seriously, sort your lives out. The north face is pants.

[butahada]

@daveb118 Maybe you shouldn't go there anymore, it seems to be raising your blood pressure in all the wrong ways.

[McSavage2011]

Me and my friend have just got hardtail mtb's, is this trail suitable for beginners and would our bikes be upto the job, We have a Cube Acid and a Cube LTD Comp

[butahada]

@McSavage2011 Its a 'blue' grade trail. You'll be fine

[tprcrossfire]

Great vid. Saved me tank of fuel. Grizdale tri coming up coming up. No time for recce.

[xxjayb97xx]

cool guys i have done the north face trail 10 times and i still like to go there

[TheFrogster007]

i did this trail with my brother, really good trail, better than other forests i have been to

[xTomWillOwnYoux]

aha i did this trail today, fell on the slippy boardwalks (deadly slippery) and hurt my leg :(

maybe more fun in the dry

[dj18uk]

DID THIS YESTERDAY, MINT!

[JO3HUNT3R123LAD]

mint trail this, i had a piss at 7:24 at that bridge :).. i did this on a dirt jumping bike with no geers and n no sspenshn, then camped on grizdale campsite in saterthswate.. i think the pub neer there is caled the eagles head ?

[butahada]

yayyy! go Steve Peat

[leetshots]

did you get whapped in the nads at about 50 seconds in?

[butahada]

nope a root

[leetshots]

haha thought i detected a sharp intake of breath

[benjaminmossman]

can not rember this being so flowey

[butahada]

I edited all the boring slog out

[jwinchester101]

sick video:P i've done the north face trail about twice now, however on the third attempt i face-planted on the boardwalk about halfway through:P aswell as breaking three fingers on my right hand! so basicly i was fucked.

[leonp03]

Yeh i did the same (without breaking 3 fingers which sounds painfull) did the trail twice in same day, second time round, front tyre slipped on a very wet boardwalk step down... luckily it was wide so i didnt fall off :P the only thing on a trail which puts me off going fast on is a wet boardwalk with no ckicken wire :P

[TrailRiderz]

Hi great Video what bike was you two rideing in this video? The green bike infront looks familier

[butahada]

Guy up front on an Orange Alpine. Camera man on a Trek Remedy

[divedaz]

Grizdale or Afan ?

[butahada]

I assume you mean which one should you go to? For trail centre riding Afan wins every time, Grizedale doesn't come close. For natural terrain (ie other rides in the Lakes such as the Three Passes, Helvellyn etc) the Lake District is the best.

[divedaz]

Done everything in Afan and still go back it's fantastic mate, Have you done much in 7stanes?

[butahada]

Only Dalbeattie

[Stonio]

I see you edited the Boardwalk out a coupke of times, did you bail?

I have never done a trail like this before and I borrowed my mates bike! The last bike i owned was a Raleigh!! haha

[butahada]

The boardwalk is a mile wide so there's nothing really to bail on; footage not interesting enough so it ended up on the cutting room floor.

[narutoboyalex]

Is this the red or the blue?

[butahada]

red

[tinkerooni]

Great trail, did it last weekend. The gate at the end nearly got me too ha ha ha, no warnings, nothing, just speed then gate - SHIT! Good quality vid guys.

[coinslot1953]

Good vid. Had my biggest off ever on the North Face Trail. I have a mantra that if I don't fall off at least once a ride, I'm not trying hard enough. Got on the last downhill & upped the pace, having not had a crash previously. Within 100m of the gate at the end, I hit a jump & knew immediately I was in trouble. Spent the next 20 mins in the toilets tending my wounds. Great fun.

[aaron05w10]

this is mint. i went the other day and nearly died. pedal hit the floor on a sketchy corner. was pretty good though. nice vid too!

[saggle1984]

looks like a good trail im going to the lakes this year so i might give it a bash only if i can find the right bike rack for my car lol what camera u use cause its quite a good picture

[butahada]

Viosport adventure cam 3 & DV500 solid state recorder

[PeowPeowPeowLasers]

I hate that boarded section at 8.00, it keeps wanting to chuck me off :) And what were you doing at 9.00, lol :)

[butahada]

you know how it is; don't look where you don't want to go; I tracked off line.

[superskimmer1]

Brill video, looks like a nice bit of fast trail.. going there in the spring, what the trails hold up like in the wet?

[butahada]

only been once; but they seem like they'd be ok as they're pretty rocky.

[2K7MTB]

nice,i was there a couple of days ago.I rid the purple route starting at Bogles Crag and most of the way was up hill on a sort of gravel type surface and it was pretty hard to get up to the top,on the way down there was a patch of trail and it had 1 1/2 of ice and it was really fun bombing down that route and i agree that it seems alot of uphill for little payback.

nice riding though:)

[mtbdudes21]

grizdale is good been 2 times but it's a bit hilly north face is great fun aslo been to gisburn forest ok hope they make it better

[nks487]

I've been a couple of times, the last bit is good fun but yeah it could be better if it was extended (i'd much rather ascend on single track than deal with all the fireroad stuff). Not been to Gisburn in about 3yrs pigante, has it changed much?

[pigante]

hiya, we were there yesterday, your right about the disconnected feel to the trails, it would be much better with less fireroad and more trails, also seems alot of uphill for little payback. Now theyre spending some money on Gisburn hopefully that will be better

[butahada]

"seems alot of uphill for little payback"

Exactly.