I grew up just a few miles from Dalby and have been riding it since sometime around '93, long before the modern trails were built. Back then it was often axle-deep in mud so I never cease to be grateful to the Forestry Commission and Pace (whose HQ is just a few miles away) for collaborating to build the original trails. Since then it's gone from strength to strength and is great to see how popular it is. I thought your into was spot on. It's not somewhere I'd want to ride every weekend but every time I do ride there I really enjoy myself. It definitely rewards XC fitness and it can be quite a mission trying to set a PB for the whole red route. My favourite part of the red route is the last third of the loop. The single-track is fast and flowy, there are some good downhill sections and the forrest is at its prettiest. Loving the new GoPro but sympathise with your frustrations. I've a 6 Black and recently worked out that the wind mic just doesn't work. Googled it and turns out to be common problem. Another issue: had been working fine for months then just randomly would stop recording after 30s with storage error. Pulled the battery. Did it again. Pulled battery and formatted the card. Did it again. Gave up and bought new memory card that matched the official GoPro list of tested and approved cards and all seems so far. But for how long? Love the videos. Keep up the good work. Hope to bump into you one day out on the trails.

Good work out Dalby is. Got a bit of everything.

I was there last weekend on my new bike and totally chickened out of that first double drop off. Loved every metre of it and was running on fumes at the end of it. Class place to ride for fun and fitness.

Another one to add to the "to do" list. Great vid, thanks.

Great vid Andy. Dalby is looking inviting for sure. This vid sets me up for the forthcoming weekend I have booked in there. Cheers

Another reason I like your GoPro chesty + Max lens view is it also gives a great idea of how you’re managing the bike. Remy Métailler uses this setup - as I’m sure you know - and it’s fascinating to see what he’s up to. I was surprised to hear your sweeping comment about emtbs. I feel sure, looking at your fitness, that you catch people up when it’s busy and politely ride past when it’s not going to interrupt their flow. Just as you did with that young family who you were very kind to. So, I’m certain you don’t have everybody in one pot in your mind. And I’ll not go on too much about about how an emtb has transformed my life, but it has.

Chest cam is awesome mate, really good view of the ride, and the audio is spot on as well.

Great video, looking forward to trying the red trail. Thanks again 👍

Great video of Dalby, one of the best I’ve seen as it summarises the whole route nicely. In my opinion emtb’s have improved the Dalby experience vastly. As a local that has been using Dalby for many years on a regular mtb, you simply get fed up of all the pedalling. EMTB’s have put the fun back into Dalby and made it a pleasure to ride once again. It’s not EMTB’s that are killing the atmosphere, it’s Strava KOM chasers, always has been. If you catch someone up that is slower than you just be polite, ride behind them and overtake either at the end of the section or if they pull over themselves. Simple

Thank you soooo much for this video, I absolutely love dalby. I call it mountain bike heaven. It’s got a little bit of everything. O and the off piste stuff is a bottom clincher 😉

Great edit of the best bits of the Red! Happy to have it as my local trail centre. Video and audio spot on👍🏼

I've ride dalby for the past 20 years and still enjoy it. The off piste is awesome too if you know where to go 😉 as you said though the e bikes have spoilt it a bit now but still a good day out.

Nice job! A group of us are going to visit this weekend.

Brilliant loop! Have to go there one day. Thanks for footage

Great place great vid and the footage from chest works really good and great commentary from you yeah enjoyed that one cheers 🤘🏻

Love dalby been camping there since i was 4 (im 16 now) and absolutely love the trails there

Definitely think Dalby needs to be on my to do list. Looks great

I have a love/hate relationship with dalby. As its my local trail lol. I love your bike. The drivetrain sounds so smooth!

Another excellent video Andy! I’ll enjoy a morning there :)

Amazing video! Been looking at doing these trails as never ever been. I tend to go to hamsterley with living close by. But after watching this video I’m really tempted to get over and thrash these on the bike!

Great video 👍

Recently bought a Hardtail Mountain bike and I'm addicted to watching flowy videos this is one of my favorites as it seems like a suitable trail for a newbie like me could probably have loads of fun on this trail. Might have to try visit this place gotta travel from Newcastle

Really enjoyed that lad 🤟

went dalby first time the other week, well worth the 2hr+ drive!

Chest mount looking good Andy 🤙

Superb video!

Nice run I enjoyed that.

Great video, cheers. I need to give this place a visit.👍

Really enjoyed Dalby last year. Definitely want to go back this year. Preferably on a drier day as it was pissing down last time. When i recorded it last year I noticed a few sections like the Gully where the camera takes a few seconds to adjust to coming out into bright light and yours is the same. I thought i'd messed up the settings but I think its because you're in and out of the woods so much. I'm also having a mare at the minute with the hero 8. Constantly having to take the battery out to reset. Thought it was just me! Great video as always mate, definitely a return trip this year. Glad you included some of those climbs in the vid too :-)

Good video Andy, somewhere I need to get to and try myself.

Great video! Dalby is a bit of a peddle, but there are some nice flowy sections!

Yet another great vid!! It looks great there,the view from your chest cam is great too, Your bike looks great too,bet you love it! I've never been there & looking at some of the comments,it looks like it gets busy, When is best to go? Keep the vids coming 👍

Great video pal

11:06 is perhaps the most succulent flow in the forest. W3W for it is backs.pocketed.variation

another cracking ride and another one i need to try lol

A great watch as always Andy, the GoPro Max footage is really good. I think Dalby is a real divider of opinions, I wasn't keen at all (despite riding it with BKXC and Guy Kesteven - great day but the trails left me a bit non-plussed; not my kind of thing). It would be a dull old World if we all liked the same things though, and your passion for the place shone through in this video 👍

Nice, stable footage very clear, definitely better mounted on the chest, bcpov uses a similar system with clear content. Dalby looks like my perfect trail (being an old fashioned hardtail rider), smooth, fast and flowing.

Nice video, the GoPro footage looks great. Dalby is great too, I've been a couple of times now. Still need to build my confidence/skills for posts 18 and 31 (Medusa and Vera-Lynn) as I chicken out and walk the very top bits :/

Good camera angle and good riding dude hope to get there soon just bought a new bike scott genius so should be fun

Went to dalby at the weekend. Never seen any of these trails.. we found it not very clear.. it’s like they assume you’ve been before and know your way around..shame really coz it’s an hour and half from home..will definitely be going back though.

Excellent video! Dalby’s great for a fast flowy blast. The last time I was there though I thought they’d tamed some of the best downhill bits and spoilt them a bit. Always good fun though! Did you do the drop into the gully run? Cheers.

Great effort on the black climb. Its a bitch. Rode Dalby a couple of months back and had an enormous rock in the gully spit up and strike my shin. Had to call it a day soon after that. Must get myself back

No wonder you ride so quickly, you're being followed by an angry bee!

Still looks a great ride I wonder if I will ever do it notification hurting myself like I am doing lightly not necessarily on the bike either still watching great content

Haven't been there for a while, need to get back SOON!

Looks pretty decent Dalby... Might be going this wknd! What gopro settings do you use BTW for recording?

I love riding there..it’s just too far for a day trip. Maybe I can try and get a weekend pass? 😇🤣

Brill video as always Andy, really interesting looking place is Dalby forest, I’d like to try it there but as I’m one of those electric mountain bikers I don’t know if it’s a waste of time for me

Going to Dalby in a couple of weeks with some work mates and will be doing the Red route, no doubt. Bit concerned that I'll be on a hardtail without a dropper post looking at this...reckon I'll make do without?

Take mars bars. Lots of them!

Always like watching your vids. Am I wrong in thinking you came the wrong way back to the car park, as I always assumed it was 1 way and that’s normally the start of the Red route not the end.

Nail on the head Andy!... expect it to be an XC loop.. not a gnarl fest! thanks for the video!

Is that one of the garmin GPS devices? Which one is it if so? Great vid as always pal 😁

Great video. Definitely giving Dalby a go. What bike computer do you use?

Dalby gets criticised on the bike forums for being too easy. The length of the red (22.5 miles), especially when you add the 4 mile world cup XC loop in, means it is a very good place for fitness. The people who slate Dalby are the lazy gits who wants downhills, gap jumps, and bike lifts. Dalby is for the old schooler who goes for fastest times. I thought it was absolutely brilliant and went twice a month, every month, then went to Gisburn, Cannock, or elsewhere in between. If you can do the full red in under 2 hours, you are of a decent fitness level.

Looks good. We’re going next weekend. How long did it take you to get round roughly?

Heard the off piste stuff is good but £9 is bit steep

Awesome video🔥👍

That looks more fun than Coed y Brenin! What do think Andy ?

Have you tryed the blue route on the very last descend I did the the other day for the first time and it's a very good bit to do

Nothings hard at Dalby....later in the video...I've never managed to get up this Black bit🤣

I hate riding here, maybe it’s because I’m unfit but the climbing to descending ratio at Dalby is heavily in favour of ascending

fuck that i like jumps and techincal features short but scetchy

Get some off piste in next time it's all easily linked with your route 😉

looks a really nice xc course pity it`s 120 miles from me. i`d rather do welsh trails if i`m travelling so far. pity tho. comment about e-bikes a fair one. i got an e-bike (best investment ever), but try not to pass anyone on a single track climb as i know it pisses em off. they come into their own up lakes n peaks.

What bike you on chief

Been nearly kill me didn't know what to expect went and bought a ebike after it

Enjoyed the video however your ebike comment made me wonder if you want all cars banned too ? Reason i say this is we have all expeirienced that dickhead who drives too close or overtakes in a stupid place or impatiently blasts a horn at you , its the same in all parts of life there are always tossers who ruin it for the majority in all walks of life but you wou;ldnt instanty say everything should be banned . I have one and never force my way past anyone thats just rude and im never in a rush anyway , ignore the clowns the majority on ebikes are nothing like them or even better try one ;-)

Sorry to say this, but you're forever pulling over for ebikes, lol. At that point, I turned off..