These trails are wicked. Incredible amount of work put in and like you said, this only is going to get better! Big kudos to everyone involved and St Thomas cycles for all they have done to make this a reality. 🤟
Was born and grew up in St Thomas. Was a trail system as I kid I would frequent we called suicide hill. Lots of memories and fun was had back then. Now live in Niagara. Will have to check out these trails next time I’m in the area visiting family.
The panting, haha, can't say I would sound much different. It does the job helping me understand the effort you are putting into your ride! Cant wait ro get out and gasp like a fish out of water myself, soon. Our trails should be good and ready next week.
Love having trails within riding distance. Bought a space 10 minutes from the base of Rush in North Bay. Yeah, riding up sucks, but being so close is great! Get a shuttle sometimes too!
Hey there, I grew up in North Bay! I remember those trails! I haven’t been up riding in the Bay for a while:(. we owned the boarding kennels on Main West and then I used to live on Macbeth Crescent right at the base of the ski hill pretty much. I miss it. Have fun in those trails!!
@@jerryspeedbumps512 hey I ended up in Niagara Falls. Yes we LOVE THE HYDROCUT !! Headed there this Monday in fact! I would love to get back home for a ride at some point ! I heard there are some killer trails up there now!!!!
I went on this trail for the first time in July 2024 and definitely an improvenment vs. the video. St. Thomas really has improved, and I only went on the green MTB trail.I had to go twice as It was fun. 😀 Whew! That blue trail looks fun, and more longer. I'll have to ride this one the next time I'm in St. Thomas with my mountain bike . Thanks for sharing this video 🚴♂
Give it some time and ride it a bunch you can tie one step forward to lost and found to Lighting strikes to here today gone tomorrow then back up two steps back. The climb trail gets easier as you find the gear and line and honestly the whole place gets faster the more you ride it and find the lines. I climbed that trail 7x last night and if it wasn't for me having to get back home I would have done a few more. It's a great start and we need more riders to break it in.
Thanks for this! I stopped in there awhile ago but it was too wet to walk. Now I know what's there. Does look short but like you said, great start and it'll get better! ✌🏼
I have recently moved to St Thomas so this is great to see! I used to ride out west in Banff and Golden BC area when I worked at resorts. I loved every second of it! But a back injury with 3 protruding disks impinging on my nerves kinda ended my riding days for a while. Feeling like I needed to get back out there on the trails I recently purchased an entry level Marin Bolinas Ridge 1. I was just wondering what kind of community of riders there is here in St Thomas?? I heard you live close to these trails in the video and I’d be super interested in guidance to some cool trails in the area!
Hey welcome to St. Thomas! it's going to be VERY different riding than what you are used to in BC!! pretty flat overall. If you haven't already I'd walk in to St. Thomas Cycles and chat with Cody & Fred there, they are part of the team that have built these trails in town. If you want to ride more challenging stuff you have to drive at least an hour unfortunately, places like The Pines in Woodstock & The Hydrocut in Kitchener are pretty decent for Ontario trails. To get anything close to BC trails you'd have to go to Northern Ontario or Quebec.
@@ToogyHowser awesome! Thank you for the great advice. I figured that’d be the case and I don’t mind travelling around to find those hidden gems! Don’t think I’ll be ready to go all out off the bat anyway so it’s great to know there’s some chill trail systems to practice.
does anybody know if there are any jump track features planned? Can anyone suggest a park near London that would have some small jumps, drops etc? Thanks!
I'm not 100% sure what they are planning there but I know they are currently building a new flow trail that looks sick! Not sure if there will be any jumps or drops though, would be cool if there was though!
These trails are wicked. Incredible amount of work put in and like you said, this only is going to get better! Big kudos to everyone involved and St Thomas cycles for all they have done to make this a reality. 🤟
Yep! Huge amount of work everyone has put into this!
Was born and grew up in St Thomas. Was a trail system as I kid I would frequent we called suicide hill. Lots of memories and fun was had back then. Now live in Niagara. Will have to check out these trails next time I’m in the area visiting family.
The panting, haha, can't say I would sound much different. It does the job helping me understand the effort you are putting into your ride! Cant wait ro get out and gasp like a fish out of water myself, soon. Our trails should be good and ready next week.
Love having trails within riding distance. Bought a space 10 minutes from the base of Rush in North Bay. Yeah, riding up sucks, but being so close is great! Get a shuttle sometimes too!
That's awesome! those are some good trails in North Bay! Can't wait to get back up there!
Hey there, I grew up in North Bay! I remember those trails! I haven’t been up riding in the Bay for a while:(. we owned the boarding kennels on Main West and then I used to live on Macbeth Crescent right at the base of the ski hill pretty much. I miss it. Have fun in those trails!!
@dirtyforksmtb where'd u end up? I used to live in Brantford and rode the Hydrocut, the pines and all the other good stuff around there.
@@jerryspeedbumps512 hey I ended up in Niagara Falls. Yes we LOVE THE HYDROCUT !! Headed there this Monday in fact! I would love to get back home for a ride at some point ! I heard there are some killer trails up there now!!!!
I went on this trail for the first time in July 2024 and definitely an improvenment vs. the video. St. Thomas really has improved, and I only went on the green MTB trail.I had to go twice as It was fun. 😀 Whew! That blue trail looks fun, and more longer. I'll have to ride this one the next time I'm in St. Thomas with my mountain bike . Thanks for sharing this video 🚴♂
I need to do a new video! It's improved a lot since I posted this!
@@ToogyHowser You should. Hopefully you can post a video of the Black Diamond Trail too!
I love having trails so close to home, hate driving. Maybe next time I pay my aunt a visit in London I will bring my bike.
yep! even though there aren't that many KMs, I still would rather ride these than drive at least 45-60mins somewhere else.
I wish I lived as close to trails like this - glad you are out there enjoying 🤘
Thanks man! any day on a bike is a good day!
You lucky guy you
Give it some time and ride it a bunch you can tie one step forward to lost and found to Lighting strikes to here today gone tomorrow then back up two steps back. The climb trail gets easier as you find the gear and line and honestly the whole place gets faster the more you ride it and find the lines. I climbed that trail 7x last night and if it wasn't for me having to get back home I would have done a few more. It's a great start and we need more riders to break it in.
100% I can see how once you ride it a few more times how it will get better, especially anticipating the turns!
It is a great start to a great season!
Nice to see you posting! These trails look awesome! Great vid!
Thanks man!
I am close too! They have done a great job on the trails in a short amount of time!
Yep! and it's only going to get better
Wow those trail look so dry for this early in the season. Good short ride from your house is a bonus.
yeah everything here is REALLY dry for this time of year!
Thanks for this! I stopped in there awhile ago but it was too wet to walk. Now I know what's there. Does look short but like you said, great start and it'll get better! ✌🏼
Yep! I'm pumped we actually have legit MTB trails!
@@ToogyHowser is this the only legit trails there ?? i thought it had lots of mountains there
I have recently moved to St Thomas so this is great to see! I used to ride out west in Banff and Golden BC area when I worked at resorts. I loved every second of it! But a back injury with 3 protruding disks impinging on my nerves kinda ended my riding days for a while.
Feeling like I needed to get back out there on the trails I recently purchased an entry level Marin Bolinas Ridge 1. I was just wondering what kind of community of riders there is here in St Thomas?? I heard you live close to these trails in the video and I’d be super interested in guidance to some cool trails in the area!
Hey welcome to St. Thomas! it's going to be VERY different riding than what you are used to in BC!! pretty flat overall. If you haven't already I'd walk in to St. Thomas Cycles and chat with Cody & Fred there, they are part of the team that have built these trails in town. If you want to ride more challenging stuff you have to drive at least an hour unfortunately, places like The Pines in Woodstock & The Hydrocut in Kitchener are pretty decent for Ontario trails. To get anything close to BC trails you'd have to go to Northern Ontario or Quebec.
@@ToogyHowser awesome! Thank you for the great advice. I figured that’d be the case and I don’t mind travelling around to find those hidden gems! Don’t think I’ll be ready to go all out off the bat anyway so it’s great to know there’s some chill trail systems to practice.
Have you tried dale wood lately it's pretty insane lots of roots amd challenging climbs and great drops
I rode there a lot last year, still too wet this year, I agree that it is a challenge, I’m not sure where the great drops are though?
How do you like the Marin? Im looking to get back into mtn biking in the spring and have no idea what bike im getting. Soooo many options. Lol
Awesome trails, looks like a ton of work went into them! When are you going to ride Harold Town ?
Is that around Peterborough?
Yup just on the east outskirts
Keeping it nice and simple... wasn't that so much more fun?
It's always fun to ride bikes!
Trails look not too bad for new trails!
Yeah I can't wait to see how they evolve!
Planning on going there this Sunday, provided we don't get much rain. Do I need to buy a pass?
Nope, it's free to ride! get out there and check it out!
does anybody know if there are any jump track features planned? Can anyone suggest a park near London that would have some small jumps, drops etc? Thanks!
I'm not 100% sure what they are planning there but I know they are currently building a new flow trail that looks sick! Not sure if there will be any jumps or drops though, would be cool if there was though!
Ppl bitch about hills, just get in shape.
Onterrible trails. Bike up. Bike down. Lol. Looks like a fast trail though. Same as Black Oaks out this way.