Matt Vandart Posted February 22, 2012 Report Share Posted February 22, 2012 Can you please explain to me the order of difficulty of these things , like black, red etc cos I have yet to find one that is hard at all they seem the same to me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndrewEH1 Posted February 22, 2012 Report Share Posted February 22, 2012 (edited) Green to Black, like ski slopes? Where are you riding? I suppose each trail centre will grade their different routes in order and assign colours. A black trail at one centre might seem be the same difficulty as a red one at another place. Edit Links: IMBA UK IMBA Edited February 22, 2012 by AndrewEH1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tomm Posted February 22, 2012 Report Share Posted February 22, 2012 Yeah they're not really graded for people who've ridden trials / BMX and can, y'know, ride a bike well. They all seem easy to me too, but my girlfriend finds the reds OK and the blacks too scary so I guess there is some logic behind it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rebelistic Posted February 23, 2012 Report Share Posted February 23, 2012 I beleive it's also the same grading for DH however DH will usually be harder in terms of skill required for example a DH black run will probably have much bigger jumps n drops than an XC black run. I think with XC also the length of the route might affect the difficulty rating even if there is no particular section that is actually harder. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tomm Posted February 23, 2012 Report Share Posted February 23, 2012 If it's just a trail centre they hardly ever seem to put in big drops / jumps - at least none that are optional and will hurt if you do them wrong/too slowly. They're all bollocks though - It's been about 2 years since I rode a trail centre so things might have changed... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trev Posted February 25, 2012 Report Share Posted February 25, 2012 Green = extremely easy , mom dad and the kids on a tag along Blue = easy, smooth surface though some more recent ones can be nailed at full speed, with small berms and rollers. no drops, roots or rocks red= moderate, everything can be rolled at slow speed but at high speed you can get some air with table tops, jumps and drops. expect some roots and rocks mid trail. medium length (up to 15 to 20k) Black = hard to extreme, bigger drops, rocks roots. more of a natural feel. some are very long and demanding (glentress), some are very technical (wolftrax) where trials skills come in handy. Orange = can generally be rolled at slow speed but are designed with big berms , jumps and table tops. The thing about trail centers is that on any given trail colour once you have ridden a section of it you will know what level of skill you need. You are not going to come across anything more difficult on that trail. Whereas Natural trails will throw all sorts of obstacles at you so you need to be more on your game. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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