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I am a new mtb rider and find Williamson to be beautiful, mostly quiet and a very well rounded trail for anyone to get out of it what they want. I truly appreciate the one direction of travel and wish ALL trails would follow this. Most people on foot are respectful of those on wheels are yield. This trail is known for being very flowy and I'd say that I agree. I mainly wanted to write this review as a thanks to those that built the trail and preserved the land, making it available to those of us that use it for our pleasure. |
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Really smooth and flowy! Not challenging by any means. I took my father-in-law on his second mtb ride ever and we rode all 8 miles. This is an excellent location to sprint and build up fundamental skills. I'm looking forward to coming back and working on my speed. Another time I'll bring back my 6 year old for her first ride on a mtb trail! |
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A great addition to the Triangle trail system! The trails are very smooth compared to others in the area. There's lots of short assents and descents. Having bikers all go one direction and walkers go the opposite helps with the flow very much. If you're a beginner, you'll like the smoother, non-technical nature of most of the course. If you're more advanced, the trail flows quite well, and you can gather a good bit of speed. I suggest going on one of the days where bikers stay left at the splits, as the trail flows the best in this direction from what I have experienced, although both are very pleasant. |
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Nice trail. Lots of opportunity to practice and improve your turning skills. Very twisty and windy, just at the edge of being too tight, but not too tight.
The kind of place you know you can go faster if you work on your turning technique, and go a bit outside your comfort zone in the many curves.
Extra tricky when the ground is covered with slippery pin needles.
Surface is very smooth, no roots. Few rocks. No tech obstacles excepts the turns and pine needles.
As a bonus, its close to Legend, so hit that when you are done here. |
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I REALLY enjoyed this trail. I've named it WAP (WilliAmson Preserve). Twisty, turny, flowy, fun. It's a fast paced 7.5 miles that just pulls you along. Check the trailhead for days and directions to keep oncoming rider conflits to zero. Quite a few hikers but generally polite and yielding, as was I.
Be careful on a few of the bridges as they could use some griptape to offset the wet leaves and sand that at speed are slickery.
This'll be a hoot at night. |
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There is flow but due to random sharp turns it took me a couple days to figure it out, plus the direction rotates on different days(IMO right turn days have more flow/speed, esp on the last half). The fact that this trail is close to me, bikers have the right of way, and the decent flow I’ll definitely be coming back on days where I want to get some pedal strokes in. There does seem to be some liveliness of the forest as well as far as wildlife and nature. Pretty sweet |
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Trail is very smooth and beginner friendly. Hard to maintain top-end speed due to some tight, narrow, and loose turns, A great opportunity to learn that slow is smooth and smooth is fast. Also great training spot for cyclocross riders.
Overall great use of natural topography and really liking the directional signage. |
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Fun, fast and flowy, with a few significant gravity features and a big honkin’ boulder to ride up and over if you like. 8 miles of trail not including a .5 mile connector down to the Neuse River Greenway. I got 12 miles without feeling overly repetitive. Fun stuff! |
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pretty flowy in general with plenty of little whoops and sweeping descents. This is a really chill ride through a sandy pine/oak forest- reminds me of Wilmington a bit; not quite that sandy. These are directional trails that change on alternating days, so you'll have to ride it twice to experience it all. There are a few log crossings (easy), one rock that you can ride down, and a little ramp thingy. Less tech than even Crabtree has. I like it, and will return. This is the most beginner-friendly trail I've ridden around here (San Lee, Harris, Crabtree, Falls Lake, New Light, Brumley). I actually got a great workout here. |
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This trail is freshly cut and will benefit from being ridden in as it needs to harden. The trail is a good foundation that will develop into a fun system. Flow is great- there are sections of this trail conducive to some serious speed. This being said, there are very few challenging areas and the trail could really benefit from some technical additions to keep advanced riders interested. This trail is best enjoyed on an XC full suspension or a hardtail. I tried this trail on my enduro bike but I had a way better time on my XC. Ride it fast for a challenge. |
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The trail has good flow and almost no roots. There is one crazy rock that I chickened out on that is tough my buddy did it second try. But There is a real big hill straight west of salamader. ALSO southwest on the johnston county section is a high ridge that ends where marks creek intersects with neuse a real crazy steep hill there. Hopefully trail will continue there thats the good stuff that would make this trail alot tougher. |
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Super flowy trail that allows you to carry a lot of speed. No real technical skills required, but there are a few sharp corners between trees that can catch you unaware if you aren't careful. There are no sustained climbs anywhere on the course. There are a few short semi-punchy climbs to deal with but they are easily handled. The entry to the trails is a gravel trail that is very loose but once you are on the trails, it is all tight singletrack. It is a speedy track that can easily be ridden on a hardtail or XC bike. Long travel bikes will be completely wasted here. There is just no use for the extra travel here.. |
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It's nice to have another legal trail in the area. Although it is not a technical trail with a lot of features, it is fun to ride. The varying surface goes from a sandy clay to something that is mostly sand in places and it can catch you off guard in some corners. Not much elevation change, but it looks like the trail builder used the more interesting terrain during the build.
I like the idea of having it be a directional trail and that we have the right of way over all other users there. |
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Easy at slow speed, but gets more difficult as pace comes up. |
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