Trail Rides Wales - all about booking a day with us

PRICES

If you wish to download the price list, it is an Excel spreadsheet.

If you complete your day or days without falling off, or with a fall that doesn’t cause damage to the bike, you will receive a cash back refund of £30. Sidecar passengering is £45 a day. Sidecar driving is a little more as the sidecars are more expensive to maintain.

If you are only doing one day it will be usually be a Wednesday or a Saturday. Thursdays and Sundays are often short days for the people doing their second day, and do not include tuition. If you want three days, we will add a Friday. We do not take bookings for Mondays and Tuesdays.

The price is per person with bike and protective clothing included.	Saturday and/or Sunday	Wednesday and/or Thursday	Wednesday and/or Thursday One to one tuition	Saturday and/or Sunday Sidecar	Wednesday and/or Thursday Sidecar
"Weekend" (can be two weekdays!)	£350	£330	£390	£370	£350
If cash back awarded	£320	£300	£360	£340	£320
Deposit due on booking	£60	£60	£70	£60	£60
Balance due	£290	£270	£320	£310	£290
Full day	£220	£210	£250	£230	£220
If cash back awarded	£190	£180	£220	£200	£200
Deposit due on booking	£60	£60	£70	£60	£60
Balance due	£160	£150	£190	£170	£160
Two full days	£380	£360	£420	£400	£380
If cash back awarded	£350	£390	£330	£370	£350
Deposit due on booking	£60	£60	£70	£60	£60
Balance due	£320	£300	£350	£340	£320
	Friday, Saturday and Sunday	Wednesday, Thursday and Friday	Not available	Friday, Saturday and Sunday	Wednesday, Thursday and Friday
Three days	£500	£480		£530	£510
If cash back awarded	£470	£450		£500	£490
Deposit due on booking	£70	£70		£70	£70
Balance due	£430	£410		£460	£440

DATES AVAILABLE

July	Wednesday and/or Thursday 28th and 29th	Saturday and Sunday 31st July and 1st August Cancellation! Free accommodation if you can do a short notice booking for 3 or 4 persons!
August	Wednesday and/or Thursday 4th and 5th	Saturday and/or Sunday 7th and 8th	Wednesday and/or Thursday 11th and 12th	Saturday and/or Sunday 14th and 15th
	Wednesday 18th Easy trail riding	Thursday 19th Beginners - no motorcycle licence required	Friday 20th Improvers - no motorcycle licence required	(People with their own bikes welcome to come to the beginners and improvers days)
	Saturday and Sunday 21st and 22nd 2 places available in women friendly group, separate mens' group. Talk on Saturday evening with Tamsin Jones about her completion of this year's Dakar Rally at her first attempt.		Wednesday and/or Thursday 25th and 26th	Saturday 28th
September	Wednesday and/or Thursday 1st and 2nd	Saturday and Sunday 4th and 5th	Wednesday and/or Thursday 8th and 9th	Saturday and/or Sunday 11th and 12th
September	Wednesday and/or Thursday 15th and 16th	Wednesday and/or Thursday 22nd and 23rd	Saturday and/or Sunday 25th and 26th	Wednesday and/or Thursday 29th and 30th
October	Saturday and Sunday 2nd and 3rd	Wednesday and/or Thursday 6th and 7th	Saturday and/or Sunday 9th and 10th	Wednesday and/or Thursday 13th and 14th
October	Saturday and/or Sunday 16th and 17th	Wednesday and/or Thursday 20th and 21st	Saturday and/or Sunday 30th and 31st
November	Wednesday and/or Thursday 3rd and 4th	Saturday and Sunday 6th and 7th	Wednesday and/or Thursday 10th and 11th	Saturday and/or Sunday 13th and 14th
	Wednesday and/or Thursday 17th and 18th	Saturday and/or Sunday 20th and 21st	Wednesday and/or Thursday 24th and 25th	Saturday and/or Sunday 27th and 28th
	Wednesday and/or Thursday 29th and 30th

Booking Details

Booking can be by phone on 01686 430522 or by email. Please give the number in your group and the date(s) you wish to come, or use the form below. Use of our protective clothing are included in the prices given. You will be asked to pay a deposit to confirm your booking.

Deposit payment options:-

internet or telephone banking transfer (or direct deposit into our bank account)
credit or debit card by phoning 01686 430522
cheque posted
your Paypal account

BOOKING FORM
Forename	Surname
Email address	Phone number
Do you prefer contact by email? or phone?	Do you wish to pay by internet bank transfer?
Number of adults	Number of young people under 18
Do you all hold full motorcycle licences?	Preferred date(s)
Comments

We hold your date for two weeks; if the deposit is not received by then, you may lose the date.

Balance payment details:-

Cash on the day.
Credit or debit card. We will request the payment on the weekday before the riding day (i.e. Friday for Sunday riding).
If paying by into our bank account by direct deposit or transfer, please make sure it arrives on the weekday before riding (i.e. most credits come in the next day, but some take 3 days, i.e. you pay in on Tuesday, we receive on Friday).
If you are sending a cheque for the deposit, you may prefer to send a post dated cheque - please date it one week before your riding day.
We prefer that the balance is not paid by Paypal, but if you wish to do so, there is an extra charge of £10 per person.

DATES

Dates are allocated first come, first served in receipt of deposit.
Once you have asked for a specific date, it will be reserved for you for two weeks. If the deposit requested has not been received, the booking will be deemed to have lapsed.
If the date chosen cannot be adhered to, you may change the date.

Terms and Conditions and Rider Information available to download (rtf files).

TERMS AND CONDITIONS (for people using our bikes)

Trail Rides Wales undertake:-

To provide motorcycle riding tuition, motorcycles with off-road capability and protective clothing suitable for the participants as described by email or telephone conversation by the client when booking. Protective clothing consists of helmet and goggles, gloves, motocross type boots, knee pads, body armour, long sleeve shirt or jacket and motocross or enduro trousers. These are provided in a range of sizes: boots from size 4 to 13; helmets from childrens to adult sizes extra small to large; trousers waist size 28 to 44.
No charge is made for use of our protective clothing or for accidental damage to the bike. If you don’t cause accidental damage to the bike, you will receive a £30 refund! Please read the "Rider Information " below.
Please note that it is the client’s responsibility to satisfy him/herself that the bike is safe to ride during the day (e.g. if it develops a fault, or receives accidental damage). If in doubt, ask an instructor to check the bike over before continuing.
CLIENTS SHOULD NOTE THAT PERSONAL ACCIDENT INSURANCE IS NOT PROVIDED.

Trail Rides Wales require the following:-

To inform us if you have physical restrictions or a medical condition when you book. We are very happy to plan an appropriate route for you, but we need to know in advance.
If the day includes riding on public roads, you must hold the relevant motorcycle licence. (Can be provisional if you have requested the 125cc bike).
To treat our motorcycles and personnel with respect. Riders showing no interest in learning to ride properly and who deliberately abuse our bikes will not be tolerated. The instructor reserves the right to cancel the ride at any time during the day.
If over 18, to sign an indemnity stating that it is understood that this is a potentially dangerous activity.
If 16 or 17, to be accompanied by a responsible adult who will sign the indemnity and our consent form and understands the nature of the activity. If the responsible adult is not a parent or guardian, the young person needs to send an appropriately signed consent form to be received one week before the riding day.
If under 16, to be accompanied by a responsible adult who must stay with the child at the riding venue. If the responsible adult is not a parent or guardian, the young person needs to send an appropriately signed consent form to be received one week before the riding day.

Trail Rides Wales ask the client(s) to undertake:-

To arrive at the meeting place at 9.30am or other specified time. If you are more than half an hour late, please send a text to 07891 036527 and 07513 151355 (these numbers are given on the directions sheets). If we suffer a vehicle breakdown we will send you a text if you have given us a mobile number.
Not to say you are experienced unless you are! Road riding is irrelevant. Experience must be trail riding, trials, enduro or motocross competition or school, and must include familiarity with riding in a standing position. Riding round a flat field doesn’t count either!
To adhere to riders' briefings and all other instructions given.
Whenever riding, to wear protective clothing which is secured properly.
To inform us if there is a change in the number or type of people if this changes subsequent to the original booking. Remember that emails can sometimes go astray. If making changes, please ask for confirmation that the changes have been noted. Thank you.

PLEASE BRING!

A drink of at least 500ml (2 litres on a hot day) or a Camelbak..
A rucksack, if you have one you don’t mind getting wet and muddy, preferably with waist or chest strap. If not, let us know and we will bring one or two for your group.
Spare underwear and socks, as even on a dry day, you may need a change of clothing. Some of the tracks we use have river crossings and puddles which can be quite deep..
In winter, we provide Goretex socks, so please bring thin socks to wear under them..
In winter and wet weather we provide enduro trousers. It is best to wear thermals or light tracksuit-type trousers under them. Jeans are not suitable.

GIFT VOUCHERS

Gift vouchers are available for Christmas and birthday presents.

CANCELLATION POLICY

Cancellation by the client:-

The deposit is not refunded in the event of cancellation by the client with less than six weeks notice. There is no time limit on setting a new date, although if there is a price rise and your postponement date is more than three months later than the original date, the new price will apply.
A refund of the amount we received for your deposit less a fee of £5 each person will be made if you cancel with more than six weeks notice.
If you have paid more than the usual deposit, the extra amount will be refunded.

Cancellation by Trail Rides Wales:-

Bookings early or late in the year could be affected by bad weather. Normally an alternative date will be offered.
If an alternative date is impossible to arrange, a refund less £5 per person will be made.

RIDER INFORMATION

We know that when you gather on the day, there are a few nerves and a fair bit of anticipation and excitement. So please take the time to read and absorb this in advance. Thanks.

Everywhere we go is open to the public. Please be courteous to other users we meet. Many of the local people we encounter frequently are friendly to us, and we wish to preserve this..
Please be considerate and don’t do wheelies or stoppies, or use high revs in towns, villages and in particular the farmyards we pass through..
Stay on track. Riding on the land beside the track is a criminal offence, and could lead to YOU being reported to the Police for prosecution..
Consider the surface you are riding on. If grass, do not use excessive throttle or brakes as it tears the grass up. Once damaged, the grass takes time to grow again, and if it doesn’t grow, you have a slippery muddy lane in winter and a dusty rutted one in summer.
If you find the bike a bit tall, plan to stop with the bike in a rut, or beside a bank where you can put your foot down higher than the ground.
Be careful when swinging your leg over, as you can break the numberplate or rear light if you are careless, leading to loss of your £30 cash back.

Care of the bikes:-

Ride through water slowly sitting down – too fast and water gets into the electrics and even into the combustion chamber which can cause engine blow-up. If you are unlucky enough to fall off in water, and the air filter has gone under, do not try to start the bike until it has been dried out.
If you are on a Husky, it is a competition bike with a lightweight sidestand. It is designed only to support the bike, and it is imperative that you put the stand up before you get on. If you don’t, you will bend the lug and bolt and will lose your cash back. (The lug costs £30).
It is amazingly common for people to ride after lunch with the choke on! Considering how badly this makes the bike run, you would think that the person would comment but they don’t. So if you put the choke on, remember to take it off again. This is particularly relevant on the Huskies which have a hot start button just outside the choke (hot start is red, choke is black.)
Hot start is rarely required on the 250s, but is needed on the 510. Ask if you are on a Husky and are not sure how to use it, please ask.
It is often easier to get neutral from second as you are slowing down. You can’t usually get neutral after you have stopped. If you can’t get neutral and are waiting for more than a few seconds, stop the engine on the kill switch. Do not sit with the clutch in! The clutches on trail and enduro bikes get used a lot more than road bikes, and it will start to drag if you keep sitting still in gear.
Please don’t alter the tyre pressures on the bikes. They are set correctly for the terrain we use.
If you get stuck on a hill and can’t get any grip, don’t keep trying. Wait for help. One of the Huskies burnt the clutch out when it was less than a month old because of a rider wheelspinning it on mud for about five minutes. It ended his day early and he had to wait around for about two hours before he could be picked up (the time it took for the others to get back and the van to come out to him).

After falls:

Water-cooled bikes – please check radiator isn’t leaking (coolant is bright green).
Check throttle action is not damaged.
Check engine for oil leaks (especially the casing beside the gear lever).
If the bars are not straight, it is unlikely they are bent – usually the forks are twisted and it is easy to straighten them, so just ask.
If the clutch or brake lever is pushed up or down, it can easily be straightened. Please ask as the nut and bolt need loosening (especially where attached to master cylinder).
Likewise if the clutch bracket gets pushed in, it can be pulled back out. The Huskies have a hydraulic clutch and the lever can get knocked forward and will jam. Do not force! (It can break the master cylinder – mega expensive!) Just unscrew the little plastic adjuster a bit, and it will unjam. When back in the correct position, do the adjuster back up a little bit.
If a lever is broken, we will usually have a spare and can replace the broken one.

Brakes:

If your brakes seem to be getting spongy or the travel is increasing, please mention it. The disc brakes can suffer from hydraulic fluid leakage if the master cylinder takes a knock and the junction nut loosens.
Be careful to ride with your foot out slightly (except in deep ruts) to avoid keeping the rear brake on by mistake.

As a footnote, we know that falling off is often part of the learning process, and accept that minor damage will occur to the bikes. Don’t be afraid to tell us if you think something is not quite right. Very often it can be sorted out quickly and simply. When we load the bikes at the end of the day, it is not unusual to find that a rider has put up with uneven handlebars or a gear change that is stiff, without mentioning it, probably because of embarrassment. But a little bit of applied pressure would have straightened the bars or gear lever, and given them a more comfortable ride for the rest of the day. So talk to us!