Thanks for all the comments everyone!
Not sure I can answer many of these questions but i’ll have a go…
@euanc – Sounds like a great trip! Maybe you already know but trains there are pretty slow (lots of little stops) but they are very nice, clean and efficient, you have to pay a half price ticket for you bike or if you put it in a cardboard box it is free (yeah you tell me the logic?). As for locations – I think there would be a lot around Kaupanger/Sogndal and if you look on my page at Molde that we rode the day before Kaupanger it is actually just along the road. I also spent some time in a place called Vang which I know has some trails and I know some people there who ride so could maybe even put you in contact if you fancy. I don’t know of a lot of the type of trails you say but then I am sure there are that type of thing since ‘Terrengsykkel’ is a big thing in Norway which is basically riding xc bikes on gravel roads fast. You would do well to get scouring these two maps for trails
OS style maps for Norway
Specific MTB map of Norway This one is REALLY good for finding trails
@nedrapier – We drove past Stryn! They are some flippin great photos! Really like them, I just had my phone camera. It looks like you had a lot more snow than us, what time of year did you go?
@mick_r – I used a couple of those, sometimes on my own, sometimes with Norwegian friends, no one ever mentioned about paying while on bikes…
@Matt_ss_xc – July / August are basically the only two months I wasn’t there, I arrived in Sept and left in June but never really experienced midges at all to be honest!
@howsyourdad1 – You really weren’t far from me then, I was living in Trondheim and we even wen’t riding over in Åre one weekend!
@Santacruzsi – You must go at some point, Geriangerfjord and surrounding area are spectacular