I like to do most of mine from my house but sometimes get bored of the same trails and like to explore new places and go the the occasional trail centre. I know some folk who will only go to trail centres. What about you lot?
North Downs & Surrey Hills
outside
Probably the dark peak. I think I'm getting bored of it, though surely that cannot be?
100% in the Lake District (never ridden my Mountain Bike anywhere else)
98% Natural trails, only ride on the purpose built trails to join the traditional bridlepaths together. Not through any partiuclar ideal just riding the best trails that are available.
Most of my rides start from home.
In my head 🙂
Home (Woburn)
herts shore/skills area 🙂
North Wales, it has everything.
On the Internet.
In the spare room.
Work, kids, house move, weather, life has got in the way, so a pull of the brakes and a squish of the suspension in the spare room is as much as can manage for the moment...
Rivington. My back garden.
Woburn, and mostly on my bike.
Glentress, Pentlands, Linlithgow area, Union Canal, back garden! 😀
Oh... West Highland Way will be added this year! 😀
Most from my door at night after work, using local tracks and bridalways ; at weekends localish but need to drive there (Thetford and Rendlesham Forests, Alton Water) ; hols or weekends away (South Downs, Wales various, Stretton Hills/Long Mynd, Sierra Nevada hopefully this May.) What's great about travelling round the UK by car, for work or pleasure, is to have the bike in the back, and park up and explore a likely looking trail you just happen to see - opportunist riding! So most of my riding is 'natural' trails and paths/woods - though I suppose parts of Thetford could be said to be a trail centre.
About half in the Pentlands, and the other half at assorted other places round Scotland.
Lake District...Its rubbish really,you would hate it 😉
Mostly the lakes for me.Even though I live 45mins-1hr away by car.
Innerleithen, fantastic riding...best 7stanes XC route, some of the best official DH trails in Scotland and some fantastic off piste stuff across the valley.
so lucky to have it just down the road, would be even better if I actually lived there mind.
The forest where I ride starts at about 7min30 riding time over there -->
Tend to cycle from my house to grizedale, do a few tracks round there and cycle back. Havent been anywhere else for some time.
loddrik -MemberNorth Wales, it has everything.
+1
lucky enough to live near cairngorm. plus I make a point of taking the bike whenever we go visiting or on holiday to get a day to myself on whatevers at hand
California
not that I go very often (fortnight each summer and that's not all riding) but I don't do much at home, one way & another.
Not strictly true, of course - I do more hours in a year around the new forest but in terms of "proper riding", way more over there (and it's pretty close even measured in hours)
poor me 🙄
I'd say ...50% Yorkshire Dales & the other 50% between around the doors, Lakes & Scotchland.
On the hills behind the house (Mendips). But the best bits are a short drive away.
There is enough in summer, a bit more restricted in winter. After 5 Mendip rides in a row I do feel the urge to ride elsewhere. An hour's drive to the Qs usually. Hour and thirty to Exmoor. Very occasionally I can be bothered to cross the water and hit Wales.
I'm planning a mini road/camping trip before Easter so hoping to visit: Beacons, Gower, Brechfa, Doethe, Long Mynd and Malvern, one day at each place.
FoD
In my head...
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from my front door into the superb rossendale hills in east lancashire, love the place
Derbyshire with the occasional foray elsewhere.
All my best riding is:
On the internet!!!
Spaceman - whereabouts are you?
Beacons. Less than a mile from my door.
Which is nice 🙂
mostly Drumlanrig, but occasionally some stanes (was at Dalbeattie this evenin) and there's plenty local off piste up in the Lowthers and along the coast.
It's nice to get to the lakes or wales or up the highlands every now and again but living near Dumfries is pretty darn fine for trails and good folks to got out pedalling with.
Until recently was South Wales but now from my doorstep in Bangor, North Wales (having moved). I'm still exploring, but happy to see [b]flippinheckler[/b] and [b]loddrik[/b] say it has everything.
Sweden 75% Ireland 25%
west Pennines, rivington, belmont, turton, darwen
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Another lucky one here - straight into the FoD without even touching tarmac so most of my riding is here. Often travel into Wales for miles of natural riding but have visited loads of places to ride over the years including many rides with fellow STWers in places like Woburn, Thetford, Yorkshire [remember Shatfest?], Scotlandshire, etcetera, etcetera. [Strangely never Siam/Thailand though, despite that last bit 😆 ]
Ludlow (Bringewood/mortimor forest)
Surrey Hills, Tunnel Hill, Wisley are all rideable from home and plenty of local woodland for nightime cheekiness 🙂
Days out by SW trains to Alton, Winchester, Salisbury etc.
My bike has never been carried by a car to a ride which gives me a strange feeling of satisfaction 8)
Cannock Chase (not Follow Your Dad)
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i remember going down some swoopy tree lined singletrack with you and snakebite years ago, scruff
Used to ride mainly in the dark peak, but got tired of riding the same trails. Now ride mainly cheeky stuff in the white peak, and finding new trails all the time. Go to wales / scotland for the odd trail centre trip.
Started at trail centres and still enjoy the better ones from time to time but much prefer our natural trails. We're pretty spoiled for choice in this country but Lake District and North Wales top my list. Best resource I know of for routes on natural trails is The Edge website ([url= http://www.theedgecycleworks.com/mtbroutes/cumbria-and-lancashire ]Lake District Routes here[/url], [url= http://www.theedgecycleworks.com/mtbroutes/wales ]North Wales Routes here[/url]). There are maps, photo's and very detailed route hints so no excuses for heading to a trail centre 🙂
