how many mtbers on here actually live in the mountains ?? and if so where ?? just curious .

What are you classing as mountains?

I’m on the edge of the Peak District, although very few of those are actually mountains. Big hills mind…

Lived in the lakes till I moved to Oz

whats the question about?

North Yorks moors, do they count?

In the mountains ?

How the hell would you get about on a bike in the bloody mountains ?!

Yep, in Meribel

for the sake of discussion i shall class mountains as any upland type area, lakes,peaks,moors etc , that require driving/cycling uphill from urban area.

I live in the bottom of the Afan valley, but its two miles upstream (and hence uphill, by all of about 30 vertical metres) from Port Talbot. I can see a ‘mountain’ (by the feeble ‘peak over 1000ft’ defintion) from the living room window which I can ride my bike to the top of. Do I count?

I live on the coast and can see the forests and mountains I ride from my house… I love where I live

definitely not upland area (only about 100′ ASL but can be at top of a handful of 800/900′ hills within about 40/50 minutes (by bike).

prob. need a tighter definition, OP.

for the sake of discussion i shall class mountains as any upland type area

Should you not rename the thread? Bit misleading innit?

Wiki definitions

Definitions of “mountain” include:[2]

Height over base of at least 2,500 m (8,202 ft);
Height over base of 1,500 m (4,921 ft).–2,500 m (8,202 ft). with a slope greater than 2 degrees
Height over base of 1,000 m (3,281 ft).–1,500 m (4,921 ft). with a slope greater than 5 degrees
Local (radius 7,000 m (22,966 ft). elevation greater than 300 m (984 ft)., or 300 m (984 ft)–1,000 m (3,281 ft). if local (radius 7,000 m (22,966 ft). elevation is greater than 300 m (984 ft).

david jey and messiah understand !!

Local (radius 7,000 m (22,966 ft). elevation greater than 300 m (984 ft)., or 300 m (984 ft)–1,000 m (3,281 ft). if local (radius 7,000 m (22,966 ft). elevation is greater than 300 m (984 ft).

What’s that mean, if everything within 7km is >300m it’s a mountain?

Height over base of at least 2,500 m (8,202 ft);
Height over base of 1,500 m (4,921 ft).–2,500 m (8,202 ft). with a slope greater than 2 degrees
Height over base of 1,000 m (3,281 ft).–1,500 m (4,921 ft). with a slope greater than 5 degrees

By those definitions theres no mountainbiking in England, the highest bridleway is a smidge over 900m on skiddaw!

I live in Hexham (50m altitude) and can ride up to well over 500m by heading out for a few hours.

P2030019 by ir_bandito, on Flickr

Based on the OP’s definition I qualify… well I think I do because I live half way up a hill on t’moor.

Live at 750m on a hill that goes up to 1100m with an altitude distance of 600m top to bottom and a maze of trails scattered around.

I live at sea level. Most of my rides start with a climb.

Mt Malvern from my back door.
13 x 1,000+ ft mini-Everests.

I used to live here

https://maps.google.co.uk/maps?q=edinburgh&ll=55.860189,-3.231831&spn=0.001803,0.004613&oe=UTF-8&hnear=Edinburgh,+City+of+Edinburgh,+United+Kingdom&gl=uk&t=h&z=18

Nearest singletrack was about 15 metres away. Midges were bloody murder though.

I live in the flatlands of Switzerland. Only 600m of climbing available outside my door…. Not far to the big stuff though 😆

Yep about 8500 ft 😀

Edge of the lakes here.Ride out the back door and up on to the high street range or helvellyn and only have a mile of Tarmac through town before hitting the dirt. Never moving !

By those definitions theres no mountainbiking in England, the highest bridleway is a smidge over 900m on skiddaw!

The lakes have some mountains though do they not?

I live at 1300 ft in the south pennines if that counts?

The lakes have some mountains though do they not?

No they don’t. Nothing to see here. Please move along.

Nope not even close at home, the closest I got was a summer in Whistler.

The lakes have some mountains though do they not?

Skiddaw’s the tallest one with a bridleway, and that doesn’t even make the least stringent definition though, guess that makes it more ‘around the bottom of a couple of mountains and all-large rocky hill’ riding?

The Pyrenees, will that do?

“highest bridleway is a smidge over 900m on skiddaw!”
“Skiddaw’s the tallest one with a bridleway”
and Helvellyn?

Surely any thread about living in mountains is just inviting Trolls?

IGMC

I live at 1,100 feet in the Brecon Beacons.

Surely any thread about living in mountains is just inviting Trolls?

Not only that, I live by a stone bridge.

From my window I can see 3 hills that are 1150ft, 1670ft and 1830ft. I dont think I live in the mountains but it is still beautiful to cycle around (even if it does rain alot)!!

Living just outside Innsbruck, Austria.

im at 1500m and have a dh trail to get to work with a uplift home lol…

The local hills