So you been out on your bike and deserve a nice cold pint 😉
what as a mountain biker do you look for in a pub?

mines a open fire and a pint of the black stuff(for the iron content of course)

Seeing as I live 3 doors up from a fine place, the fire, view, nice pint of Avalanche and a welcome face and chat does nicely…shame tomorrow ride is with all the village kids.. 🙂

A pub three doors away bliss! never try’d Avalanche,
beer or larger?

Aye, tis a fine place 🙂

Somewhere I can leave the bike with a half decent chance it’ll still be there when I come out.
Where they don’t mind mud spattered me.
And the wimmen appreciate they are in the presence of greatness.

I agree with the mud look and bike saftey is must!

the pub in the pic looks gr8 were’s it at were are always look for new places to ride 😆

The real ales it has on tap

29erconvert – Member
I agree with the mud look and bike saftey is must!

Not so worried about wimmen then? I guess the answer to that is in your ID. 😉

My local pub is straight off of the set of shameless. So I don’t bother too much.

Somewhere where it’s normal to be a smelly, wet, filthy person.

matt out and about . is that the pub in killin. popped in there on a wet afternoon in May. turned out to be a good day 🙂

Somewhere with flagstone flooring and brush down wooden benches!

Welcoming Landlord and regulars that aren’t asshats who look down on cyclists.

Decent ciders plus nibbles (pork scratchings and Real roast ox crisps) – to negate all that hard work. 😮

A feeling that your bike isn’t going to get half-inched from the carpark.

One of my favorites is the Black Horse (AKA The Kicker), Clapton-in-Gordano – a proper old styley traditional English pub.

oh wimmen! missed that bit. lol

if only we could take the best bit from everyones fav to make the ultimate!

ok the locals are sorted

now the best pub you have stayed at mountain biking over nighters/ weekends and what made them good?

mine up near glentress very good caring bar man sending us to bed at 4am knowing we had the black route to do next day!

oh and we did it with 😳 a little bit of sick on the way mind

matt out and about . is that the pub in killin. popped in there on a wet afternoon in May. turned out to be a good day

aye. me hoose is just to right of that pic…

aye. me hoose is just to right of that pic.

who’s a lucky boy then

Real Ales and ciders.
Friendly Locals.
Welcoming if you are covered in ‘mud and blood’- which is the norm for me.
Beer Garden and open fire.
Safe bike parking.
Good views are nice too, either of landscape or more ‘local’…

King Arthurur in Reynoldston, Gower. Royal Oak, Rhandirmwyn. Ancient Briton, Pen y Cae, Upper Swansea Valley. The Wern Fawr, Ystalyfera. The list goes on.

Square and compass in worth matravers aka square and rumpus in where’s my trousers.

Chickens
Dogs
Cats
Best selection of ales and cider and one lager for lost tourists.
Fire
Cute barmaids
The landlord (chap on right in picture) is third generation and called Charlie (the cider monger)
Big garden
Awesome view over the sea
No phone reception
Live music
And…. It’s 15 minutes of downhill back to my home.

I have never found a better pub. Taybank arms hotel on dunkeld is nice and I found one good one as sswc Ireland.

http://www.hallertau.co.nz/ pop in here at every opporchancity.

Square and Compass +1 (though it’d be even better without the rainbow-jumpered crusties letting their dogs sh*t in the garden)

Bankes Arms is another post-Purbecks favourite. Great local beers.