Another kendal-ite here…

I liked the Tegernsee when I cycled past it last year, route checking for work. Some good cafe experiences on that ride (Munich to Salzburg).

Glasgow bred, but living in central Sweden for the foreseeable future. Highest point in the Wales-size county is about 120m, but it’s more than made up for by the techy, rocky terrain left by ice-age glaciers.

Halfway up a hill, Hope Valley, Peak District.

Sunny Brentwood Essex, by way of Durham, Lossiemouth and Middlesbrough.
Got some local stuff on the doorstep but DIY seems to be taking over MTB time….:(

Grown in Boroughbridge, moved down Somerset 18 years ago and enjoying the shockingly awful riding that’s available on Mendip , quantocks and wherever else I can get to

Daaaarset. 1/4 hrs ride to the beach and the Purbecks. Generally speaking its pretty blooming good 🙂

Falkirk(central scotland) 😀

Kilburn, Derbyshire; it’s alright.

10 minutes (by bike) from Lee Quarry, 45 mins from Gisburn, 1.5 minutes from the natural trails, right on the Rossendale, Burnley and Calderdale borders at 1150ft above see level. Miles of trails in every direction and plenty of elevation. The only downside is nearly every ride ends up with an uphill section.

Cardrona Village, just past Glentress. One or two hills worth riding in 🙂

Mansfield, has its downsides, its upsides (15 mins from Pines and huge areas of fairly flat XC trails) and its sideways bits..

Seascale, on the Cumbrian coast. 10mins pedal for Wasdale 😀

Cardiff, from Canada via Manchester.

You all know what the riding is like in these here parts.

Another yorkshire lad. Ripon to be precise.

Fritchley – not too far from Matlock. Some good riding from the door

Skegby, Notts. 1 min ride from the Teversal Trails, 30 mins ride from the Pines, 30mins drive to some good riding in Derbys – musn’t grumble.

Spent 25yrs living on the coast in Yorkshire, had Dalby 25mins away and all of the North Yorks moors within an hr.

Now Live in Bristol, rains alot here though…

Bridle way from my garden direct to the South Downs 😀

Double post.

Rainworth, Notts. About 5 minutes ride from Sherwood Pines & less than an hours drive to the Peak District.
Although possibly moving to Mid Wales 😀

I’m from the only village in England to have both a zoo and a vineyard!! Not a great area for riding a bike though

About 2 miles from Hopton. Go there most weeks.

Schnor – would I have seen you out and about – eglwsygs perhaps? Give me a shout if your ever riding down this way!

The isle of wirral. 🙂

Saltaire just out of Bradford.

Like BillOddie – in the middle of the precipitous region that is Charnwood, just north of Leicester.

To echo his sentiments, it really isn’t as crap as you might think, but a few byelaws need to go by the wayside to ride most of the best bits. As with most areas, the further you go away from the posher bits, the more liberal the attitude to riding – why do people who have loads of dosh seem to be more miserable than everyone else????

I still bugger off to the Peak District at the first sniff off a pass from the missus, though.

CAS VEGAS

Otley. Chevin. Gisburn. Washburn. Rombalds. Dalby.

All good, just wish I was 30 yrs younger and a similar number of pounds lighter!

Base camp level, NW Alps

Originaly from Ash/Aldershot area now Hong Kong, no plans to return

Bournemouth.
It’s quite pleasant, a bit flat though – with the exception of the purbs up the road

Newport Pagnell here, 120miles of Milton Keynes cycle route on my doorstep and Brickhill woods only a half hour, off road pedal away. 🙂

Linlithgow (roughly mid-way between Edinburgh and Glasgow). Pretty good trails out the door and this makes up about 90% of my riding. Glentress about 45 minutes away, Pentlands about 30 minutes away and pretty good riding round Stirling too though a lot of it relies upon local knowledge.

Newcastle. I guess it’s fairly ideally placed between many trail centres and close to some more natural riding.

1.5 hours to Hamsterly?
1.5 hours to Kielder?
2 hours and a bit to Dalby?
2 hours and a bit to Glentress?

I don’t go out nearly enough. Need some non parent riding mates!

Conset. Co. Durham – The mountainous post industrial geordie hinterland. – right on the coast to coast (you know for winter training), good natural terrain and 1/2 an hour closer to all of the above listed trailcentres than Newcastle.

Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Great local riding near me but the UK trail centres are a hefty trip!

shiny

2retro4u
Marin County, California

oliverd1981: I do the Derwent run quite often, starting in Gateshead/Blaydon. I always think “Ah I’ll reach the cafe soon” when hitting Consett. Don’t know why my brain retards every time I pass that Mcd.

Matt – if you’re going past McDonalds you’re going the wrong way! instead of tuning left in blackihll and following the road you should go straight over, past Blackhill club and then over the fell to the Grove and pick the c2c up at Lydgetts junction.

There’s some nice cheeky singletrack from the top up Pontop pike to Hamsterley mill