The Dirt Directory is the only comprehensive guide to the purpose-built mountain biking trail centres and bike parks in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.
Written by Hannah Collingridge, it includes thousands of kilometres of singletrack, cross-country, downhill, freeride and bike park riding at over 130 dedicated MTB centres. Featured centres include established riding spots such as BikePark Wales, Glentress, Rostrevor and Dalby Forest, as well as volunteer-run centres such as the pioneering trails at Lady Cannings Plantation and Grenoside Woods near Sheffield and more recent venues such as Dyfi Bike Park, set up by the Athertons.
Each riding spot features information on the number of trails and their length, style and difficulty; facilities such as parking, uplift, bike hire and shops and refreshments; and local information. Theres also stunning action photography throughout the book. Keep The Dirt Directory in your car or van its your indispensable riding companion.
Introduction
About this book
Whats a trail centre?
And whats a bike park?
Trail grading
Trail maintenance
Trail conditions
What bike?
Protection
Trail safety and etiquette
To the trails
Online resources
South East England
South West England
The Midlands & East Anglia
Yorkshire & Humber
Northern England
Wales
Scotland
Northern Ireland
Glossary
Top Tens
Hannah Collingridge has been riding bikes, racing bikes, fixing bikes and talking about bikes for over forty years. As a freelance writer, her work has appeared in Cranked, Cycle and Singletrack magazines, and she is the author of Pennine Bridleway, the definitive guide to the long-distance, off-road national trail from Derbyshire to Cumbria. As well as living just down the road from Leeds Urban Bike Park, shes ridden bikes all over the UK, and can often be found organising, commentating on or racing at bike events. When shes not riding or racing bikes, Hannah is usually mending them, having spent nearly a decade as a professional bike mechanic. Shes at her best when shes somewhere new pointing excitedly at something shes read about. Mostly fuelled by cheese and coffee. @all_the_trailz
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