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Mountain bike routes
5 free routes near Glasgow, Brighton, Cardiff, London and Leeds
The UK’s urban fringe hosts some incredible riding, here’s our pick of the best city rides. Video: Marcelo Gutierrez Manizales urban downhill Glasgow, Scotland 27km (16…
Our three favourite Highlands rides have just got that little bit closer
British Airways are set to resume flights from Heathrow to Inverness from May, after a 19-year hiatus. EasyJet flies to Inverness out of Gatwick and…
Four of the fastest trails in the UK
NB: Please ride within yourself, at a speed appropriate to your line of sight, and slow down for walkers, dogs or horses. Don’t be a…
How to plan your Northern Ireland road trip
Get yourself over to the booming trail centres of Northern Ireland before everyone else does. Chances are you and your riding posse have pretty much…
The UK’s ultimate mtb road trip destination?
Three national bike parks and three regional trail centres combining to boast over 150km of expertly sculpted XC and DH trails, all within 90 mins…
Britain’s best flow trails
Lairig Ghru, Cairngorms 29km (18 miles) From Inverdruie (Landranger36/SH901109), take tracks S to skip around the N of Loch Mor and on to Loch an…
Britain’s best stepped trails
No, not an album from the 90s group, but a look at all that’s good and bad about trail stairs. Like them or loathe them,…
The best UK winter Rides
There are many great winter routes all over the UK – here’s our pick of the best
Britain’s best mountain bike weekend breaks
Booked a long weekend off work? Head to one of the UK’s riding hotspots Coniston, Lake District Coniston is the perfect base for a long…
Britain’s best clifftop singletrack
You don’t have to go to California to be in the mountains with the coast below, here are our four favourite bits of clifftop singletrack from…
Britain’s best climbs
There’s more to mountain biking than just descending — good climbs can be just as rewarding, challenge our leg and lung power and push our…
Britain’s best rooty trails
Roots can mean anything from a fun, technical test to a traction-less terror. Truth be told we wouldn’t change them for the world though –…
Five rocky British trails to test your mettle
Here’s an article for those of you that are bored of groomed trail centres and gentle bridle ways. These five rock-strewn, hardcore routes should prove…
Skedaddle launches Sandstone Way holiday package
The Sandstone Way is a something new — the UK’s first signposted long-distance mountain-bike specific route. Deep in Northumberland, it describes 120 miles of largely…
Castlewellan, Northern Ireland
Northern Ireland's Castlewellan offers mountain bike trails from green to red, with black sections to really test yourself.
5 great pub rides
A cold pint and a warm fire — what better way could there be to end a winter ride?
The five best trails you’ve probably never heard of
Ridden all of our 20 best mountain bike trails in the UK? Done the classics to death? Want to try something different? Here is the…
Glentress, Scotland
The jewel in the crown of Scotland's 7Stanes MTB trail project, Glentress is arguably the most populat trail centre in the UK
Grizedale Forest natural route
Grizedale, in the Lakes, is more than just a great trail centre: go off-piste and there's an amazing web of natural singletrack you can work…