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Well-researched Mountain Bike routes in Staffordshire, Warwickshire, Gloucestershire, Hereford and Shropshire. Dave Taylor has put down 21 routes supported by clearly sketched maps and photography to improve orientation on the ride. A number of the routes lie close enough together to allow the possibility of linking up and making a longer ride.
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Bought this book a few weeks ago as I live in Birmingham and I am fed up with trailing up and down the M6 to Cannock just to get some decent riding in. As per the other reviewer Smiffy, I have only ridden two routes so far, the one near Coughton Court and Kinver Edge.
The Kinver route was excellent and both routes were well defined in the book. However, like Smiffy I found that part of the Coughton route was quite literally unrideable as it takes you through a ford, which is now out of use and quite clearly dangerous. A sign on the approach states 'Ford Impassable at All Times' and it isn't kidding. I managed to find a way around, but this included some naughty riding on footpaths.
This is the second book in this series I have owned, having bought the Derbyshire one some 20 years ago which is excellent (no trail centres in those days). To get the most from the books you need an OS map or GPS device (or both) to get you out of the holes described above. To me though this is part of the fun and is really what mountain biking, or at least off road biking is all about.
Clearly there aren't that many mountains in the West Midlands so well done for finding some reasonably challenging routes.
Probably not of interest if you are only in to massive down hills and man made slightly bland trail centre follow-my-leader courses. That said, I would have preferred it if the height loss sections were generally off road rather than on the tarmac as that is where the reward is for the up hills. It is a bit disheartening to trudge up a sloppy bridal path for a mile or so only to loose all your hard work whizzing down an A road. I guess that's what you get for going au-naturel!
Overall, I think a score of 1 star is harsh but still do agree that the book could do with a refresher for the current decade.
Am hoping to try a couple more routes this week - will update when completed.
The Kinver route was excellent and both routes were well defined in the book. However, like Smiffy I found that part of the Coughton route was quite literally unrideable as it takes you through a ford, which is now out of use and quite clearly dangerous. A sign on the approach states 'Ford Impassable at All Times' and it isn't kidding. I managed to find a way around, but this included some naughty riding on footpaths.
This is the second book in this series I have owned, having bought the Derbyshire one some 20 years ago which is excellent (no trail centres in those days). To get the most from the books you need an OS map or GPS device (or both) to get you out of the holes described above. To me though this is part of the fun and is really what mountain biking, or at least off road biking is all about.
Clearly there aren't that many mountains in the West Midlands so well done for finding some reasonably challenging routes.
Probably not of interest if you are only in to massive down hills and man made slightly bland trail centre follow-my-leader courses. That said, I would have preferred it if the height loss sections were generally off road rather than on the tarmac as that is where the reward is for the up hills. It is a bit disheartening to trudge up a sloppy bridal path for a mile or so only to loose all your hard work whizzing down an A road. I guess that's what you get for going au-naturel!
Overall, I think a score of 1 star is harsh but still do agree that the book could do with a refresher for the current decade.
Am hoping to try a couple more routes this week - will update when completed.
5 of 6 people found the following review helpful
Whilst the area it describes isn't anything special for mountain biking, the book itself is well written, with good hand-drawn maps (couldn't get OS copyright?) and pictures indicating the types of trail to be encountered.
A sterling effort, and the real advantage is that someone has taken the time to put together decent routes, saving time putting together route ideas, giving you more time to ride!
A sterling effort, and the real advantage is that someone has taken the time to put together decent routes, saving time putting together route ideas, giving you more time to ride!
2 of 3 people found the following review helpful
I have only tried 2 of the routes included in this book, Ashley Heath & Severn Valley. But, it was evident that the routes detailed must have been surveyed a number of years ago. Parts of both routes were unrideable, clearly get very little use as the path was non-existent or overgrown, bridlepaths ploughed up, electric cattle fences across route, no way marked signs, chewed up by horses, etc.
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