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"Mountain Biking Trail Centres" is the only comprehensive guide to the UK's purpose-built, off-road mountain biking trails. This guide features thousands of kilometres of singletrack, cross country, downhill, freeride and bike park riding at 67 centres across England, Scotland and Wales.Included are classics such as Dalby, Coed y Brenin and Glentress, lesser-known centres such as Balblair and Aston Hill, together with the latest developments including Whinlatter, Rossendale (Adrenaline Gateway) and many new trails at existing centres. Complete with detailed information on the facilities, the number of trails, the length, style and difficulty of trails, local info, useful contacts and bike shops all complemented with clear directions and Sat Nav coordinates.The stunning design is complemented with action photography from some of the country's best mountain biking photographers, including Wig Worland, Dan Barham, Seb Rogers and Mountain Bike Rider's staff photographers.Vertebrate Publishing (VP), the imprint of Vertebrate Graphics (VG), is one of a new breed of independent publishers, dedicated to producing the very best outdoor leisure titles. VP have critically acclaimed and bestselling titles covering a range of leisure activities, including; mountain biking, cycling, rock climbing, hillwalking and others.VP have published or produced many of the UK's bestselling cycling and outdoor titles, including "Dark Peak Mountain Biking", the "MLTUK's Hill Walking", "Rock Climbing and Winter Skills" series, peak district: bouldering and "Getting to Grips with GPS".
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
I don't know whether to be jealous of Tom Fenton or sympathetic. Any man who racks up 1500km of riding in one month and in a very short time rides every trail centre in the country surely deserves to be the object of one of those emotions. The resulting guide is a comprehensive compendium of Britain's trail centres and an absolute must for every committed trail rider in the country - stick it next to the road map in your car. It will get you to the centre, incorporates details of every trail, including level of difficulty, style and length, includes the facilities that are available and the time you can expect to spend on the trail.
This is a splendid addition to the Vertebrate Publishing catalogue. Time and time again, Fenton uses the very phrases I would have used to describe the trails. Of Kirroughtree's red trail, "You really, really should ride this trail." Of Brechfa's green trail, "If you're going to build a green mountain bike trail for beginners, this is the way to do it." Of Penmachno, "Riding Penmachno is like compiling a medley of all your favourite songs." He's scrupulously even-handed, yet if you read between the lines, you can spot the trails that left him unimpressed. The information is bang up to date and will find you perplexed as you discover trails you didn't know existed. The photography is uniformly excellent and inspiring. Christmas is coming, so instead of disappointing your loved-ones with boring socks, put a smile on their face on the 25th: buy this guide.
This is a splendid addition to the Vertebrate Publishing catalogue. Time and time again, Fenton uses the very phrases I would have used to describe the trails. Of Kirroughtree's red trail, "You really, really should ride this trail." Of Brechfa's green trail, "If you're going to build a green mountain bike trail for beginners, this is the way to do it." Of Penmachno, "Riding Penmachno is like compiling a medley of all your favourite songs." He's scrupulously even-handed, yet if you read between the lines, you can spot the trails that left him unimpressed. The information is bang up to date and will find you perplexed as you discover trails you didn't know existed. The photography is uniformly excellent and inspiring. Christmas is coming, so instead of disappointing your loved-ones with boring socks, put a smile on their face on the 25th: buy this guide.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
An excellent book, and fantastic inspiration for planning weekends riding around the UK. Be aware that it's very XC-oriented, and while it mentions DH, freeride, and other types of riding, they're not what the author concentrated on.
Having said that, you get a very good idea of what is there to ride, so it would suit anyone looking for XC rides, all-mountain, enduro style, or similar.
Having said that, you get a very good idea of what is there to ride, so it would suit anyone looking for XC rides, all-mountain, enduro style, or similar.
7 of 8 people found the following review helpful
If you ride bikes in the UK you simply can't afford to live without this book. Fenton makes guidebooks a joy to read and expertly leads you through the numerous trail centres now established around the UK. He has missed one, which is a real shame, but that aside I don't think this book can be faulted. Give it large!
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The yellow pages of UK mountain biking
A essential guide for all mountain bike riders. The format is like a directory and gives you the basic information on whole host of UK Trail centers. Read more
Published 19 months ago by Simon Thompson
The ultimate yet compact guide
A comprehensive yet compact guide for cycling guides. The information is concise and useful, everything you need, a list of facilities, types of trail and the postcodes to find... Read more
Published on 2 Oct 2009 by Mr. S. Wothers
An unsurprisingly excellent guidebook.
Given the existing product catalogue of Vertebrate Publishing, with titles such as Dark Peak Mountain Biking, White Peak Mountain Biking and also several titles for MLTUK to assist... Read more
Published on 30 Jan 2009 by Gavin Baxter
Great Summary of trail centres
This is a great comprehensive book about trail centres in the UK. I found a number of traisl in the book which I didnt know existed, especially in Scotland. Read more
Published on 25 Jan 2009 by S. Fisher
An Absolute Mountain Biking Must!
An extremely detailed and informative guide to mountain bike trail centres. The book contains all the vital info needed for your venture to any of the 67 trail centres. Read more
Published on 25 Jan 2009 by Ms. M. J. Whatmore
The One to Have
It seems that every mountain bike magazine and every mountain biker and every mountain bike website talk non stop about trail centres. Read more
Published on 22 Jan 2009 by Jeff Cross
disappointing
Most of the books from this publisher I've read are brilliant and im a huge fan of them, so i really looked forward to this one as it covers the elements of mountain biking I'm... Read more
Published on 20 Jan 2009 by K
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