Product Description

A cycling guidebook, "Lake District Mountain Biking" is a compact guide to the best riding in one of the best mountain biking areas in the country. It helps you explore classic rides around Walna Scar, High Street and Borrowdale and discover several lesser-known gems. You can also ride moorland singletrack, tackle massive climbs and rattle along some of the rockiest trails you'll ever encounter on two wheels. It covers 26 routes, from 12 to 60km long. Clearly described using easy-to-follow directions, they are graded for difficulty and plotted on Harvey Maps. A special bonus section includes the best downhill runs, climbs and cruises in the area and visitor information about the region.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #26383 in Books
• Published on: 2006-10-21
• Original language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• 208 pages

Customer Reviews

Top Guide
Excellent Guide - Sorry 'The best Lakes guide'

USed to be a Lakes local before moving to Sheffield, but this guide showed even a seasoned Lakes rider a few things. Covers the best routes such as Parkamoor but also some of the more quieter sides of the Lakes (always a good thing to beat the crowds!!)

Lots of useful tips - like the best post ride pub!

Would recommend this guide more than any other as its up to date and written by people who ride their mountain bikes (rather than carrying them up the hills - with pipelagging attached - very 1980's).

Best of all they have proper maps for the routes rather than hand drawn diagrams - usefull if the weather turns.

5 stars all the way

Lake District Mountain Biking
This book gives a good range of rides in the Lakes. The book is written in a cheerful and agreeable style and is thorough in coverage. The routes are well selected, the maps are very useful and the pocket size ideal.
However, I think this is a book for hard-core riders. I found Black Combe (an easy route in this guide) hard going and I ended up walking the initial steep part (along with the five other riders that I saw). So if you are going for a ride with a friend new to the sport this is not the book for you, unless your mate has Lance Armstrong's thighs!