Product Description

25 brilliant routes through spectacular countryside. There is something for everyone here - from easy rides through peaceful valleys and historic villages to epic challenges crossing bleak moorland and dramatic mountains. Route lengths vary from under 10 miles (15 km) to over 60 (95 km). The guide includes illustrated sections on the history, wildlife, landscape and culture of the area.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #328435 in Books
• Published on: 1998-05-01
• Original language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• 144 pages

Mountain Bike Rider
I welcome in a book of this type. The routes are described in great detail with all the information you should need.

Customer Reviews

Buy this book - you need it in your life
This book is wonderful - it has rides for all abilities, over all terrains, through the most wonderful countryside around. However, what makes it perfect are the cartoon illustrations and hand drawn maps, and pages on folklore, history, Welsh language, and anything else you could think of, which makes it a really good read as well.

Good book but what about the railways?!!!!!
This is a great book of an excellent area for biking - perhaps the best area in the UK when you take into account proximity of Coed-y-Brenin and Machynellth as well.

The descriptions of the rides are excellent as is the background information on history, legends, natural history etc.. The writing style is funny and informative as well - I enjoyed reading it. However it's a pity the author couldn't manage any public transport information.

This area is very well served by the railways- in fact more of the rides are accessible by rail in this book than in any other mountain bike book I've seen before. On most of the lines bike transportation is easy and free. Yet all Jon Dixon says is: 'Though most of the rides are accessible by rail the railway system is currently being privatised and it's impossible to predict the future for bikes on trains.' And that's it. He then goes on to give you a list of what you should take in your car! The result is that even where a ride actually starts right next to a railway station (e.g. Barmouth) he barely even mentions it (if at all)!

I spent about half an hour plotting and then drawing in the railway route (Cambrian Coast Railway and The Heart of Wales Line) on the map in the front of this book and then noting which rides start near a station - the result is a very handy book indeed.
Perhaps a new edition could update the rail information? I know you can't predict the future but at least tell us where the lines are! Hopefully they'll choose a different cover too - this one's awful!

Best mountain biking book of this area
I own about 6 books about mountain biking in the Brecon Beacons, but this book is something completely different. Beautifully illustrated and hand written, the author clearly knows and loves the area. The routes are accurately described and straightforward to follow and the book is the perfect size for your pocket. If you only buy one mountain biking book for this area, make it this one! Oh and I really liked the cover, unlike the previous reviewer, so don't go changing it!