Dark Peak Mountain Biking True Grit Trails
Description: Guidebook
Code: ISBN 978-0-9548131-0-9
Manufacturer: V-Publishing
Downloads: 1 Download
The Peak District has some fantastic mountain biking, with the Dark Peak in particular offering truly world-class riding. Find the best mountain bike trails, routes and rides in the Dark Peak with this comprehensive guide.
The hills of northern Derbyshire are criss-crossed with ancient roads and flowing moorland singletrack. Fabulous descents come in all varieties: fast, loose, rocky, rutted and rooty, and The Peak District has a fierce collection of climbs: uphill slogs, loose uphill slogs, technical, oose and rocky uphill slogs, most, thankfully, within easy reach of refuelling at local cafs and pubs.
Dark Peak Mountain Biking from Vertebrate Publishing features 26 challenging and exciting routes, each lavishly illustrated with detailed maps and photography by John Houlihan and Andy Heading. The routes have been devised and tested by local riders to help you get the very best out of the Dark Peak trails.
Route List
- Blacka Moor
- Chinley Churn
- Digley Circuit
- Langsett
- Rowarth Circuit
- Bradwell Circuit (This route is available as a free download)
- Disley Circuit
- The Southern Gritstone Edges
- Ladybower Classic & Figure of 8
- Ladybower 2
- Mam Tor Figure of 8
- Snake Doctor
- Wharncliffe
- Buxton
- Cut Gate Special
- Hathersage Circuit
- High Peak Circuit
- Kinder Circuit
- Mam Tor Classic
- Stanage
- Bleaklow Circuit
- Killer Loop
- Lord of the Loops
- Edale to New Mills
- Hope to Sheffield
- Sheffield City Link 1 - Out
- Sheffield City Link 2 - In
Also includes Top Tens - the best climbs, descents and singletracks in the Dark Peak!
Sample Review [view all]
“A complete guide for the Dark Peak area of Derbyshire featuring 26 complete routes each lavishly illustrated with detailed maps and photography from John Houlihan and Andy Heading. The routes have been devised and tested by local riders and we think this is one of the best guides to the Peak District we have come across.”
Singletrackworld.com
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“A complete guide for the Dark Peak area of Derbyshire featuring 26 complete routes each lavishly illustrated with detailed maps and photography from John Houlihan and Andy Heading. The routes have been devised and tested by local riders and we think this is one of the best guides to the Peak District we have come across.”
Singletrackworld.com
“One of the best Guidebooks out there.”
Mountain Biking Long Eaton @ spaces.msn.com
“DPMB is a very high-quality volume and certainly far and away the best Peak guide we've come across.”
Bikemagic.com
You don’t get unsolicited emails like this every day of the week:
“Having recently completed the Kinder circuit detailed in your book, the Dark Peak Mountain Biking guide I feel compelled to congratulate you on a what appears to be a truly inspiring and motivational and incredibly well thought out piece of kit!”
PM Cheshire
“At last. At long, long last, somebody has written a decent guide to mountain biking in the Peak District.”
Planetfear.com
“There are 26 Dark Peak trails here, including my favourites and some I didn’t know. It’s really well researched and contains great photography that makes me want to go and ride there. What more could you want?”
Cycle – October/November 2004
“A complete guide for the Dark Peak area of Derbyshire featuring 26 complete routes each lavishly illustrated with detailed maps and photography from John Houlihan and Andy Heading. The routes have been devised and tested by local riders and we think this is one of the best guides to the Peak District we have come across.”
Singletrackworld.com
“There are 26 Dark Peak trails here, including my favourites and some I didn’t know. It’s really well researched and contains great photography that makes me want to go and ride there. What more could you want?”
Cycle – October/November 2004
Downloadable Files
Dark Peak MB - Bradwell Circuit
A great ride on the southern side of the Hope Valley. Although just fitting onto the Dark Peak map, this route is mainly on limestone, so prepare yourself for a little less grip on the rocks beneath your tyres.
File Name: DPMB_Bradwell.pdf File size:1.07Mb
Price: Free! [get file]
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