Forest of Dean

compo

Looking to go for a holiday next summer but can't fit bike in/on car so was wondering if anyone knew about cycle hire ie where, what bikes?

Also what is there to ride, is it singletrack and trails? Red,black or blue ? etc

Cheers

nonnac85

Info on the website in my sig below.

starsky007

give me a pm mate when your thinking of coming down to the forest, ive lived here now over 18 years. i came down from worsley in manchester to work here and never left. the biking here is great, bike trails single track down hills and up hills red routes and black routes there isnt a trail i dont know round here., you name it the forest of dean has it. you can also hire bikes from peddleabikeaway in the forest.they hire out trek bikes.

turnerjohn

did I miss something?....the red route was top but its only like 3miles long!
starsky...where else you head out from there? all other routes seemed er Family type!

starsky007

plenty of single track all over the forest. i do 20, 30 and some time forty miles a day on single track all over the area in and around the forest.

turnerjohn

cheers starsky...will have to venture off next time i go....and not got my bro tagging along !

llamafarmer

I've been a couple of times and there's some sweet forest singletrack over there. I reckon you need a guide with a bit of local knowledge to get the best out of it though.

starsky007

pop over any time your around the forest, i will be glad to show you around some good single track in the area.

ObscuraSky

compo wrote:

Looking to go for a holiday next summer but can't fit bike in/on car so was wondering if anyone knew about cycle hire ie where, what bikes?

Also what is there to ride, is it singletrack and trails? Red,black or blue ? etc

Cheers

There's cycle hire available at Cannop Cycle Centre - Pedalabikeaway

And some good rides listed here - Rides from Parkend, but stacks more good singletack around too.

compo

cool guys
does anyone know what type of treks they have and where i can get hold of a trail map
Cheers

starsky007

you can get a trail map from same place you hire the treks from, pedalabikeaway. i think they are 3 pound. not sure what kind the treks are all i know is they got them new in, this year. alot of the single track is shown on the map but not all of them.

llamafarmer

compo wrote:

cool guys
does anyone know what type of treks they have and where i can get hold of a trail map
Cheers

They looked like fairly basic hardtails when I was there last.

rhyko7

i went and did two laps of the enduro course last week-the markings have all been taken down now, but there is loads of good riding around there to be done if your not botherd about getting lost

im going to go back up there again before it gets too boggy and get lost again