Moving to Manchester - any place to ride?

Tallboy
Tallboy Posts: 13
edited November 2009 in Routes
I'm moving to Manchester and wanted to know if there are any places to ride near the city centre by train or cycle? i don't have a car and don't know the area. i love to ride 3-4 times midweek and would love to hear about accessible trails.

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  • Whytepeak
    Whytepeak Posts: 2,616
    Delamere by train,
    Rivington by train,
    Stockport trails you could ride to if you live in the right area...
    Plus Edale / Jaccob's ladder.
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  • jay12
    jay12 Posts: 6,306
    you could get to llandegla once in a while by train and then ride for a few miles from wrexham station to llandegla
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  • MrChuck
    MrChuck Posts: 1,663
    jay12 wrote:
    you could get to llandegla once in a while by train and then ride for a few miles from wrexham station to llandegla

    Try to find a different route than the road though- it's horrible!

    Seriously- just get the train to Edale/Hope/etc and off you go.
  • Cheshley
    Cheshley Posts: 1,448
    Get the Trans Pennine train to Sheffield, get off at Edale and explore the Peak District.

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  • stumpyjon
    stumpyjon Posts: 4,069
    Get the train from Victoria to Todmorden, loads of riding around Calderdale / Rossendale. You could even ride home from there (depending on where in Manchester you are).
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  • compo
    compo Posts: 1,370
    Tallboy
    get on the Manchester Riders thread in Rides section - come with us - the more the merrier :D
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  • solsurf
    solsurf Posts: 489
    The lakes are just over an hour away. Assuming you have a car :)
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  • KulaBen
    KulaBen Posts: 220
    There are a few around the city centre as well- trafford water park, chorlton park etc. There's a good book- The manchester cycle guide by Niell Simpson, which is a nice starter, and bikemaps.co.uk has loads of maps for around the peaks. To be honest it's a great place as there are hills in every direction!

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