Cycling Routes - Berkshire and Hampshire

sellw88 · 17 Jan 2015 at 20:56

Evening all,

After some advice if possible.

Just got into mountain biking, and have currently been cycling around flat common ground near me and have found Swinley Forest in Bracknell (been there once and planning on going,a lot more!

Is anybody else aware of anywhere in the berkshire / Hampshire area that is good for a blast on the mountain bike?

I live in Newbury but anywhere nearby would be good :-)

Thanks!

sellw88 · 21 Jan 2015 at 19:53

Anyone got any idea's / places to try?

(Sorry for bumping, just really eager to try something new)

SoliD · 22 Jan 2015 at 20:28

QE Park near Petersfield or the South Downs way are my two favourite areas to ride.

FrenchTart · 22 Jan 2015 at 21:22

You could try looking on Strava to see what kind of routes people do near you?

sellw88 · 22 Jan 2015 at 21:44

Unless I'm using it wrong, I have downloaded Strava and every route seems to be ~ 0.5 to 1 mile... Which doesnt paint a very comprehensive route ... If I'm using the app wrong please enlighten me :-)

FrenchTart · 22 Jan 2015 at 21:49

I'm not an expert on that part of the app but it sounds like you're looking at segments rather than routes. I think there's a way to find a segment and then see what route people that rode that segment took....but I'm not at my PC to check on the method.

Perhaps someone else can suggest something

sellw88 · 22 Jan 2015 at 22:33

Cheers French!

I've only been using the app on my phone to look, does that have more of a limited functionality than the website?

PermaBanned · 23 Jan 2015 at 00:10

I've used http://www.cycle-route.com/ before with some success, obviously use common sense and figure out what you want to do on the ride. Sustrans can also be useful if you're looking for good dedicated cycleways.

SoliD · 23 Jan 2015 at 07:53

ridewithgps is another good one, can put in a start location and distance/elevation you want to ride, but you'd probably need a garmin or similar to follow the routes.

arknor · 23 Jan 2015 at 17:44

SoliD said:
ridewithgps is another good one, can put in a start location and distance/elevation you want to ride, but you'd probably need a garmin or similar to follow the routes.

you can see other peoples saved routes too.

sellw88 · 24 Jan 2015 at 10:08

Cheers for the advice!

I have a lot of options to look into it would appear.
I also logged in to the strata website and like the others I can view full routes (seems odd the iOS app I cant)

Begbie · 24 Jan 2015 at 21:01

Heat map on strava is useful.

Also extreme map is good for showing local trails, found a few that way for stuff that isn't advertised

encephalopathy · 26 Jan 2015 at 20:14

trailforks is starting to gain momentum outside of north america now with more local trails added
http://www.trailforks.com/region/hampshire/