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Grades are based on scale of 1 to 10. One being easy, 10 being very hard.
Grade: 1/2. Distance: 9km
Easy railway path route
Grade: 1. Distance: 7km
A traffic free family route.
Grade: 1. Distance: 15.3km
Family route. An out an back so just turn around when required.
Grade: 2. Distance: 26km
An easy railway ride.
Grade: 3. Distance: 7km
A short ride which includes some fast descents and testing climbs.
Grade: 3. Distance: 23km
Family route. An out an back so just turn around when required.
Grade: 3. Distance: 20km
includes several little easy tracks.
Grade: 1. Distance: 18km
A good starter route for adults, the majority on country roads but also sufficient off roads to learn some skills.
Grade: 3. Distance:18km
Includes a challenging descent through Brusselton Wood.
Grade: 3. Distance: 17km
A good variety of riding on the fringe of some magnificent countryside.
Grade: 3. Distance: 17km
One for a dry spell as otherwise can be too muddy. A ride of two halves, the first a bridleway section through fields, the second on a railway path.
Grade: 3. Distance: 13km
A ride which is more of a tour of industrial archeology than a mountain bike challenge.
Grade: 3. Distance: 37km
Longish route on good quality railway path.
Grade: 4. Distance: 20km
A hilly route with the first half being on tarmac.
Grade: 4. Distance: 29km
A couple of railway paths joined by tarmac steep climbs and descents.
Grade: 4. Distance: 26km
Predominantly on railway paths - the going is fairly easy unless its blowing a gale!
Grade: 4. Distance: 35km
On the face of it a long railway ride has the potential to be boring but this is not the case here.
Grade: 4. Distance: 23km
Railway paths and steep lanes.
Grade: 5. Distance: 19km
A really good bike route ending in a whacky downhill!
Grade: 5. Distance: 12km
Off roads with a bit of a sting!
Grade: 5. Distance: 20km
A ride though Hamsterely Forest. Note: there is now a Trail Centre in Hamsterely built after this book was published.
Grade: 6. Distance: 24km
A classic ride. There is a large percentage of asphalt but it is all good stuff. The major climb to Harthope Head is a killer - it just goes on and on; so be prepared. There are also fast descents to cool you down!
Grade: 5. Distance: 21km
Includes some entertaining singletrack over the moor.
Grade: 8. Distance: 24km
This is a bit of daftness to do on winter days when it's actually too bad to be anywhere off road, but you feel you should be out in the hills regardless.
Grade: 9. Distance: 23km
Best during a dry spell otherwise becomes a challenge out of proportion to its length!
Grade: 4. Distance: 19km
This route has a cracking finish, steep, loose, technical, narrow and usually very wet!
Grade: 5. Distance: 28km
A challenge to the most determined of riders as you will need to push, carry the bike and remove vegetation from chainwheels and gear mechanisms and possibly yourself from time to time. Madness!
Grade: 10. Distance: 22km
A severe route, not very long but set in tough countryside of Upper Weardale. The climbs are steep and unrelenting. It took the author four attempts to crack it!
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