Tour of My Home Trails || Where MTB'ing Started: Episode 1

I think everyone’s got a spot where they can remember their first proper mountain bike ride and this is this is mine… I grew up in Bridge of Allan and the Mine Woods as I discovered more, the landscape I rode in shaped my style of riding and I have every style of right on my doorstep… In this collection I've 3 different routes. First up, the loop, this is a route I’ve been doing since day 1. It starts and finishes in Bridge of Allan, passes through the Reservoir, lower Dumyat, down Witches Craig, the Uni Woods and finishes with the Mine Woods. It is short but sweet and is rideable almost year round. I can lap this over and over and no two days are ever the same. Stats of the Loop, 10km with 420m of ascent and descent and has a little bit of everything.Next, Dumyat, part of the Ochil Hill’s it sits at 434m above sea level and is relatively easily accessed and can be an addition to the loop. The descent off of the summit features big compressions, sections of rocks, optional drops and is an all natural descent giving you the feeling of that 'big mountain' riding.Colsnaur is the final route in this collection and is one of my most recent local discoveries. Sitting at 553m, this open grassy hillside is a really fun mountain bike trail.