Are there apps/websites MTBers use to find trails/places to cycle

shigllgetcha

Hi there,

Im trying to find places loaclly to use my MTB, and I have a few places Id like to share.

Is there a website or app that people use to find sections to use their MTB?

I appreciate strava is popular but it seems to be all roadies (its a shame strava doesnt have a filter for roadies and MTB), appologies if this has been discussed already

Trailbadger is great but I was thinking alittle more small scale

Hmmzis

Strava is what I would use to sniff out trails. There are piles of segments there for Ballinastoe and Ticknock.

Tenzor07

Where's are you located?

shigllgetcha

Tenzor07 wrote: »

Where's are you located?

South donegal, I'm just really looking for somewhere fairly close, there are a few places within an hours drive that I'm interested in . I'm just looking for places to go when I don't have time to travel somewhere

And id like to share a few places, think I'll fire a few sections on strava

A group on strava would be great so that you could join the group and share MTB sections and view other's sections

Tenzor07

Why not hook up with Donegal MTB Club... this would be your best resource: www.donegalmtb.com

shigllgetcha

Yeh im gonna search strava and google maps abit harder over the next fortnight and upload a few segments of my own, maybe itd help a people get into in my area when the summer starts

I see strava do clubs, but you cant sellect segments from just the club, itd be great if you could, you could start a club for anyone in ireland that did mtbing and share segments and trails and thatd be a way to filter out the roadie routes. I guess they focus more on roadies anyway

Im gonna think about the donegal club, I dont wanna splash out just yet and find out they are based further up the county

everytrail is good for finding routes too if anyone else is struggling

Icyseanfitz

the problem is a lot of these mtb trails in ireland arnt legal in the strictest of sense due to coilte, land owners, insurance and boring depressing blah blah only in ireland ****e, so most lads try to keep them under wraps so no big wigs get a whiff of them and destroy them

shigllgetcha

Yeh I guess, Northern Ireland seems so much better in terms of MTBing. Well most things I guess lol

I live right on the boarder but I cant really get in the car and drive an hour or so everytime I want to take the bike out so im interested in finding local stuff. Maybe im just in an awkward area

Icyseanfitz

shigllgetcha wrote: »

Yeh I guess, Northern Ireland seems so much better in terms of MTBing. Well most things I guess lol

I live right on the boarder but I cant really get in the car and drive an hour or so everytime I want to take the bike out so im interested in finding local stuff. Maybe im just in an awkward area

not flag flying surely id be the same where i am tbh, have to travel to get to mtb trails, which is annoying seeing as kerry has the best mountain ranges in ireland

shigllgetcha

ha maybe thats the exception

Yeh its such a missed opportunity that the uk seems to have grabbed better than us

Im cheeking checking a certain club's strava club to see where they frequent. I might join the club in the coming months

Icyseanfitz

shigllgetcha wrote: »

ha maybe thats the exception

Yeh its such a missed opportunity that the uk seems to have grabbed better than us

Im cheeking checking a certain club's strava club to see where they frequent. I might join the club in the coming months

clubs really are your best option, and yes England as well as most European countries have copped onto the fact that mtbing can generate revenue at a small cost, but sure the saying paddy last doesnt come from no where :pac:

brian_m

When using Strava to search an area for segments, zoom in and out to ground level with a few seconds between each switch. I find it selective sometimes in what segments its decides to display or maybe its just my crap old computer...

shigllgetcha

Yeh i had abit of luck with strava last night but its not really local, i could loop around after work when the weather gets better.

Ill just have to keep digging!

brian_m

When searching out potential trails/routes Google earth can be useful to spot some potential as well as getting a good orientation of the general area itself you plan to search. I find that it is best to search on foot as opposed to the bike because when you are moving that bit faster you can fly past a trail quite easily. You would be surprised what you can root out like old enduro/horse trekking/walking trails that make decent single track with a bit of a clean up.

AIR-AUSSIE

Or try opencyclemaps, depending on the location you can sometimes get an idea of what tracks would be like for mountainbiking.

http://www.opencyclemap.org/?zoom=10&lat=54.91351&lon=-7.90956&layers=B00

shigllgetcha

open maps is interesting thanks.

It does kinda highlight the point about northern ireland doing things better

AIR-AUSSIE

shigllgetcha wrote: »

open maps is interesting thanks.

It does kinda highlight the point about northern ireland doing things better
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Most definitely. :pac:

Iwernia

shigllgetcha wrote: »

South donegal, I'm just really looking for somewhere fairly close, there are a few places within an hours drive that I'm interested in . I'm just looking for places to go when I don't have time to travel somewhere

And id like to share a few places, think I'll fire a few sections on strava

A group on strava would be great so that you could join the group and share MTB sections and view other's sections

Would you be interested in setting up a mtb division in Donegal Bay Cycling Club? At the moment we have over 100 members all roadies but there is a real opportunity for a mtb section, after all we have enough trails, forest and coastline for it.

shigllgetcha

Yeh might look into it in the summer, I was on your website the other day its very good. Id definitely be interested in joining if it happened atleast. Im a real beginner though I only got a bike back in October and with the weather Ive only been out a dozen times yet.

Ill follow you guys on facebook and if you wanted to float the idea ill notice if anything is posted

I have half a mind to get a road bike this year, laying the foundations last night actually with the gf as it goes(always best not to shock her if im buying something, best to ease her into it), ill be in contact if I go ahead with it.


Ive found trawling through strava can find some interesting spots if you wade through and concentrate on forests and places youd expect mtbing and then look at the people who did the segments' activity can help find places, alittle cheeky that. Im going to keep marking a few segments on strava and hopefully it might encourage others to share stuff locally

There is a segment for the forest road beside glencar waterfall, 600ft climb in 1 mile, we found it hard to walk up it last summer let alont cycle it
http://app.strava.com/segments/647402
ill have to try it sometime this summer, dont know if ill ever be fit for it though lol

AIR-AUSSIE

This website here might be useful for you when you've found good mtb segments in strava.

If you input the segment id from strava (the number at the end of the url) it map out all the rides that went along the elected segment.

More info on it here: http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2056671004

shigllgetcha

AIR-AUSSIE wrote: »

This website here might be useful for you when you've found goodmtb segments.

If you input the segment id from strava (the number at the end of the url) it map out all the rides that went along the elected segment.

More info on it here: http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2056671004

Brilliant! much appreciated

FirstinLastout

http://www.trailbadger.com/

recedite

Try local walking maps.