GUIDED RIDING WEEKENDS

These weekends are all about meeting people and riding the best of the trails the area has to offer. If you’ve never ridden with a guide before then you’re in for a treat. Leave behind the annoyance of stopping at trail junctions to map read, nagging thoughts of how it would have been better to ride this route in reverse and utter disappointments of finding a café closed for the season! Let someone else take the strain and simply enjoy riding your bike, secure in the knowledge that the route has been planned to provide the maximum enjoyment and that you have a guide to see you around.

The weekend begins with an informal get together in a local pub on the Friday evening. This gives the group a chance to get to know each other before hitting the trails and an opportunity to meet your guide for the weekend who will whet your appetite with an outline of the routes planned for the weekend, as well as a review of the weather forecast etc.

There follows two full days of guided riding with your SMBLA qualified leader who has personally ridden the routes in all weathers and in all directions and who will have planned them to make for the most enjoyable riding, with a variety of terrains and maximum grin factor! The routes will begin either from the accommodation base or will be a short drive away in the minibus, allowing for flexibility depending on the weather.

The biking day will begin around 9.30am and finish anywhere between 3.30pm and 5.00pm, depending on the length of routes, weather conditions and the group's energy levels! We’ll have lunch at a local café or pub and there will be a plenty of opportunities to catch your breath and admire the views along the way.

We operate riding weekends from one of three locations, each of which has its own unique qualities in terms of the local landscape, types of trail, steepness of the terrain and not least the accommodation bases themselves - Nidderdale, Wharfedale or Malhamdale

Each weekend is graded according to one of three levels of ability, routes on each having been created to cater for differences in personal levels of fitness and riding skill. This gives us the best chance of making sure the group is of a roughly equal ability, thereby making it enjoyable for everyone. click here to find out more

Find out more about the detail by reading our frequently asked questions and email us if there's anything else you need to know.

REMEMBER if you can’t find a weekend to suit you and you’ve got a group of four or more then why not opt for our BeSPOKE service and let us create something just for you? Click here to find out more.