Tour Grades & Duration

To help you select the right tour for you we have graded all our tours in the same way that you might grade ski runs on a mountain

Green Beginners Tours

These short tours take place on good surfaces like established cycle tracks or very quiet country lanes they can be taken at any pace and would suit anybody that can ride a bike. They will include hills but these are no problem on an eBike

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Red Intermediate Tours

Red tours will include slightly more adventurous terrain than blue tours but are still mainly on tracks and roads with reasonable quality surfaces. Not really advanced but designed for people that are comfortable riding a bike

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Multi Activity Tours

All the routes between our multi activity tours will be at the Blue level so any they can be enjoyed by cyclists of all levels and you do not need to worry about getting to your next activity

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Blue Easy Tours

These tours are largely on the same terrain as Green runs but cover longer distances. They may include short stretches of off road tracks, slightly narrower or downhill sections but nothing really challenging for a novice cyclist

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Black Advanced Tours

Our advanced tours would still be regarded as basic by experienced mountain bikers but feature a higher percentage of the more challenging terrain from our red runs. Any confident cyclist that does not mind a few bumps will be fine on our black runs

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Different Tour Durations

90 Minute Beginners

4 Hours Half Day

Blue, Red & Black tours are all available in half or full days. Whilst Green are always 90 minutes & Multi Activity full days

6 Hours Full Day

Single Track Difficulty Grades for Mountain Biking

The Single Track scale is a way of classifying mountain bike trails and is made up of of six difficulty ratings, ranging from S0 - S5. As we are all about the touring experience rather than challenging off road rides even our most advanced routes only ever go down tracks that are graded S2 or lower. We do not use S3 to S5 trails

S0 Tracks

Tracks with few difficulties. Mostly wider paths of compacted gravel or solid earth. There is usually no roots, rocks and uneven ground. Our Green & Blue routes could feature some S0 trails or avoid completely

S1 Tracks

Tracks with mostly compacted gravel or solid earth with some flat roots and smaller rocks. The surface may become loose at times so some riding ability is required to overcome obstacles. These tracks are only featured on our Red or Black tours

S2 Tracks

Tracks with a looser surface and exposed roots and larger rocks. Narrow curves and steeper gradients possible so a readyness to brake at all times is required as well as the ability to shift your centre of gravity on the bike. Only ever on some of our Black tours

Tour Distances & Duration

How Long Should it Take?

Tours have been created over a wide variety of different distances from 5 to 50 miles and how long they will take you depends on how fast you go and how many stops you make so we have built a lot of flexibility into our time estimates. Each tour gives a max duration