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Joined: 6/26/2009
Location: ID, USA
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Do you have to drive a lot to get to your local trails? I have one really short trail I can ride to from home, but the good stuff is between 30mins and an hour away by car for me.
How far do you drive (if at all) for your regular rides?
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Joined: 10/16/2012
Location: SLC, UT USA
I'm pretty spoiled, being a half hour from Park City, and about 15 minutes from lots of other rad trails/trail centers.
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Joined: 7/17/2015
Location: GBR
My local forest with like 5 trails is only a couple of minutes ride away. By trails I mean 20 second descents as I live in the UK, to get anywhere good I'll either travel about an hour north or south occasionally but it's hard when I work most weekends
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Joined: 11/12/2014
Location: CAN
During the week, i can usually get to the local trails within 15-30 minutes. It used to be right out the door, but the city bulldozed an entire trail network for dog walkers (in a multi use park :/)
Every weekend usually involves a 6+ hour drive to get to the primo BC tracks. Fridays suck, and Mondays are the worst... but Saturday is pure bliss.
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Joined: 12/7/2015
Location: Boise, ID USA
5 miles from 180 miles of XC trails. 25 miles from more DH/Enduro oriented trails
Ride A Fucking Bike
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Joined: 7/23/2009
Location: Just up the canyon, CA USA
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It's all a drive for me. 20 minutes to good stuff in Laguna. 30 minutes to San Juan. The dream is pedal from the house one day to good dirt, but the dreaming slipping away...
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Joined: 4/9/2010
Location: Redwood City, CA USA
45 mins to Santa Cruz, 7 mins to Carlmont, 20 mins to Skeggs. Prefer Santa Cruz, so up and over 17 every weekend. Worth it. Spring/summer weekday rides post work are great at Skeggs.
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Joined: 8/1/2009
Location: ISR
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I *could* pedal to a couple of riding areas without too much trouble, but I live on the top of a hill without any trails on it so that just adds a road climb to the end of any pedal-out ride. The good spots are anywhere from 10 minutes to 1 hour away in the car.
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Joined: 12/1/2013
Location: Denver, CO USA
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As far as I have to...
10-30 mins for local trail rides.
1.5 hr to Trestle
1.5 hr to Keystone
4.5 hr to Angel Fire
4.5 hr to Fruita
5 hr to Moab
11 hr to Bootleg Canyon
3 hr flight +3 hr drive to Whistler
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Joined: 1/25/2016
Location: Kodiak, AK USA
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Joined: 3/8/2010
Location: Clinton, TN USA
Can ride bike to 30 mile network
Can drive 15-30 minutes to other local trails including Windrock
Can drive 2 hrs to Pisgah
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Joined: 8/1/2009
Location: Durango, CO USA
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Joined: 6/19/2013
Location: Rocky River, OH USA
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Joined: 6/29/2013
Location: PC, UT USA
Got some fun flow and flow jump trails that are a pedal from the house, which is great when I have an hour or so for a ride. Anything longer and I'll hop in the car for 10-30 minutes to access better trails
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Joined: 7/17/2015
Location: GBR
djdrysdale406 wrote:
5 miles from 180 miles of XC trails. 25 miles from more DH/Enduro oriented trails
I've got an idea for the next forum question, how much of each discipline do you ride? E.g DH, Trail, XC, BMX, Road, CX, Trials
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Joined: 10/27/2010
Location: VT, USA
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within 30 mins I can prob access 5 or 6 xc networks in different areas with different features and flavor
double that timed drive and probably double the zone count. now only if it wasn't winter 6months of the year
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Joined: 3/24/2015
Location: Kennewick, WA USA
Posts: 89
Joined: 8/6/2012
Location: Blackfoot, ID USA
I drive for 30-40 minutes to get to the trails. I used to just go a few blocks to ride, but since moving I am farther away than I like to be from any trails. Sigh...Hopefully I can change that in a few years!
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Joined: 9/14/2012
Location: San Diego, CA USA
Man... it used to be 30-min for DH, now it's about 40-45 to the closest spot and solo missions are no longer an option as they're not really HAB-able.
For trail, 30-min to the okay stuff, 45 to an hour for the goods.
I need to move.
I'd rather have a bottle in front of me than a frontal lobotomy.
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Joined: 7/3/2015
Location: Kimberley, CAN
Posts: 66
Joined: 5/17/2011
Location: DEU
I get out of my apartment, jump on my bike, ride about 10min and I'm at the first of many big trails in the area.
If I'm too lazy the closest trail is about 400m from my house, but it's only about a minute long.
I can ride my bike with no handlebar!
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Joined: 2/23/2016
Location: RUS
For a normal dh I drive 1600km from Moscow to mountains. For all other type of rides it is close neighbourhood from 5mins to 30mins drive
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Joined: 12/1/2011
Location: SVN
I've just built my trails on the closest hill so yeah... Now we are building new trails on a bit higher hill which requires 20 mins of pedaling, next proper set of trails is like 30 min drive away and first bike park is a bit less than an hour away. Not bad!
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Joined: 10/26/2015
Location: Buffalo, NY USA
Now it's 35 minutes to my usual trails (Hunter's Creek, NY), 85 minutes to a small lift access hill near me (Swain, NY).
I grew up 10 minutes from the Finger Lakes Trail in Letchworth State Park, NY... that was pretty awesome, now it's 75 minutes away.
When I lived in Austin, TX, I was a 2 minute bike ride from the Green Belt, with tons of other riding being within 1 hour. Not so much DH down there, though, which I missed.
So all in all, I've averaged probably about a half hour for all my life's riding.
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Joined: 6/21/2013
Location: Big Stone Gap, VA USA
With a two mile road ride I can access an overgrown fire tower road that climbs the mountain to trails. It's not a bad spot to ride. The trail system we've been developing is about 25 minutes away. Better trails are 45 minutes away. Two hours puts me in Pisgah.
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Joined: 1/15/2012
Location: Helena, MT USA
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I live in Helena, MT and I can leave my garage on my bike and be at a trailhead in 5 minutes that provides access to 75 miles of singletrack. There are number of other options within a half hour or so drive as well. I don't generally drive to go for a ride though.
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Joined: 10/26/2015
Location: Buffalo, NY USA
drewswayne wrote:
I live in Helena, MT and I can leave my garage on my bike and be at a trailhead in 5 minutes that provides access to 75 miles of singletrack. There are number of other options within a half hour or so drive as well. I don't generally drive to go for a ride though.
I'm super jelly of you. Jerk... with your close, expansive trails.
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Joined: 7/18/2015
Location: MN, USA
Posts: 269
Joined: 9/14/2012
Location: San Diego, CA USA
djdrysdale406 wrote:
5 miles from 180 miles of XC trails. 25 miles from more DH/Enduro oriented trails
AGR97 wrote:
I've got an idea for the next forum question, how much of each discipline do you ride? E.g DH, Trail, XC, BMX, Road, CX, Trials
Start it!
I'd rather have a bottle in front of me than a frontal lobotomy.
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Joined: 7/17/2015
Location: GBR
FredLikesTrikes wrote:
Start it!
Done! 
http://m.vitalmtb.com/forums/The-Hub,2/How-much-of-each-discipline-do-you-ride,9051
