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The following links have been provided for information, and are hopefully of some value to you in making your own decisions.  Please note that TrailBadger.com is not responsible for the content of external sites, and we are not in a position to officially endorse them.

• Adventure Racing

  • Causeway Coast Adventure Racing

    CCAR - Long time friends of TrailBadger offer the very best extreme sport experience in the North.

  • Adventure Ireland - Long One-Day Adventure Races

    Adventure Racing is the most exciting outdoor sports in the world, and Adventure Ireland organise some of the best races in Ireland.

  • Carlingford Lough Endurance Challenge (CLEC)

  • Outsider AnnaCurra Adventure Race

  • The Kilbroney Challenge Adventure Race

  • Sleepmonsters - An Eye on Adventure Racing

  • The Beast of Ballyhoura

  • Rat Race Urban Adventure Racing

  • Gael Force West, Westport Adventure Racing Festival

• Associations

  • International Mountain Biking Association (IMBA) UK Chapter

  • Cycling Ireland - Federation for Cycling in NI and RoI

• Bike Shops

  • Real Cycles, Carryduff

  • Chain Reaction Cycles, Doagh

  • Bike Dock, Ravenhill Road, Belfast

  • McConvey Cycles, Ormeau Road, Belfast

  • Revolution Cycles, Newry

  • Total Cycling, Eglinton, L'Derry

  • Wiggle

  • Evan's Cycles, GB

  • Merlin Cycles, GB

  • Bike It, Belfast - specialists in Trek, Merida and Lapierre

  • Noah's Ark Online, Gloustershire - 25 years of experience!

• Coaching and Guiding

  • First Tracks - Mountain Biking Guiding and Coaching Northern Ireland

  • Summit Mountain Biking - Mountain bike coaching and guiding in Northern Ireland / Ireland

  • All Mountain Experience - Mountain bike training and guided holidays (as featured on RTE!)

  • KE Adventure - Guided MTB trekking holidays around the world

  • Youngs Mountain Bike Instruction

    MTB guide Qualifications through the MIAS Scheme

  • Tollymore Mountain Centre

    Running the Scottish Mountain Bike Leader Award Scheme. Also in the process of rebuilding the centre, which will hopefully have a number of MTB resources in 2010.

• Hostelries and Eateries

  • The Turnip House, Mournes - Fine Food for Hungry Bikers

  • Cross Keys Hotel, Peebles, Scotland

  • Rostrevor Holiday Cottages - Self-catering cottages just right for bikers!

  • Winkston Farm - 4 Star self catering or B&B near Glentress

    1.5 miles north of Peebles village.

• Linked... For Your Pleasure

  • Owayo - superb quality bike jersey designers and manufacturers

  • Park Tool - need to fix something? Go here for advice and tips

  • Break The Cycle

    An upcoming lifestyle film about the Mountain Biking community in Ireland, features the top riders in the island.

  • Ballyhoura MTB Centre

    Over 90kms of trails ranging from a 6km loop to a 50km loop. Ballyhoura, in Limerick, is the largest purpose built MTB tails area in Ireland.

  • Outdoor NI

  • Cycle NI

  • Countryside Access and Activities Network - CAAN

  • Coillte Outdoors

    Coillte, Ireland's leading forestry company has miles of new world class bike trails.

• Map-Related

  • OSNI Discoverer Series Map (pdf, 220K)

  • Motionbased - Translate GPS Data into Maps, etc.

  • GPS Route Resources on MTBRider.com

• MTB Clubs

  • Tango & Cash - A Match Made in Heaven

  • Not The Sunday Run (NTSR) - Rostrevor's Finest Guys

  • The Davagh Boys - The Boys who Ride Davagh!

  • Club MTBRider

  • Xplosive Mountain Bike Club (XMTB)

  • Newry Wheelers - a fine crowd

  • Team Mud 4x4 - MacMillan Cancer Support

  • The Buckeejit Riders, Belfast

  • Dromara Cycling Club (the folks who organise the MTB Trailquests)

  • TrailBlazers MTBO - Mountainbike navigation events, news and views

• Online Communities

  • MTB Rider - MTB Community Forum

  • YouTube

  • Team Geared Up Blog

  • GPS Route Resources on MTBRider.com

  • Sleepmonsters - An Eye on Adventure Racing

• Scotland Transfers

  • The Brake Pad - organise transfers for you, your mates, your bikes and all your kit

• Co. Antrim
  • Antrim Hills Way
  • Antrim Town
  • Ballyboley Forest
  • Ballycastle Fairhead Epic
  • Ballycastle Forest
  • Ballypatrick Forest
  • Belfast Hills Epic
  • Belvoir Forest Park
  • Causeway Coast Way
  • Cave Hill
  • Cloonavalley
  • Divis Mountain
  • Glenariff Forest Park
  • Glenarm Forest
  • N. Antrim Hills Epic
  • PtStwt C'rick-A-Rede
  • Shaw's Bridge
  • Slievanorra Forest
  • Summit Knocklayde
  • Tardree Forest
  • Woodburn Forest
• Co. Down
  • Ballyhornan Coastal Path
  • Cairn Wood
  • Castlewellan Forest
  • Donard Wood
  • Lead Mines Helens Twr
  • Moneyscalp Forest
  • Mourne 7 Sevens
  • Mournes Epics
  • Mournes Turkey Trot
  • Rostrevor Forest
  • Slieve Martin Slaughter
  • Summit Slieve Donard
  • Teevenadaragh Wood
  • The Mourne Wall
  • Tollymore Forest Park
• Co. Londonderry
  • Ballcarton Forest
  • Ballykelly Forest
  • Banagher Forest
  • Binevenagh
  • C'Rock/Dungiven Epic
  • Cam Forest
  • Downhill Forest
  • Garvagh Forest
  • Iniscarn Forest
  • Loughermore Forest
  • Mountsandel Forest
  • Slieve Gallion
  • Sperrins Epic
• Southern Scotland
  • 7 Stanes Centres
  • Ae
  • Dalbeattie
  • Drumlanrig
  • Glentress
  • Innerleithen
  • Kirroughtree
  • Mabie
• Co. Donegal
  • All of Coastal Donegal
  • An Grianán
  • Ards Forest Park
  • Arranmore Island
  • Glenveagh / Gartan Loop
  • Glover Highlander
  • Summit Mt Errigal
  • SW Donegal Epic
• Co. Sligo
  • Union Wood
• Co. Wicklow
  • Ballinastoe MTB Centre
• Co. Louth
  • Cooley Mountains
• Co. Armagh
  • Clare Glen
  • Craigavon Lakes
  • Gosford Forest
  • Slieve Gullion Forest
• Co. Tyrone
  • Davagh Forest
  • Gortin Glen Forest Park
  • Knockmany Forest
  • Parkanaur Forest Park
• Co. Fermanagh
  • Castle Archdale
  • Mullaghfad Forest

NOTE: The trails on this site have been ridden before, but you should not interpret their inclusion as an indication that mountain-biking is officially sanctioned on them. Seeking permission from landowners is your own responsibility, as is conducting yourself in a manner that is courteous, respectful to the environment, and conscious of the safety of others.