BLUES Cruise ENGLAND
GOING WITH THE FLOW
A good blue-graded trail is hard to beat. Designed to suit riders with only basic off-road skills, the most enjoyable ones are built so that they’re not only tons of flowy fun for absolute noobs, but also for riders hitting them flat out. That’s why we’re on the hunt for Britain’s best one, in partnership with Saracen Bikes. Our only rule is that it has to be ridable as a fun loop – so no steep fireroad grinds or bike-park runs with push-up tracks.
With so many excellent blue routes in England, Scotland and Wales, we needed to formulate a plan. While our trail knowledge runs deep, this was too big a decision for the MBUK teamto make alone, so not only did we debate the choices back and forth, we also reached out to our contributors for their input and to our readers on social media, so you guys could have your say. With all this info at our fingertips, there was a clear winner from each nation. Now, we’re visiting all three to see which one really is the best, sending along our newest team member, Julia, and experienced racer, Luke, to rate them from their differing perspectives – starting with England’s best blue trail...
Bloody hell, we’re lucky! We duck under the ‘Closed’ signs and press our tyres into fresh dirt that no one else has ridden yet. Julia and I snake our way along the orange ribbon of trail
