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119: 27: 194: 68: 359:. Glentrool includes one 58 km road-based route (the only wholly road-based route in the 7stanes) one 9 km blue-graded route, and two green-graded routes (6 km and 14 km).Nearest bike shops are Brakehut open seasonally who hire bikes to Glentrool and Kirkcowan Cycles open year-round and out of hours by appointment. 340:
A few miles to the south-east, Innerleithen features a red-graded cross-country trail (with black-graded options), and a bike park-extreme graded downhill area. This is a particularly challenging area and riders are recommended to wear body armour and a full-face helmet. A full trail centre has
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Around 6.5 km south of Dumfries, Mabie sports a number of trails - green, blue, and red. A mini-cross track and skills area can be found just along the forest road from where the graded trails head outbound. Numerous Cycle shops in Dumfries.
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Forest road and similar - these routes can be waymarked or not. The difficulty of forest roads can vary widely and this grade indicates these trails not part of a progression on to green and blue level singletrack
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area. Nearest bike shops are Brakepad (at trail start) with bike hire and Kirkcowan Cycles open year-round for sales and repairs. Courtyard Cycle Hire also at Kirkcowan offer cycle hire all year round.
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This rocky site features a green-grade and blue-graded trail, along with a red-graded trail with optional black-graded sections. These include
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Bike Park (Orange)- Extreme (highly challenging, includes downhill sections and unavoidable jumps; suitable for expert riders only)
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Located close to the Scotland-England border, this area includes a green skills loop, 2 blue-graded routes, a red-graded route.
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Black - Severe (similar to red routes, with more obstacles and large challenging area; suitable for expert riders only)
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Located around 14 km north of Dumfries. Ae features a red-grade route with optional black-graded areas and two
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Blue - Moderate (may be singletrack and include minor obstacles; suitable for cyclists with basic off-road skills)
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which is graded bike park- extreme. This park is full of challenging technical features for experienced riders.
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Red - Difficult (mostly singletrack, many obstacles; suitable for proficient mountain bikers)
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downhill routes. For less experienced riders, green and blue trails are available.
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forests and are known as the 7stanes because each venue features a 'stane' (
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in 2010, the trails are located within an officially designated
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recently been completed with cafe and bike shop(Alpine Bikes)
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The trails use the Forestry Commission off-road trail grades:
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mountain biking
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