Mountain biking in Florida
I am writing a book, Mountain Biking Florida, it will be released end of May. It is mostly finished, for the next month I am just going trails to get pictures to add. It will have trail information, local restaurants and bike shops, and some local tourist attractions. It will also have links to various YouTube videos of the trails to give an idea of what they are actually like. Any suggestions of what else would be useful information would be appreciated.
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Would it be a book or a pamphlet?
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directions & parking maybe?
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Originally Posted by ogmtb
(Post 20860096)
A map showing the various mountain ranges in Florida. A list that ranks the best, steepest, extended climbs. A list that ranks all of the continuos descents that are over five minutes in length. |
Originally Posted by hig4s
(Post 20860078)
Any suggestions of what else would be useful information would be appreciated.
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RVing and other lodging in the area ? Springs and or beaches nearby ? Local Breweries? Mountain biking in FL is a funny term ! Maybe off road trails ? Single track ? Cyclocross? Etc ! Good luck, and best wishes with the book ! |
It will be a Kindle e-book with live links to trail maps, park websites, local restaurants, and other local attractions. As a Kindle book, it will be occasionally updated and will be available to Kindle Unlimited members. The brewery idea is a good one. There are a ton of local breweries in Florida, some of them quite good.
The bikes are called mountain bikes, so it is called mountain biking whether you are on an actual mountain or not. I started mountain biking in Michigan back in the 70s about the same time the Marin County guys did. That was before you could buy a mountain bike. You had to build your own, of course then we called them trail bikes. I figure everyone here knows English well enough to know that it is mountain biking even if you are not on a mountain, but some people just wanted to bash Florida. If you live somewhere with great mountains, and serious downhill trail, good for you. Not everyone does. And while I travel to other places, I live in Florida. When there is several feet of snow on the mountain trails, and you can't ride, I'm still riding. Some people vacation here and don't even know there are trails and never bring their bikes.. This could be useful to them. There are thousands of miles of single track in Florida. Alex from Singletrack Sampler first started riding mountain bikes in Florida. Seth, from Seth's Bike Hacks still comes down to ride occasionally when there is too much snow up north to ride. There are trails from totally flat easy gravel and dirt multi-use, to fast flow singletrack trails, (of course you have to peddle the straights at times to keep up your speed), to serious technical roots and rocks. There are not long ups or downs, but we do have a few, and we have dozens of serious organizations around the state that do a great job with what they have to work with. Both Santos and Alafia have a few gap jumps. Here is the newest one at Alafia. If you miss, you could be lunch for a gator. |
Originally Posted by ogmtb
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Your lack of experience is showing. Many people, including me, ride mountain trails (that don’t exist in Florida) year round. |
Originally Posted by ogmtb
(Post 20862461)
Your lack of experience is showing once again. Many people ride mountain trails year round East of the Mississippi. There are not “very few.” There are many. |
Originally Posted by Steeljag
(Post 20860683)
Mountain biking in FL is a funny term ! Maybe off road trails ? Single track ? Cyclocross? Etc ! |
youtubers BKXC, Seths Bike Hacks and Singletrack sampler all have some nice videos on the Florida trails some look really fun.
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Originally Posted by carlosponti
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youtubers BKXC, Seths Bike Hacks and Singletrack sampler all have some nice videos on the Florida trails some look really fun.
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A map of florida with dots showing where each place is. When you're in fort lauderdale, it makes it way easier to look up "what trails are by me" via a map than paging through each one.
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Originally Posted by PaulRivers
(Post 20870068)
A map of florida with dots showing where each place is. When you're in fort lauderdale, it makes it way easier to look up "what trails are by me" via a map than paging through each one.
Oh, that's a good idea. Damn it, I thought I was almost done. |
Just pre-ordered it |
Originally Posted by PaulRivers
(Post 20870068)
A map of florida with dots showing where each place is. When you're in fort lauderdale, it makes it way easier to look up "what trails are by me" via a map than paging through each one.
https://www.mtbproject.com/mobile-app https://www.mtbproject.com/directory...ort-lauderdale |
Originally Posted by prj71
(Post 20874716)
Pssst...
https://www.mtbproject.com/mobile-app https://www.mtbproject.com/directory...ort-lauderdale I am hoping most people know about this, and the TrailForks website and app. The book will have active links straight to each trail's MTB Project and Trail Forks map, (if they have one, not all trails are on both). I use the websites and phone apps for both sites regularly, they are invaluable. |
I think what it is, is that many people's sole experience of Florida is I-95, and south FL, at the end of it.
I live in rural NW Florida, and there are a LOT of hills here, some pretty steep, and miles and miles of single track and dirt road riding in the national and state forests, and some very extensive watershed management lands. So, yeah, I think a book on off road riding in Florida is a great idea. |
Mountain Biking Florida Kindle book is now available on Amazon. https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07Q434LC8
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Originally Posted by hig4s
(Post 20962414)
Mountain Biking Florida Kindle book is now available on Amazon. https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07Q434LC8
I'm going to pass this on to my buddy who moved down to Tampa from NJ. He's shown us pics where he's been riding. While it may not have the epic climbs and gnarly tech we have in the NE, it makes up for endless flow. It's all mtbing to me. |
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