RBA....I`m probably very biased but I still have Mabie as my all time fave..mind you I have walked my dogs, kids and cycled there pre-Stanes for the past 30yrs or so. I would put Dalbeattie next. Same again, rode there long before it became a Stane. The trail uses a lot of the stuff we "created" in ye-olden days when bikes were all rigid and had canti brakes.http://www.imba.com/international/slideshows/scotland01.html Although I think it is probably the best trail Kirry still comes 3rd. Ae...is my 3rd equall..again I have a bit of a soft spot because of some input I had in the early days. Rode it twice last week and love it. GT...I just bored myself with it when my wife was working in Edin for 2yrs. Just don`t get the same buzz as I get from Mabie/Dalbeattie. Also rode this trail long before Stanes was ever thought about. Then it was mostly forest roads with a slog/carry/scramble up via Boundary Fence trail to Dunslair, the opposite way from what we ride now. Inners...again used to ride it when it was known as Minch Moor trail. Like it, not ridden new stuff yet, but comes way down the list of must do`s Not been to Newcastleton or Glentrool yet. |