Ride Journal
Gravel Coaching in London | Skills, Confidence and Longer Rides
More riders are discovering gravel riding — and quickly realising it’s not just about fitness. Good bike handling makes all the difference.
Find out how coaching can improve your skills, boost confidence and make every ride more enjoyable.
Find Gravel Routes Around London (Without Riding the Same Loop Again)
Explore London’s hidden gravel trails. Discover kingfishers, woodland bridleways and quiet backwaters on 50+ off-road cycling routes starting in and around the capital.
A bible of London’s hidden off road bike routes.
Got the bike and don’t know where to ride – have a look at Hidden Tracks Cycling’s new and ever growing collection of gravel bike routes and mountain bike trails that start in and around London.
Cyclocross, what’s that and why on earth should I do it?
What on earth is this Cyclocross stuff that's invaded the website?
Read on and find out more
Rain washed Surrey
Just under 30 riders set off, despite the foreboding weather forecast to enjoy the Surrey Gravel Explorer ride, an amazing ride of contrasts through areas of outstanding natural beauty crossing chalk heathlands, long swooping stretches of maintained gravel path interspaced with one or two more challenging sections. With a choice of two routes, the 110 km challenge or the 80 km tour, there was something for all riders regardless of experience and fitness.
Progressive Skills days
Introducing a progressive series of off road training days, ranging from an introduction to off road cycling right the way to preparing riders to race in either an MTB Enduro race or a competitive Gravel Sportive.
Escape! the countryside is closer than you think, by bike
What could be more fun than a stress-free escape to the countryside this Summer? Bucolic pastures are under 60 minutes away by bike on hidden traffic-free greenways.
Grab the opportunity and discover something new and surprise yourself this summer!
The Mysterious East
So you want to get out on a ride but don't have a bike?
Here's a report of a tailored ride on Boris bikes I prepared and led for a bunch of self proclaimed bikeless softies who just wanted to escape for a day!
You don’t need to go far to enjoy the countryside!
An easy day trip from London that anyone on almost any bike can do!
Get the family out on their bikes this summer
Unforgettable days out on bikes for all the family this these summer holidays, using London's network of traffic free cycle routes, quiet roads and the network of bridle and byways.
'old fashioned adventures outside for all the family'
Meet Charlie
Charlie Codrington is the force behind Hidden Tracks, a cycle tour business that makes navigating the off-road tracks around and out of London super simple. Hidden Tracks turned from a dream to a business during the long lockdowns of 2020. Interview by Nicola Baird
Reconnect with Nature by bike!
Reconnect with nature, you don't have to go far, just hop on your bike and join me exploring the traffic free bridleways of the countryside and take the time to see nature in her glory.