Dales Mountain Biking

Set in the beautiful valley of Swaledale, the heart of mountain biking in the Yorkshire Dales National Park.

Back in the early nineties Stuart Price came to Swaledale for a weekend’s mountain biking and he never went home. It was that good and it still is. After a few years of living and working in the valley, exploring all the trails Swaledale has to offer it dawned on him to make his passion his job. Stu bought 10 bikes and started hiring them out.

This was the birth of Dales Mountain Biking. There was a demand from people who wanted guided rides and grasping this opportunity Stu got himself qualified with OTC back in 1998, progressing to become an OTC Leader trainer and assessor.

A couple of years later kicking his heels at the football disco on a Friday night he was lucky enough to bump into his future wife Brenda. She had grown up in the valley and was home visiting her family who still farm in Swaledale. Brenda was working in Cheshire where she was the manager of an outdoor education centre but longed to be back working in the valley. The rest as they say is history.

Since then things have gone from strength to strength. Stu and Brenda have married and had two children and live just outside the village of Fremington. dmb has grown into a real business with a team of 5 qualified guides who can offer a range of mountain biking experiences for all abilities.

Their next step is to develop a new mountain bike centre in Swaledale with a café, accommodation, workshop and service centre. Plans are for the centre to open in the spring of 2008 to fit into dmb’s 10th birthday celebrations.

All our guides have national recognised qualifications in all areas of outdoor activities and have the skills to enable you to get the most out of your course or guided trip.

• Mountain Bike Holidays,
  Mountain Bike Skills Training courses,
  Guided Mountain Bike weekends,
  Corporate events and days.

www.dalesmountainbiking.co.uk