Who's with me? The Good Ride Guide!

This article originally appeared at the Mountainboard Derby blog.  This is mainly because I posted it in the wrong blog.  Hey ho!

Rogers UK Ride Guide is fantastic - an ever growing map showing all the popular riding locations, plus a whole load more and is a great start for those looking further afield for their thrills.

Following this line of thought, does anyone think it'd be a good idea to pull this information together to all this in a format familiar to anyone who has read one of the  'Good Beer' or 'Good Pub' guides over the years?  Each location would have a short description with a series of icons to designate the type of riding.  I'm thinking along the lines of Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced, Grass, Woodland, Firetrack, Freeride, Easy Access/Close Parking, Remote, Short/Medium/Long Trails, sort of thing.

Trails can be sorted by region with a corresponding map and possibly the option to rate or comment on trails with photos as appropriate.  All this could form a standalone website, or section of website, or compiled into an e-book, though distributing the wealth could be tricky if there are loads of contributors!

So, any good ideas, get in touch, or perhaps I just need some good logos and a bit of time to work out the Midlands section.  If nothing else, I just like the name 'The Good Ride Guide' and wanted to get first dibs on the copy write.  Even if it's a daft idea, at least we still have the UK ride guide!

Here is some additional information for those few people that don't regularly read the 'Good Beer' or 'Good Pub' Guide.

This is how to use the 'Good Beer Guide':

...and this is is what a typical section looks like when viewed from a slight angle:

So far, there seems to bee good interest, even though I didn't do the obvious thing and google goodrideguide.  (Un)fortunately, mountain bikers seem to have thought of this first, though it could be far worse - it could rate the ladies of the night on a sliding scale.  Still, I think the project has potential so lets see what happens.  Reckon we have more chance of producing a nice pamphlet that an actual e-book, but that could be fun too.