The Black Forest is one of the largest natural regions in Germany and stretches from the Rhine on the Swiss border all the way up to Karlsruhe. Mountain biking is a big topic here, and it's not for nothing that the scene stronghold of Freiburg, the World Cup location of Offenburg and the trail hotspot of Baiersbronn are located in the Black Forest. Mountain bikers have been out and about on the single trails in the region for years.

If it weren't for the unspeakable two-meter regulation of the federal state of Baden-Württemberg. This prohibits cycling on trails that are narrower than two meters. This effectively means a blanket ban on single trails. A law that hardly anyone cares about in everyday life and off-road and is ignored by common consent.

The two-meter regulation is the reason why hardly any useful route suggestions for mountain bikers have been published in the Black Forest to date. All platforms avoid the region with soft knees. However, this unworldly regulation will not last. That's why Ride is going its own way and has recorded the most attractive and regularly used mountain bike routes in the Black Forest. The tour database and the singletrail map have been considerably expanded for this purpose.

The preparation of the data is neither a provocation nor a rebellious act, but rather a reflection of the unproblematic everyday mountain biking in the Black Forest. But it is also a conscious commitment to the most basic need of mountain bikers: the need for single trails.
 

Spotguides from the Black Forest (further episodes)

• Freiburg: ride.ch/spotguide/freiburg
• Baiersbronn: ride.ch/spotguide/baiersbronn

Black Forest routes in the tour database

• Southern Black Forest: www.ride.ch/touren/südschwarzwald
• Middle Black Forest: www.ride.ch/touren/mittelschwarzwald
• Northern Black Forest: www.ride.ch/touren/nordschwarzwald

Ride Trail Map

• map.ride-mtb.com (for Ride subscribers)
• ride.ch/ridetrailmap (for non-Ride subscribers)