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RE: Finding new mountain bike trails with Trailforks
This looks like a real comprehensive app for the ardent MTBer, any information you want us available. But I doubt if it is global. Many similar resources i have seen for campers and trekkers are either restricted to the country of origin of the developed world. Nonetheless, will check it out
I looked at India and they have a few trails listed. I'm not sure how popular the sport is there compared to Europe or the USA. I'm sure if were really popular, they would have trail builders and a lot of trails.
Yes. After posting i checked as well. Happily, India is there, sadly there are hardly any trails.
Compared to USA and Europe. Tiny. And the MTB crowd is 15% of the market, if sales are anything to go by.
Currently in India the most popular form of the sport is randonneuring. In most biggish cities you will see brevets being organised. Road races are a few. MTB only the ardent fans follow. MTB riding costs a lot of money, the other two much less relatively.
But it is picking up. Up until now most global manufactures have come here through dealerships. A couple of years ago Giant and this year Trek have entered the market through subsidiaries. They see huge market expansion in India. Because of a growing population with increasing purchasing power, companies of everything are making a beeline for the Indian market.
Most of the cycles being sold currently are hybrids, then roadies and last come MTBs.
We have no built up trails. Only natural trails. Which is both good and bad!
Also, the latest carbon framed high end mountain bikes are really expensive and you need a lot of disposable income to afford one. In the US and in the Bay Area, people have no problem spending $4000+ on a mtb...