This guide contains afternoon rides designed around the city parkl&, canals & countryside of Birmingham. Avoiding cars wherever possible, these 20 rides explore unexpected green nooks & sights of interest in & around Birmingham. Easy rides are listed for children & beginners, & offroad rides for mountain bikers. There are also listings of cafes & pubs en route, & all the ride instructions are accompanied with detailed mapping. This book provides the information to enable you to: visit the Jewellery Quarter & Aston Hall by bike; carve a car-free figure-of-eight round the central canals; pedal round the two towers; explore the parkland corridors of the suburbs; mountain bike the Lickey; Clent & Waseley Hills; collect towpath miles on the Main Line & Dudley waterways; find the green trails in north Wolverhampton; & do the Curly Wyrley round Walsall.