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Marion County
Guided Mountain Bike Tours at Santos, Ocala
Santos is the trail people travel to Florida to ride, and the one where a guide earns their keep. The system is large enough that riders arriving cold routinely spend their first hours finding the good sections instead of riding them. We skip that part.
Best for experienced riders and visiting mountain bikers who want the highlights without a map and a guess. This is the most demanding terrain we guide — technical features with real consequence, ridden at whatever pace the group can hold.
Where we ride around Ocala
Ocala tour questions
- Do I need a guide to ride Santos?
- No, and plenty of people do not. What a guide gets you is route selection — riding the sections worth riding, in an order that makes sense, without stopping to read a trail map at every junction.
- How hard is Santos really?
- The system spans a wide range, and we rate our Santos tour Advanced because that is what we guide there. Riders who want a gentler introduction to Florida singletrack are better served closer to Orlando.
- Where do we meet in Ocala?
- At Santos Trailhead & Campground, 3080 SE 80th St, Ocala FL 34480. Bikes and helmets are ready at the trailhead unless you are bringing your own.