More alps!
Peter ate some dirt on a descend..or rather...he ate a small tree. There where some crashes here and there, and we had two guys with sore ribs, they actually had to skip the last day of riding, but overall I think we got away pretty lucky.
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What did hurt, was the sore muscles after 6-8 hours of riding each day. Arms, shoulders, hands where burning, Ive reached an age where I have to swallow some painkillers to keep smiling.
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Not every section was ridebale. Sometimes the fastest line to a section was via bushes and trenches. We quickly named this praxis "hike-a-bike" - the longest was 40minutes...by accident tho'.
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Chilling on a hill in the Jura Mountains upper Alps, next to Geneva.
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The Jura Mountains was the single biggest surprise for me on this trip. Its just to the west of Geneva, and on the very end of the Apls. Its not particularly impressive visually (compared to the high alps), so I didnt expect much. But this place had some of the best, if not THE best mountain bike riding I have ever tried (I'm sorry whistler). Our guide showed us some local lines, and they where simply rediculously good. Truly technical, flowy, steep, rocky - well you name it. I could be riding here all week as this place was packed with trails.
Here Nico hits a rockgarden. Man I wish I had more footage from this area.
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More to come.
Hi, I used to live in the Jura / Geneva area, but didn't know there was anyone guiding people there. Could you share a link to this guiding company / person?
ReplyDeleteHi there Simon, well we used guides from www.alpsmountainbike.com great guides if I may add so : )
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