Cait Elliott
Irish Elite Enduro Mountain Bike racer. Cycling and other adventures. Based in Zurich, Switzerland. I am also an architect. Follow @CaitElliott_mtbPersonal Sponsors
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Finale Ligure
Finale Ligure is possibly as close as you can get to paradise for mountain bikers. Good weather almost year round, hundreds of mountain bike trails leading down to the sea, great coffee, icecream and lots of really good fresh Italian … Continue reading
Competition and a new goal
I might sound like some sort of over competitive psycho but 18 months without racing has confirmed that leisure cycling is just not enough for me. It’s not a cut throat nature or an obsession with winning that drives me … Continue reading
Finale Ligure
In an attempt to escape the never-ending snowy Swiss winter I spent several days last week riding Enduro trails in Finale Ligure. With almost year round sunshine and mountains that rise straight up from a pretty Italian town on the … Continue reading
Women’s skills weekend – Ballinastoe, Ireland
Last weekend I was back in sunny Ireland coaching for a women’s mountain bike skills weekend run by the Cycling Ireland Offroad Commission. Nearly 30 women with a variety of experience, skills and fitness signed up and enthusiastically took to … Continue reading
Steiner Bäckerei Wetzikon – Argon 18 Cycling Team
This year I am excited to be representing Steiner Bäckerei Wetzikon – Argon 18 Cycling Team, one of Switerland’s most sucessful Jedermann/Gran Fondo (amateur) road racing teams. With a mixture of nationalities and experiences, the team has a great set … Continue reading
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Tagged racing, rennvelo, road cycling, Steiner, Switzerland, Zurich
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xc skiing
Having promised myself that I would embrace the Swiss winter a bit more this year, xc skiing (skating variety) has become the new thing to do. Coming from cycling where I am used to being one of the faster and … Continue reading
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Tagged Alps, einsiedeln, Engadin, langlauf, Pontresina, xc skiing
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Switzerland – a country with seasons
Living in a country with four distinctly different seasons is a new experience for me. The day to day weather is generally more consistent but both summer and winter are more extreme. This takes some getting used to when you’re … Continue reading
Dublin!
I may live beside the Alps, a dream cycling destination for most people but a trip home for Christmas confirmed what I’ve said before. Ireland is the best place to ride bikes. Seriously. There are so many deadly trails in … Continue reading
Alpine freeride – Engelberg
The schizophrenic nature of recent blog posts is a good reflection of my life at the moment but the Alps are making it hard to justify being too annoyed about being injured. Lack of racing has left me searching for … Continue reading
Swiss National Day
1st of August is Swiss national day = day off work. Scorching hot sun, big mountains, lots of rocks and a bike. What more could you want in life?! It was an absolute full-body battering all mountain adventure ride with … Continue reading