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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Bluegrass Enduro – Dabo, France
Last weekend was the first round of the Bluegrass Enduro Tour in Dabo, a small village in the Alsace region of France. Having done some of this series last year I was keen to go back, the races are great … Continue reading
Spanish Training Camp
Despite the mild winter in Swissland this year there is only so much mud, bike cleaning and kit washing I can take. A week in the Alpujarras in southern Spain was the perfect solution. Epic climbs and even better technical … Continue reading
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Tagged Alpujarras, cycing, enduro, freeridespain, mtb, spain, training
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Autumn adventures
Friends, Autumn colours, dustings of snow, lots of leaves and occasional blasts of hypothermic temperatures. Pre-winter off season adventures on and off road have been fun:
EWS Finale Ligure
What a weekend! Autumn sunshine, dry dusty super technical trails, a rare chance to swim in the sea, awesome food and coffee – Finale Ligure is a close as you can get to paradise so to have the chance to … Continue reading
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Tagged enduro, EWS, Finale Ligure, mountain bike, race
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BMC Chauxmont Super D
At the weekend I raced the BMC Chauxmont Super D in Neuchatel in the french speaking Swiss Jura. 5 times stages over 16km with 2200m descending connected by 19km/1200m liasons and two uplifts. The weather was pretty wet with on … Continue reading
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Tagged BMC, Chauxmont, enduro, mtb, neuchatel, race, Switzerland
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Photos – not winter in the Alps yet!
The weather has changed and melting hot summer’s days are a thing of the past, but there is still time for some Alpine adventures before the dreaded snow arrives. Photos from some fun enduro rides near Zurich recently: Next up … Continue reading
Posted in training
Tagged Alps, enduro, Flumserberg, mountain bike, mtb, Switzerland, Wildspitz, Zurich
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Equinoxx Enduro, Jura CH
After a 19 hour day on Friday hiking and eating unhealthy German food on our annual work day out in the Black Forest, I had 4 hours sleep before jumping on the train to Delemont in the Swiss Jura for … Continue reading
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Tagged delemont, enduro, Equinoxx, Jura, mountain bike, race, Switzerland
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Bluegrass Enduro – Guebwillier
At the weekend I raced in the Bluegrass Classique Enduro series in the pretty Alsasce region of France. There were 5 timed stages raced within a 30km loop which started at the top of a mountain 800m above the town. Stages were … Continue reading
Irish Gravity Enduro Championships
Finished 3rd in the Irish Enduro championships. You don’t need big mountains to make great mountain biking. Awesome race and great week hanging out afterwards. Love Dublin! Report on Devil in a dress for the women’s race. Thanks to Action Pictures Ireland … Continue reading
Alpine adventure expedition
sometimes rides don’t work out as planned. Full story on Devil in a Dress.
Posted in Freeride
Tagged Alps, enduro, expedition, explore, freeride, montreaux, mountain bike, Switzerland
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