Tag Archives: enduro

Alps! on & offroad

Posted on Friday 12th July 2013 by Cait

Summer has arrived, the snow has almost disappeared, I’m living for the weekends. Enduro mountain biking in Davos   Mountain bike adventure at the Walensee - 2500m climb and straight back down Klausenpass – 29km road climb up to 1900m  

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Superenduro Madesimo

Posted on Tuesday 25th June 2013 by Cait

Prologue The race began on Saturday evening with a flat out 40 second sprint as fast as your nerves would let you down a short trail, around a steep berm, through a few concrete corners and finishing with a mad … Continue reading →

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Bluegrass Enduro, Mollau France

Posted on Monday 10th June 2013 by Cait

At the weekend I headed to France for the International Bluegrass Enduro race in Mollau, Alsace. The event run by top Enduro rider Jerome Clemenz, entirely took over the tiny little village with the locals doing everything from building trails to … Continue reading →

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Finale Ligure

Posted on Sunday 26th May 2013 by Cait

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 →

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Metabief Open Enduro

Posted on Wednesday 15th May 2013 by Cait

Following six weeks of inactivity after fracturing my back, the most sensible way to get back up to speed seemed to be entering my first Enduro race. With the promise of a local summer race in sunny France, I met … Continue reading →

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Competition and a new goal

Posted on Sunday 24th March 2013 by Cait

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 →

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Finale Ligure

Posted on Sunday 10th March 2013 by Cait

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 →

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