02/05/2018
Hello boys and girls,
We are in the process of organizing the 2018 French Alps Mountain Bike Trip.
We know how hard it is to get the information and motivation to get there but this is our sixth year so just come with us and make it easy for yourself! Plus there is loads of snow there at the moment so the Glacier riding is going to be the best in over ten years!!!!!!!!!!!!
Ultimately, we will be there from June 23/06/18 to July 16/07/18 but the breakdown is as follows.
We just want great experiences and to help get people out to France to ride their bike!
We are not charging anything for the the trip!
We just want you to join us!
Bring your van, motorhome or camper.
We have cheap chalets available if you need!
Everything we can help with is free!
We will have the race truck with us and full workshop facilities!
We can do huge discount for your spares package!
Huge discount on a new bike if you need one.
Join us for the whole trip or just one of the weeks!
WE ARE DOING EVERYTHING FOR FREE!
Please read below!
23/06/18
We will be driving to the Alps in the race truck from Christchurch to Dover, getting the ferry to Calais and driving there in convoy! Lets get loads of us together, tell your friends!!!!!
25/06/18 - 01/07/18
Les Deux Alpes and Mountain Of Hell
Les Deux Alpes for the first week of riding in one of the best bike parks in Europe.
We will be riding there for one week, four days riding all the trails, going over bike setups, learning the trails and how to ride at speed all day. This time is good for getting rid of any arm pump!
If you wish, you can ride friday, saturday and sunday too but we would recommend entering the Mountain of hell race for those three days instead.
Lift passes are around £20 for a whole day with endless trails. I think its about £30 to do an uplift in Wales! France is just super cheap and epic and the best thing you will ever do, by miles!
Mountain of Hell is the second largest endurance downhill event in the world and has a bigger main race than the Mega, 700 people start at the same time, everyone qualifies and you get to blast down the glacier for a couple of miles at 60mph if you are brave enough.
Saturday is qualifications and Sunday is Raceday.
It takes about 20 mins to do the qualification track and about 30 mins for the race run which is one of the longest and most varied descents in the whole of europe. It costs less than £100 and registration are open!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
http://www.les2alpes.com/fr/les-temps-forts/mountain-of-hell.html
http://owlaps.com/mountain-of-hell-mass-start-race/
02/07/18 - 08/07/18
Alpe D Huez and Megavalanche
Firstly, Alpe d Huez is the biggest most amazing natural terrain you will ever ride.
Secondly, Its home to the Megavalanche.
We will be riding and training together from monday to thursday, qualifying on friday and racing either saturday or sunday depending on which race you qualify in.
This is easily the most social week of the whole season, expect to make new friends, drink beer, ride the longest DH course in the world, drink some more beer, party, ride the amazing mountain, experience all four seasons in one run and get back to England a much better rider than when you left!
You are NOT a real Mountain biker until you have completed the MEGA!
Sign up now!
http://www.ucc-sportevent.com/en/megavalanche-alpe-dhuez-en/
09/07/18 - 15/07/18 -
FREE BIKE PARK LIFT PASSES!!!
Tignes, Val d Isere and one of the biggest, most advanced bike parks in the world!
This week will see you progress even further, riding a mixture of long chilled trails and technical DH tracks. Some descents are up to 25 mins long!
There is something for everyone here and that's one of the reasons why its our favorite place in the Alps.
Experience long green and blue tracks which you could ride sitting down or flat out kicking up dust or ride some double black tracks with huge features and jumps!
The landscape is amazing here and the views are epic!
Oh yeah, did i mention its free lift passes here!?
Get involved, everyone will love this place!
http://en.tignes.net/que-faire-a-tignes/bouger/ete/bike-park/domaine-vtt
We would like to invite everybody to the shop for coffee and to discuss the trip and answer any questions you might have. You don't have to come this year if you cant make it but its worth planning for next year anyway!
Things to talk about/cover are:
Travel
Costs
Accommodation
Locations
Races
Trails
Bikes
Setup
Skills training
Whats best for you!
Look forward to hearing from you soon.
Sam.
Discover our mountain biking trails in Tignes during your summer holiday in the mountains in France. Access to the lifts ans race down marked trails in mountain bike.
