Jimbo, Jesper and myself decided to have a go at riding the Tour du Mont Blanc in three days, with no lift assistance. We set off early in the morning from Chamonix and rode up to Le Tour and over the Col de Balme into Switzerland. From there we dropped down to Trient and then [...]
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The crew headed down to Alpe d’Huez for some pre race practice on the Mega course. It was scorching and the snow was getting quite soft and difficult at the top of the course. Lower down there was plenty of dust in the air. We managed quite a few punctures between us.
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A load of the crew from Nottingham came out to ride Chamonix for a few days on route to the Megavalanche. We started off up at Brevent riding down Charlanon, an amazing trail with some great tecnical singletrack and some really fast whippety sections. This brings you out near enough to Flegere to head up [...]
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This ride is a full day circuit starting out from the picturesque Chateau Queyras. There is 1900m of climbing on this 35k circuit, and a rewarding 1900m of descending too. It climbs initially up through the Bois du Peyron towards the Sommet Bucher before dropping back down to Molines-en-Quyeras where it crosses the road leading [...]
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