One of the great things about mountain biking is that, with every new ride, you become a different mountain biker. With each new trail you’ve ridden, with each day spent on bike, you get better at it. You trust more your balance, you hone your skills a little bit more. … (...→→)
Tag: mountainbiking
Bucegi Circuit – learning experiences
Any reason a good reason
Let’s face it, “I am going to Romania for my mtb holidays” is the kind of statement that will raise an eyebrow or two among one’s fellow work colleagues, friends or family. People come to our neck of the woods for anything but our notoriety.
It’s rather the other way around. … (...→→)
Martin’s unexpected days of summer
“Well, I just doubled the number of sunny days for this summer”, Martin said after the first day of glorious weather during our Transylvanian Alps Open tour, September 2017. And five similar days followed, with incredible blue sky, and some fluffy clouds for better contrast.
As the other three Swedes … (...→→)
Transylvanian Alps – Papanași Power
This season we tested extensively the papanași* as a genuine Romanian sports nutrition supplement. They worked wonders before, during and after intense mountain biking riding :). (Hey, some may argue the papanași are a very good substitute for sports itself, but we definitely wouldn’t go as far).
And what better … (...→→)
October mountain biking bliss
October is an ideal time for short rides. Yes, the times of week-long tours are gone, but blitzkrieg type of tours are there for the taking. Like the two days mountain bike tour we enjoyed with Robin, from Iceland.
Piatra Craiului and Bucegi Mountains were still a little bit shell-shocked … (...→→)
