More than mountain biking: proper biking in the mountains.
Tag: romania

A pure mountain experience

Carpat MTB Enduro open tour 2019
Some exquisite trail riding up and down Bucegi, Piatra Craiului and Postavaru Mountains: Carpat MTB Enduro, summer 2019.

It’s really quiet
Looking for a quiet mountain biking destination, where the hordes of mtb riders haven’t arrived yet? Search no more, Romania is the place to go.

A season with COTIC FlareMax
I work as a mtb guide and I have used the COTIC FlareMax 29er for the whole 2019 season. Here are my findings.

The trails at Barcaciu
Few places in Fagaras Mountains are really good for mountain biking – Barcaciu is one of them.

Three days in a MTB trail paradise
A perfect MTB short tour, in some magnificent weather, and on some quite exquisite trails. It was a blast.

Up and down the Strunga Pass
The one and only Strunga Pass: a legendary descent, but also an epic climb. Mountain biking at its best.

Unexpected mtb awesomeness
You don’t see very often people from New Zealand travelling half the world to visit Romania. Sam had a special reason: his daughter was competing in the NZ team at the Junior World Kayak Championships near the city of Pitești. As a keen mountain biker, he thought he might squeeze in a few days of… Read more »

The green grass of summer trails
Early summer tour with three Swiss mountain bikers: as green – and wet – as it can get.

Transylvanian Alps open tour, 2019 edition
Age is just a number – an expression used mostly about elder people doing amazing stuff. But it is equally true for younger ages.