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Following on from this thread I have decided to post an event to see how much interest there is.

Due to weather and possible trail conditions I am giving 2 other options for a MTB meet up this Saturday.

Option 1: Meet in Ticino and do a tour down there. The weather should be sunny, and warm. The trails will be dry as they have had very little rain down there. I haven't picked out a tour yet, but I did a fun one down there over Easter so worst case scenario we could do that one again.

Option 2: Meet in Gurten and do some skills practice on the trail there. You can get train up and ride down all day long. Its a really fun trail and good for improving your skills. Weather should be dry and about 12-14 degrees.

Option 3: Go to Jura. Trails will probably be wet, we might get some rain, and it will probably be below 10 degrees!!!

If you are interested in coming please post which option you would prefer. Ticino, Gurten or Jura. Democracy rules. I'm happy just to get to go for a ride on my bike.

I will post information about where we go and where to meet on Friday afternoon, so check back here if you are planning on coming.
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  • Eire - Based on weather I vote for Ticino or Gurten.
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  • Uncle Max - Ticino would be my choice, though!
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Re: Mountain Bike Tour Sat 5th April

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Re: Mountain Bike Tour Sat 5th April

So...

How'd it go?
Any Photos?

(Just got back from 3 days in AU yesterday, couldn't attend)

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Re: Mountain Bike Tour Sat 5th April

Was freaking excellent. Four of us went to Lugano, blues skies, 17C, dusty not muddy conditions, great single track and brilliant company. Two thumbs up.

The others taking in the view of Lago Lugano. Eire loves scenery.



Eire giving us an impromptu bicycle maintenance display.

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Cheers for the pics.

Was a good day. I want mooooooooooooooore!!!!
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Re: Mountain Bike Tour Sat 5th April

For those interested, and who might think about coming on a future tour.

Since everyone that came was travelling be train from Zurich. We met in HB at 7:10 am and got the 7:30 train to Lugano.

On arrival in Lugano we rode south towards, Monte Arbostara. I will try to get around to putting a route description in the tours thread later. The tour involved a many very dry singletrails, lots of scenery overlooking Lago Lugano, and at the end a funicular ride up Monte Bre to enjoy more singletrails on the way back down.

The ride was suitable for anyone with a semi ok level of fitness (we rode 53km, with a 1100m of climbing), and some semi technical singletrails. #

I think everyone had a good day and I hope to organise another couple of tours like this one over the summer months.

For those of you who are living in Zurich and are a little unsure about fitness or technical ability why not come along on Tuesday nights to get in a little skills practice before the next tour.

Any further tours will also be a little bit away from Zurich, so that any EF members from other areas of Switzerland can come along also.
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