Archive for the ‘Biking Hints’ Category
Biking the Pyrenees with Pyractif
August 12th, 2011 | 
Author: Christophe
Author: Christophe
If your next MTB adventure will be in the Pyrenees, one company to go with is Pyractif, a small, friendly company with English language personnel that offers mountain bike tours throughout France. Of course, they can help you with the usual stuff, accommodation, airport transfers or pick up and drop off from the railway station, hiring of bicycles, meals or kitchen facilities to cook for yourself and everything else necessary for a good vacation.
On top of that, however, they also have bike-specific specials like sports nutrition to keep you fit and healthy, picnic lunches and a bike workshop that is fully equipped with the tools you need and countless spare parts like tubes, chains, brake blocks, etc. Read the rest of this entry »
The Turner 5 Spot
July 31st, 2011 |
Author: Christophe
Author: Christophe
Time to talk about my bike, the The Turner 5 Spot. When I returned from my last trip to the US with this baby in my carry-on (okay, not true), I knew I had made a steal (thank you, Euro). The 5 Spot has been the go to trail bike in the Turner Bikes lineup for those of us who are doing it all. It is a classic all-mountain fully, uphill as easy as a touring bike, downhill almost as potent as an enduro, on the trail as nimble as a Cross Country Fully. Whether for a quick tour around the block, an alpine cross or a technical trail ride – with the Turner I always get the sense that I am on the right bike. And that, I can tell you, is a good feeling. So yes, you have guessed it, I love my bike.
