Skibotn, a small place ~1.5h drive from Tromsø, advertising with dry and sunny trails, delivered today! already nice views on the way up oldschool-hardtail-steelframe-speed! committing a bit too much, but nothing broken. epic shitti, as the Finns say The snow is retreating and the trails are dry up to 3-400m, go out and play! Fortsett å lese First trip to Skibotn this season!
The challenge for July is done! Despite the bad weather and holiday time 9 participants came! Not all the results are synched yet, so I will wait until tomorrow to post the results. We discussed also a few possible changes to make it better. Feel free to join the discussion! Changes could be for example … Fortsett å lese July!
A classic trail down from the cable car above Tromsø. Downhill all the way, one small rocky part just above tree line, otherwise nice flowy trail with many small features to play with. If you are lucky you might get a lift with the cable car, but they are reluctand to transport bikes, especially in … Fortsett å lese Albuen
An other classic in the Straumsbukta area, was used as SS3 for TE 2013. Open and fast pure flow trail through birtch trees. Good in combination with the Grønnlibruna trail. ~40 min from Tromsø. Difficulty: Easy. Descend: 5 min. Same parking as for the Grønnlibruna trail. Turn into a gravel road just opposite a busstop … Fortsett å lese Bjørnlitippen
The Straumsbukta classic. This was SS2 for Tromsø Enduro 2013. A rather long and not too steep trail, good for those days when you feel rather like playing around instead of technical challenge. The locals where a bit overwhelmed lately (2014) by the large amounts of bikers, so please keep that in mind and be … Fortsett å lese Grønnlibruna
This mountain is seldom visited by bikers, but one of my favourite trails around here with very varied terrain, beautifull views and more than 700hm descend! ~40 min from Tromsø. There is a 100,-nok fee to cross the tunnel (per crossing) from the Kvaløya island to Malangen as of now (2014). Difficulty: Intermediate/advanced (mostly due … Fortsett å lese Bakaromntinden
This was SS1, Tromsø Enduro 2013. ~30 min drive from Tromsø. Level: Intermediate (due to steep lower part). Descend: ~10 min At the start is a big parking space. Pass the gate and cross the bridge to the left. Follow the obvious path towards the hill all the way up to the radio antenna on … Fortsett å lese Rundfjellet
Since Last Wednesday we tested three 1000 meter mountains! The first one was pretty awesome, as described in the previous post. The second mountain we took Friday after work, taking again advantage of the long summer days up here above the arctic circle: Nice and clear lower part of the trail As for now, more … Fortsett å lese Going big?
Many more awesome pictures by Perttu Luomala! unloading the bikes The volunteers! checking the timing system Juha explaining the timing system to Alejandro, the 5th volunteer Chris Brynjulfsen enjoys biking up 😉 Start of SS2 in the background, second top of SS2 in the foreground Not in the race, but this guy had fun anyway! … Fortsett å lese More pictures!
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