Author Archives: chamonixbikeblog

The journey, not the destination.

Posted on 18th October 2018
It's cycle touring, not bike packing. Just because you've been tight and just strapped your shit onto the bike rather than using a pannier doesn't make it a different sport, it just means you're using the wrong tools for the job.
Tour du Mont Blanc on a road bike. Cycle touring not bike packing.
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Abhorred monster.

Posted on 30th September 2018
Encore une fois, Chamonix: does good backdrop.
We went for a bike ride above Chamonix and the Mer de Glace, took some photos, then wrote about someone far cleverer than me, climate change and e-bikes. As you do.
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The Ignoramus.

Posted on 16th September 2018
It's not just Les Houches, Coupeau's been seeing attention from the trail pixies too.
There's gold in them thar hills. Golden trails. Checking out the new mountain bike tracks appearing all over the Chamonix valley, but mostly in the Les Houches bit of the hood.
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Feel the serenity.

Posted on 27th August 2018
Now THIS is where it gets interesting.
Two days on bikes playing around the Fiz range. Some huts, some climbs and some cracking descents. All that way just to pick up some content...
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All the lifts.

Posted on 17th August 2018
The shot of the day, but where and when is it taken....?
We tried to ride every mountain bike accessible lift on the Chamonix Mont Blanc Unlimited lift pass. All 14 of them. Did we succeed? Well you'll need to read to find out won't you.
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Milestones

Posted on 21st June 2018
Oban cycles roof drop. In hindsight, the trials bike was a better choice for this...
The bike's 1, the blog's 6, the sun's 4.603 billion and the lifts are open. Mostly. A bunch of words covering most of these issues.
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Scaphoid stories

Posted on 23rd May 2018
This is my wrist about 3 hours after the crash. This is not what a wrist should look like :-(
A broken scaphoid sucks, but the fracture isn't the end of the world, here's some information that might help.
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Les Arcs: Putting the Fun in Funiculaire

Posted on 29th April 2018
Funiculaire fun in Les Arcs.
A wee trip down to Les Arcs to ride assorted alpine singletrack mountain bike trail goodness off the funiculaire
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Lift openings 2018: Houston we have a problem.

Posted on 10th April 2018
Bikes are ace. Lifts, no lifts. Sun, no sun. Snow, no snow. Just get out and have fun.
When, what and where are the chairlifts and gondolas open for mountain biking across Chamonix and the alps. And some space stuff.
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Sospel. Good Content.

Posted on 6th March 2018
Throw horns and smile. Biking in the snow is infinitely better than not biking at all.
A trip south to Ride Sospel in the sun and dust. Or snow and cold...
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