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2014 Riding Season begins- A tale of singles

Servoz, Haute Savoie, Rhone Alps, France. Dry, dusty, sunny, flowers blooming & one fast trail. We headed to Servoz today with our downhill bikes.  I'm single, not only in the girlfriend sense, but in the bike front too.  This does give one simple option of riding when I want and only on my downhill bike.  I'm getting a Nukeproof Mega 275 AM at the end of the month, but more on that later. It was a lovely spring morning as we set off up the Servoz locals downhill track.    Andy had  ridden his newly built enduro/all mountain/xc/mountain bike yesterday and was keen to get up to speed on his downhill bike today.  Though he is supposed to have a single love in his life, Maddy his wife, he's collecting up more bikes this summer, along with snowboards form the winter... I dropped in to ride the top section, "How was it?" Andy asked. "Great to be out on the bike, but awful riding skills" I replied, "I was a passenger down there tryin

Return

I'm returning to the blog after a strange old winter without a huge amount of snow.  I'm ready to ride, but I'm also hoping to try and extend the skiing season as long as possible.  As a newly single man there's been a lot of skiing recently and soon biking. Pas de Chevre exit after Poubelle Couloir Deep in the Poubelle A windy Norwegian IML Winter Training Course Challening conditions in the steeps of Argentierre Classic Touring away from the crowds after a 3 hour que to get up the Aiguille du Midi Great gentle turns from Col Entreves before joining the masses on the Vallee Blanche Great gentle turns from Col Entreves before joining the masses on the Vallee Blanche