Europe

Dave Mitchell and Ditte van der Meulen wrap up their time in the French Alps in the remote but highly rewarding Parc naturel regional du Queyras.

Joe Houghton says goodbye to his European enduro-packing adventures with plenty of excitement at the EDR in Combloux and Megavalanche downhill race.

Joe Houghton makes his way from Austria to France, sneaking over his first big mountain pass. The inclement weather isn't exactly serving up the Euro summer by bike he had in mind.

Joe Houghton continues his dream European enduro-bikepacking trip. Stage 2 takes him from Italy up to Poland and then back to Austria.

Joe Houghton has filed his report from Finale on the first leg of his dream bikepacking experience. Three months pedalling across Europe, hoping to race a few Enduro World Cups and the Megavalanche along the way.

Dave Mitchell and Ditte van der Meulen pay homage to Italy’s famous mountain bike playground of Finale Ligure.

Jimmy Ashby provides a debrief after smashing out 2523 km from Vienna to Barcelona in the unsupported 2023 Three Peaks Bike Race.

After a series of full-on Australian desert missions, Jimmy Ashby takes his bike on holiday in Europe for a loop around the Alps and out through the Trappist Abbeys of Belgium.

Jamie Nicoll reflects on his sixth, and last (as in the event is no longer happening) Trans Provence - the iconic multi-day enduro race that traverses the mountains of Southern France, before rolling into Menton and the azure blue Mediterranean.

According to family folklore, my Great Grandfather was New Zealand’s honorary Swiss Consul between 1926 and 1933. Perhaps it is therefore genetics that keep drawing me back to the Confoederatio Helvetica, although it’s more probably that my wife and half of my daughter are Swiss and we have family to visit.

Jamie's latest Europe adventure comes with a his and hers perspective. The getting there is a little tough, but worth it on this romantic Swiss get-away to a rustic Swiss refuge hut in La Derbonne Valley of western Switzerland.

Tony Hutcheson and his venerable Olympus recently banked an indulgent four weeks of European singletrack. Mid trip, he and Malcolm Stoney hooked up with Jamie Nicoll and Max Schumann for a week of gnarl, gnocchi and grappa in Val Gardena.