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May 27th, 2009

Orange Alpine 160’s

The new bikes have arrived! They look unbelievably “bling”. I have been lucky enough to have this day in May for 8 years now. It’s one of the best bits of the job. This year we have a 16″ and an 18″ Orange Alpine 160.

I thought I’d pull the “prototype to this bike out of [...]

May 27th, 2009 | Tags: , , , | Category: Resort News | Comments are closed
April 27th, 2009

Avoriaz Ski Randonee

The annual end of season ski randonee (ski mountaineering) race was held in Avoriaz yesterday.  There are 4 courses (Elite, Grand, Petit, Mini), Francesca Eyre and I entered the Grand (1400m of ascent) and Lee and Sian entered the Petit (1000m of ascent).
The results were:
Francesca and Gareth 2hrs 7min (last year 2hrs 18min).
Lee and Sian [...]

April 27th, 2009 | Tags: , , , , | Category: Ski | Comments are closed
October 4th, 2008

Orange Five for sale

This is a Five S with a fork upgrade (to a Fox 140 QR) and a hub upgrade (2 Hope Pro II’s), the retail price is £2,064.95.
The Wheels, tyres and rear mech are all new and unused. The spec list is:
Colour Pearl Black
Fork Fox Float 32 140mm QR
R shock Fox Float RP23
R [...]

October 4th, 2008 | Tags: , | Category: Uncategorized | Comments are closed
September 19th, 2008

Tour du Mt Blanc, by mountain bike

TMB Sept 15th to 19th, 2008
6100m of ascent, 138km over 3.5 days, our version of the TMB by MTB.
We had been talking about the Tour du Mt Blanc all summer. The time was set for “sometime from the middle of September”. The main decider would be the weather. None of us were willing to set out [...]

September 19th, 2008 | Tags: , , | Category: Routes | 4 comments