So there I was, back in Bourg d`Oisans France where I had spent 6 days riding in the big hills just 6 weeks earlier. But this time I would not be riding around for leisre, rather I would be lining up against some of the worlds best MTB marathon riders in a World cup round. We were staying up in a ski town called Les des Alpes. Its more of a city up there and by god does it have some single track. The town also has glacier sking so its sort of weird when you...

Im so glad that I decided to spend the 3 days in Paris because its a city that has so much to offer the traveller. I was booked into the Three Ducks Hostel which was a 15min walk from the Eiffel tower and had its own bar. I basically chose to stay there because all the reviews said it had a great social scene and they werent wrong. meeting people was instant once I was there and you could just see what others were going to see and then do it with them. Nig...

The week of riding in France has been awersome and its sad to go but if I don't get out of here Im going become permanently attached to my bike seat. I've been staying at a town called Bourg-d-Oisans which is in a Valley surrounded by famouse climbs taken by the tour de france. The closest of these climbs is the very famous l'Alpe-d'Huez some 13km long rising 1300 height meters at an average of around 10%. Yep it's a bloody long climb which on my 2nd and final...