Monthly Archives: December 2011

Five best mountain bike pictures of 2011

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Here are our top five images from 2011. We felt these were the most inspiring and thought-provoking mountain bike adventure photos of our year. They’re not professional photos, but pictures take during real tours with real people on some of the world’s best mountain bike trails. Why not tell us your favourite in the poll below the pictures!

Number 5 –  Mexico, Oaxaca region,     Number 4 – Scotland, Isle of Skye,

 

 

 

 

Number 3 – Scotland, Torridon region,   Number 2 – Spain Alpujarra region,

 

 

 

 

And number 1 goes to – Nepal, and the Mustang region,

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Highlands & Islands Adventures go worldwide!

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Mountain bike tour, Mustang, Nepal Himalayas

Here at H&I Adventures we have been delivering exceptional mountain bike tours in Scotland for the past five years, and now we’re spreading our wings and launching into the worldwide mountain bike tours market with three truly mind-blowing destinations: the Sierra Nevada in Spain, Oaxaca in southern Mexico, and the Himalaya of Nepal.

H&I Adventures owner Euan Wilson says, “The main driving force behind our decision to expand is our customers; they’ve been suggesting for a while that we add other countries because they want to explore the world on their bikes, but they also want guaranteed level of service that only comes with a trusted tour operator. Now we can give them both!

“We have been very careful to select destinations that offer a choice of skill level and budgetary options for our customers, and support our commitment to responsible adventure travel. We work closely with the local communities in each of the remote areas we experience to ensure that our adventure tours provide revenue for the people and environments that give us so much pleasure along the way.”

To find out more on mountain biking in the far reaches of the Mustang region of Nepal, or the culinary heart of Mexico, visit our new website at www.mountainbikeworldwide.com or contact us on info@mountainbikeworldwide.com

And we look forward to welcoming you on one of our amazing new tours!

Mountain biking in Scotland reaches the Netherlands

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Dutch magazine ‘Up/Down mountain bike’ has just gone to press with our Steve Peat, Danny MacAskill and Hans Rey feature Mountain biking on Skye and Torridon, Scotlandthat we shot on our Torridon and Skye tour.  If you missed this feature you can watch the video here and read the trip story here.

If you would like to join this trip in 2012, you can see the trip information here.

Meet our mountain bike guides, part 2

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This is the second installemnt in our meet the guides feature, so take it away Kevin….

Kevin (aka Digger)

Name: Kevin Henderson
Home town: Abernyte, Perthshire, Scotland
Bikes: Cove Hustler; Cove Handjob; Kona Big Unit 29er singlespeed
Favourite trails: for chasing down friends, definitely Torridon, Drumguish and Laggan Wolftrax in the Cairngorms National Park
 Most known for: composing poetry while riding alone, which often ends ‘wheels up’!

“My first mountain bike was a red one. I got that first bike in the summer of 2004 when I lived on the Carse of Gowrie in Perthshire, and I rode it between the farmers fields, through all the mud I could find. I soon discovered the mountains of Highland Perthshire and big days out exploring in the Cairngorms. Enduro race events followed, and somewhere on this short timeline I began running mountain biking, visual art and literacy clubs for primary school children in association with an Active Schools group.

“Today I still live in Perthshire, but up on a hill now. I ride nearly every day. And while the bike has changed (it’s white, a bit lighter) and I’m a bit better at staying on it (mostly!) my love of riding in Scotland, and in the Highlands in particular, has only got deeper with time.”

Mountain biking in Scotland – Inverness

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Euan recently showed WhatMTB around his local riding routes in his home town of Inverness, you can check out how it went in this month’s magazine.  You can also follow in their tyre tracks by using the route guide in the magazine or downloading the gps files from the WhatMTB website.

If you need any further information on mountain biking in Scotland, then please feel free to drop us an email at info@mtbholidayscotland.com