Two wheeled adventures in europe...MTB BASES –A mountain bike base is an area/locality hosting...
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TWO WHEELED
ADVENTURESTARMAC TO MOUNTAINS
MOUNTAINS TO CITIES
BOGATA - COLOMBIA
UK – SUSTRANS ROUTES
The national cycle network is a series of traffic-free paths and quiet, on-road cycling
and walking routes, that connect to every major town and city.
SHORT ROUTES AS WELL AS LONG
DISTANCE - MULTIDAY
BRISTOL TO BATH CYCLEWAY - WHERE IT ALL STARTED
LONG DISTANCE ROUTES
HTTPS://WWW.SUSTRANS.ORG.UK/NCN/MAP/WALKING-AND-CYCLING-
INSPIRATION/CHALLENGE-YOURSELF
10 TOP ROUTES
HTTPS://WWW.SUSTRANS.ORG.UK/NCN/MAP/WALKING-AND-CYCLING-
INSPIRATION/CHALLENGE-YOURSELF/OUR-TOP-10-CHALLENGING-RIDES
HTTPS://WWW.SUSTRANS.ORG.UK/NCN/MAP/ROUTE/SEA-TO-SEA-C2C
DARTMOOR AND EXMOOR
WALESSOME OF THE BEST MTB IN EUROPE –
PURPOSE BUILT TRACKS, LONGER ROUTES.
THE BEST WEB SITE.
HTTP://WWW.MBWALES.COM/
Great interactive maps
STUNNING SCENERY, AWESOME TRAILS
MTB BASES –A mountain bike base is an area/locality hosting several waymarked or mapped trails. These areas
of wales are gateways to some of the most stunning scenery and exhilarating tracks in the
whole of the UK.
Essential mountain bike facilities such as accommodation, restaurants and cafes, bike
shops, etc. Are all available within the vicinity from independent providers.
The web site will have map and usually a gpx file to download. Trails will generally be well marked.
EUROPEAN WEB SITES
HTTP://CYCLISTSWELCOME.CZ/HOME.ASPX
AVAILABLE FOR SEVERAL COUNTRIES EGCZECH, GERMANY -
HTTP://WWW.BETTUNDBIKE.DE/APP/
NETHERLANDS -HTTPS://WWW.FIETSPLATFORM.NL/NETWER
KBEHEER-EN-PROMOTIE/FIETSROUTESTRUCTUUR-IN-
NEDERLAND
ROAD TRIPS – MAJOR ROUTES – EUROVELOHTTP://WWW.EUROVELO.COM/EN
THE DANUBE - PASSAU TO BUDAPEST
DANUBE – THE MOST POPULAR ROUTE IN EUROPE
FRANCE – THE BEST ALL ROUND
FOR MTB AND CYCLE TOURING
ROUTES
HTTPS://EN.FRANCEVELOTOURISME.COM/
CASTLE TO CUTE VILLAGES
FRENCHVTT MOUNTAIN BIKE
ROUTESHTTPS://SITESVTT.FFC.FR/
FANTASTIC NETWORK OF ROUTES ALL OVER FRANCE
Routes The Great Crossings - https://sitesvtt.ffc.fr/itinerance-a-vtt/
Local cycle routes – day rides, trails
SEMAINE FEDERALECYCLOTOURISME
FRANCEEvery year for a week in late july / early aug-
14,000 cyclists –from france, UK, germany, netherlands, gather for a week of cycle routes on
road and off road.
Run by local clubs and next year is 80th.
Participants – mainly ‘baby boomers’ affluent
– expensive bikes, time to travel, cycling
enthusiasts.
There is a village where most of the rides each day start and finish, where there is usually food, drink
and expo.Big expo where clothing, wine,
cycle tour exhibit.
• EACH DAY – 5 CHOICES OF ROAD RIDES, 3 MTB RIDES, WALKS, AND SIGHTSEEING RIDES.
2018 – 80TH YEAR
EPINAL, VOSGES FROM 5-12TH
AUGUST 2018 – NW FRANCE
NEAR SWITZERLAND
LIKELY TO BE VERY POPULAR.
SLOVENIA
BALTICS
• FROM LITHUANIA TO ESTONIA CYCLING WAS FLAT AND SAFE.
• FROM MAIN CITIES TO THE SMALL TOWNS, THERE WAS CYCLE INFRASTRUCTURE OF VARIOUS SORTS.
LITHUANIA
BALTICS
• CYCLING LATVIA TO ESTONIA
FINLANDLAKES, TREES, REINDEER AND VERY FLAT
HELSINKI
FJORDS
THE OLD RAIL ROAD TO FRAM
SWEDEN• STOCKHOLM
SOUTH SWEDENWALLANDER COUNTRY
DENMARK
COPENHAGEN
NETHERLANDS
AMSTERDAM
BIKE EXPOS
• UK CYCLE SHOW -HTTP://WWW.CYCLESHOW.CO.UK/EXHIBIT-IN-2018/
• 28-30 SEPTEMBER 2018 - BIRMINGHAM,
• 25,000+ CYCLISTS
• RATES – Space only: £180 per m² +VAT shell scheme: £218 per m² +VAT **all stands include £70 service charge**
• Show your brand to over 3,500 trade and press
• Be part of a marketing campaign that reaches over 6.2 million in a year
• Take advantage of your free exhibitor profile on the website with over 200k unique users per year
• Inclusion in the show guide, printed and given to all visitors onsite and sent out digitally to over 150k cyclists
BECOME PART OF THE CYCLE SHOW AND GET YOUR STAND
TO ENGAGE WITH OVER 25,000 CYCLISTS
LONDON BIKE SHOW – 50,000 VISITORS
HTTP://THELONDONBIKESHOW.CO.UK/
• FEBRUARY 23 - 25, 2018, AT EXCEL,
LONDON
• Alongside the triathlon show: london
and the telegraph travel show, the london
bike show offers brands the opportunity to
connect with new and existing audiences.