Manuela Trail Book ➤ An MTB scouting journey through the Occitan Alps to the French border. Setting off on a scouting trip does not simply mean travelling towards something you have imagined or drawn on a map. It means finding out whether that journey truly exists. The adrenaline that comes with that moment is always the … Read more
Trail Book ➤ Rediscovering the original spirit of mountain biking along the Via del Sale When I first took up mountain biking, I didn’t do it alone. I never saw it as a solitary sport. For me, it has always been a way of sharing that sense of freedom you feel while riding down a … Read more
Trail Book ➤ Stories from Finale Ligure Maybe Today. Maybe Another Time Every tour starts almost the same way. I introduce myself, we check the bikes, make a few last adjustments and, before we’ve even started riding, someone smiles and says, “My friend told me I have to ride Rollercoaster.” Sometimes it’s Rollercoaster, sometimes Madonna … Read more
Trail Book ➤ Stories from the Maritime Alps There are words that capture an entire world. However, the reality of MTB Ligurian Alps often surpasses them. We usually think of mountains as distant from the sea. But here, this distinction vanishes. You climb and descend while the horizon remains united. It is a primordial meeting … Read more
Trail Book ➤ A Journey Through the Kingdom of the Two Sicilie The Silence of “Idda” – Where the Earth is Soft Perhaps it was November, when everything slows down and turns calm, or perhaps it’s simply that here, in southern lands, time is perceived differently. I am a mountain bike guide based in Finale … Read more
