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14 hours ago, Eddy Gordo said:

 

I'll never forget my first day on Pleney. My bike never showed up in Geneva and I decided I'd just roll around town and wait for it. As we pulled into Morz and I saw the little white bubbles going up the hill I told my crew I'M RENTING A BIKE.

 

I rode in jeans and borrowed damp kneepads. I rented a bag of bolts and threw it down the hill. The fork was crap and the brakes sucked but OMG what an afternoon! What struck me was how incredibly steep it was compared to the stuff we have here.

 

Let me say this in no uncertain terms. An afternoon on Pleney is worth the 25-30k you'll pay for 10 days of riding there. The rest is just cream. If you're strong and you have good brakes you can easily pump out 20 runs a day on the Plen. I've heard of pros doing 30+ in a day. 

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14 minutes ago, Duane_Bosch said:

I'll never forget my first day on Pleney. My bike never showed up in Geneva and I decided I'd just roll around town and wait for it. As we pulled into Morz and I saw the little white bubbles going up the hill I told my crew I'M RENTING A BIKE.

 

I rode in jeans and borrowed damp kneepads. I rented a bag of bolts and threw it down the hill. The fork was crap and the brakes sucked but OMG what an afternoon! What struck me was how incredibly steep it was compared to the stuff we have here.

 

Let me say this in no uncertain terms. An afternoon on Pleney is worth the 25-30k you'll pay for 10 days of riding there. The rest is just cream. If you're strong and you have good brakes you can easily pump out 20 runs a day on the Plen. I've heard of pros doing 30+ in a day. 

Yeah, Karl keeps asking me to join! But I want to go to Fort William. Then I can stay at some family and visit some friends.

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4 minutes ago, Eddy Gordo said:

Yeah, Karl keeps asking me to join!

Karl and I have been helping peeps across there since 2014. If you go with him you'll be guaranteed a good location and solid knowledge on everything from where to ride and what bike shops have what. Perfect for a first timer. The last trip we did He organized the Rockest of the rockstar spots literally 200m from the Pleney lift.

We've stayed in some sick spots but that one was the best.

 

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2 hours ago, Eddy Gordo said:

 Fort William. 

Wait WHAT? Why?

 

There's the WC track and a red. 

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On 5/28/2021 at 4:08 PM, Eddy Gordo said:

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I've done this more than a few times with a big SDS drill and 1.2m thick stone walls!

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32 minutes ago, geomark said:

I've done this more than a few times with a big SDS drill and 1.2m thick stone walls!

Something similar happened to me as well, hurt my forearm in the process

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