Bonus Posted August 4, 2017 Author Posted August 4, 2017 "La Batalla Del Inframundo" (The Battle of the Underworld) - This is the name given to a race being held on 23rd September this year at Zona Zero. The sales pitch (translated by me!) goes along the lines of..... "YOU CAN JOIN THE BATTLE OF THE UNDERWORLD - The GIANT TRAIL of ZONE ZERO. We have good news. We have obtained a sponsorship of the last minute that allows us to reduce the registration to 67 euros and 120 euros for mixed couples. In case you think it's an easy ride, the man in the photo will be the "broom man". Basically he will be dedicated to "finishing off" the stragglers. (read that as you like! lol) Come and win the coveted Sword of the Victor engraved with the motto: "PUNISH THE BODY AND RELEASE THE SOUL". In the Territory of Zona Zero - Survive and be Counted!" NicoBoshoff 1
Bonus Posted August 8, 2017 Author Posted August 8, 2017 From the Zona Zero Website: "The fate is cast, we have been tasked with defeating Mordor on 23 September - We need everyone's help, get your bike ready and come. And if we don't win, we might as well have a good time"
Bonus Posted August 9, 2017 Author Posted August 9, 2017 (edited) This has it's own thread but I wanted to put it on here too because it's so important to us! The EWS calendar for 2018 has been published. Stage 7 will be here in Ainsa Sobrabe on 22nd and 23rd September! Fantastic news :-) https://dirtmountain...r-released.html Edited August 9, 2017 by Bonus
Albatross Posted August 9, 2017 Posted August 9, 2017 Enough with the awesome pics Bonus, I will have to add you to my very short bucket list soon if you keep this up Bonus 1
Bonus Posted August 21, 2017 Author Posted August 21, 2017 (edited) Visited my friend Angel in the Intersport shop today and got my hands on the Sword of the Inframundo! Edited August 21, 2017 by Bonus Albatross and NicoBoshoff 2
Bonus Posted August 25, 2017 Author Posted August 25, 2017 Wendy on a training ride between Ainsa and Barbastro. Beautiful Clear Skies, Good Roads and Strong Legs! https://youtu.be/Hpknd9EehO8
Bonus Posted August 29, 2017 Author Posted August 29, 2017 The "Intersport" sports shop in Ainsa has a bike workshop and Angel stocks a wide range of replacement Rear Mech Hangers there. As with any MTB cycling holiday though, I'd advise you keep one of your own spare in your kit just in case . . . . I was in the shop chatting to Angel yesterday when a lad brought his bike in with a broken hanger and his own replacement part. He'd stacked on his first ride on the first day of a two week holiday! Angel fitted it for him and fixed his bent brake lever and he was back on the trails by the afternoon :-)
Duane_Bosch Posted August 30, 2017 Posted August 30, 2017 Looks so good. We're planning a trip to Girona next year. Not quite the Pyrenees but not too far away. Bonus 1
Bonus Posted September 3, 2017 Author Posted September 3, 2017 I've spent this weekend riding Zona Zero with a group of guys from Denmark! About 6 weeks ago a chap called Bent Grested asked to join my FB page "MTB Ainsa!" (which is pretty much the FB version of this thread) https://www.facebook.com/groups/1118185251605562/ He said he was flying down from Denmark with some friends to ride the Zona Zero trails and was reading up all he could about the area on-line. I gave him some help & info regarding bike hire shops etc because they were not all bring their own bikes and then when they got here on Friday Wendy and I met them for a beer up in the Old Town Plaza. I offered to show them some of my favorite trails and so we all spent two days exploring together. A really nice bunch of guys, into XC with "techy" descents, similar level of fitness and bike skill to me and not adverse to climbing - although Denmark is very very flat apparently, so it was hard work for them :-) Saturday was 55km, 1033meters of climbing and a max temp of 37 degrees C. The average temp was quite a bit lower thankfully. This is exactly the sort of thing we are going to try and do for people when our B&B is open. Help them plan before they get here and then feed them, look after them and show then around once they are here. On Saturdays ride we ended up coming though our village, Guaso, and we stopped in at the farmhouse for a coffee with Wendy and Rosa - who was very happy to have 5 "Guapo Hombres" (good looking young guys) in her kitchen while Ramon was out! I did the translating while they took photos of Rosa and her kitchen before we carried on with our ride. We stopped and had a look at our "house to be" on our way past and they loved it and the views. They are sure it will be fantastic once it's all done and they want to come back next year and stay with us - let's hope we have somewhere for them by then! They enjoyed the riding, I enjoyed the English speaking company and Rosa enjoyed having visitors. It was a nice, though fairly tough, weekend. Bent, Pauli, Jakob, Jan and Soren . . . RossW, arcitmail and Albatross 3
Bonus Posted September 5, 2017 Author Posted September 5, 2017 Saturday and Sunday mornings rides, using Relive.cc :-) https://www.relive.cc/view/g13978627978 https://www.relive.cc/view/g14017666568
Bonus Posted September 21, 2017 Author Posted September 21, 2017 (edited) This Saturday is the Zona Zero race - "La Batalla Del Inframundo" (The Battle of the Underworld) in Ainsa, Spain. This video shows you the views from one of the highest points of the race followed by one of the descents. No sure who the rider is but he's having fun! I really am happy to be living in such a beautiful place! https://youtu.be/ayym0LNvIkc Edited September 21, 2017 by Bonus
Bonus Posted September 24, 2017 Author Posted September 24, 2017 Wendy riding on the road between Ainsa and Campo. A beautiful day, little traffic and fantastic scenery . . . . https://youtu.be/pVWGCfN6DFg
Bonus Posted September 29, 2017 Author Posted September 29, 2017 I spoke to Angel from Zona Zero this week and he told me that last Saturdays "La Batalla Del Inframundo" was a huge success! I couldn't ride but we did pop in to the registration on Friday evening up at the Ainsa Castle and it looked great. The race was well organised and well subscribed. I helped clear some of the route earlier in the year. I'm glad it went well. Hopefully it will become an annual event and next year I'll have a go! RossW and coppi 2
Bonus Posted October 6, 2017 Author Posted October 6, 2017 Promo Clip for the "Inframundo" race the other week . . . :-) https://youtu.be/Z6ce9ShJQ2k
Bonus Posted October 9, 2017 Author Posted October 9, 2017 There are so many different types of terrain around Ainsa :-) A typical ride can contain Fire roads, Jeep tack, Single track, Grassy fields, through some Forest, across the odd dry river bed or stream along the top of a Ridge and, if you really want to . . . . riding down boulders! I tend not to do the "Boulder" thing myself, but lots of people do . . . . NicoBoshoff and RossW 2
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