MTB

MTB Stol – Karavanks

Country: Slovenia
 Mountain: Stol/ peak Veliki Stol/Hochstuhl
Length: 33 km
Elevation gain: 2200 m
Maximum elevation:  2336 m
Technical difficulty: 5/5
Download GPS Track: Veliki Stol_Karavanks_CycloTrail
Date of ride: 20.06.2019.
Suitable for E-bike: No

When I first got gpx file from  one of the members from dropbike forum, I knew what to expect. 2200 meters of elevation gain in less than 35 kilometers, this will be one though ride, and first few kilometers on steep paved ascent are “easy” introduction. After this 5 km on paved road we left Javorniški Rovt and reached the part of unpaved road.  4.5 kilometers from Javorniški Rovt village we entered into pasture Pusti Rovt filled with herd of cows and for the first time on this ride experienced Alps atmosphere (one of the many to come).

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MTB Tolminske Ravne – Razor

Country: Slovenia
 Mountain: Razor
Length: 38,5 km
Elevation gain: 1550 m
Maximum elevation:  1427 m
Technical difficulty: 4/5
Download GPS Track: MTB Tolmin_Tolminske ravne_Razor_Cyclotrail
Date of ride: 04.08.2019.
Suitable for E-bike: Yes

Three years ago, I was in Tolmin and biked there for four days and explored local mountains by bike. This year I decided to go back with frends and ride again. Razor was, and still is one of my favorite rides. Our route starts in Tolmin (very popular destination with tourists interested in outdoor activities) city near Italy. We parked our car on very big parking spot with no entrance fee. From that parking spot starts our ride. First part of the route is on narrow paved road which leads to Tolminske Ravne pasture. From Tolminske Ravne starts ascent to Razor hut, at some parts ascent sections were too steep, so sometimes we had to get off our bikes, and give it a little push (after cca 1 km from Tolminske Ravne there is a spring well).
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Introduction

It’s very hard for me to write something that is not about bikes and rides, so this will probably be one of the hardest text I will write on this website.  This year, a lot has happened in my life. At the end of 2017. moved (temporary) from Zagreb to Dalmatia (southern part of Croatia) and had a lot of time for myself. I’ve read books, blogs, rode my bike and explored some local trails. During 2018. I’ve met a lot of people, and it is very interesting how people can connect around such simple thing as bike.

Usually I don’t like to expose myself. I haven’t got real facebook name, or a profile picture, so this blog will be real exit from comfort zone. I will write about my riding, and try to help people who don’t know where to go to explore trails. I haven’t seen any website (in Croatia) that has video documentation of trails and rides in one place. There is a few, but there is no information about rides. There are many quality websites that have very good information, but there isn’t any video documentation, so my idea is to make website that has all.

In the middle of the 2018. I bought action camera and gimbal and there started to breath idea to document and share my rides. Because I’m not so skilled rider main goal of videos will be visualization of landscapes and information about routes.

My bike fetishes are all mountain and bike&hike rides flavoured with beer (and the other way around), but there will also be and xc rides. So, enough “talk”, lets try to relive rides… 

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