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The homeland of Vlad the Impaler, commonly called Count Dracula, is undoubtedly one of the most interesting countries in Europe. It has become a more and more popular destination among European tourists, willing to either witness the birthplace of the culture’s most popular vampire or simply visit its stunning towns and castles. Romania lured us with something much different – picturesque and solitary mountain ranges of Rodna and Făgăraș.

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Days are getting cooler and shorter, it is raining more and the first snow has already fallen in the Alps. Even if bikers like you and I refuse to believe it, summer is slowly coming to an end. But the following video from the guys at Erlebnisradtouren-Saaleland shows some good reasons, why your enduro bike should better not hibernate in the garage. Enduro in an abandoned iron ore mine is the new...

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This is a story of an excursion into the most celebrated and famous place of Monti Sibillini National Park, the only glacial lake of the Apennines and the only natural lake of Marche. It is situated 1940 meters above sea level, between two mountains: Monte Vettore and Monte Veletta. Innumerable are the legends circulating around this place, bound to the magic and the occult, which culminated in...

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Issue #010, Trails & Travel -

Intricately planned interval training, mathematically optimised nutrition, exact bike tuning, and a jam-packed racing schedule: the foundations of a successful enduro racer are pretty much the same as any other athlete these days. Monotonous, precise, and interchangeable. Ambitious goals are (mostly) only achievable through hard work. That’s great for those who want it, but what about the rest? What happened to the fun? Where’s the social biking community, on and off the trail, the escape from every-day monotony…?

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