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Scotland, don’t ever change: Hike-a-bike with Joe Barnes and Max Schumann

The last of autumn’s hangover still clings to the landscape by a slender thread. Deer scatter from beside the single track roadside and bound towards the hills, clearly unaccustomed to a steady stream of traffic; we hadn’t seen a sole since leaving the main road at Invergarry.

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MTB Adventure Norway– A seven-day expedition into the rugged Norwegian fjords

Norway has been a country that has long sat in the depths of my mind. Enchanted by daydreams of towering snow-capped mountains separated by ribbons of blue water, unspoiled singletrack snaking through the shrub and silver-birches… oh, and the abundance of attractive natives. I’ll let you decide which of the above fantasies played out.

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Big City Love: MTB pro rider Rob Heran shows us the best places in Munich

Munich, for many, is reduced to Oktoberfest, Lederhosen and beer. But what’s the truth in this bad rep and is it time it got rehashed? We’re told the Isar trails are boring, the residents are snobby, and the city just isn’t as cool as Berlin! We’ve enlisted the help of Pro rider Rob Heran to refute these claims and find out exactly where to go.

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Tour du Mont Blanc – Trouble in the Church of Open Sky

On the second day it broke us. The exact moment is scorched into my brain. On the steep slopes of the Bovine Pass, after a seemingly endless struggle pushing our laden bikes up the unrideable mountain track, we summited to hope, enjoyed the brief exhilaration of a short ride, then were ultimately defeated as again our clumsy bags forced us to return to pushing – shit. Letting my heavy bike fall to the ground, the truth hit me like a brick: we did not have enough days to make it all the way around the loop to Chamonix… we had already failed.

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Freedom on four wheels – A MTB trip with the VW T6 SpaceCamper

It’s already half past ten by the time we check into our hotel. It’s eerily quiet with no sign of a night reception and we’ve got to make the bed ourselves. But strangely enough, it’s got more stars than the Ritz Carlton – and there is definitely more to do here.

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