http://www.findyourflow.org/blog it's all about the mountains... Mon, 17 Nov 2008 14:46:23 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Late on Saturday night after a few Mutzigs and far too much wine a plan was hatched for riding on Sunday. Somehow the initial idea of going mountain biking turned into driving to Evian, getting the boat to Lausanne and cycling back round the lake to Evian - around 65km ... http://www.findyourflow.org/blog/2008/11/17/road-cycling-round-lac-leman/ On Saturday a group of us headed out for a road ride near Morzine. We drove down to le Jotty (by the Gorges du Pont du Diable) and set off from there. The aim was for a nice steady ride - it was Dan's first go on a bike in ... http://www.findyourflow.org/blog/2008/11/17/road-cycling-in-morzine/ We're just back from an amazing couple of days over the border in Cervinia, Italy. We were staying at the Dragon Hotel, where we'll be running trips from next summer. The hotel is a fantastic base, with large comfy ensuite bedrooms, a great pub downstairs and is run by a ... http://www.findyourflow.org/blog/2008/11/13/biking-and-skiing-in-cervinia/ We're very excited about our new chalet for summer 2009. Just round the corner from flowmtb HQ Chalet la Musardiere is Chalet Coralie. So it's slap bang in the centre of town and kitted out with everything a biker needs. Coralie is available as B&B or with meals and on a ... http://www.findyourflow.org/blog/2008/11/11/new-morzine-mountain-bike-chalet/ Thanks to the over 700 people who responded to our survey about biking in Morzine. We're really chuffed so many of you took the time to fill it out. With over 700 respondents this survey is a reliable source of information on what British bikers think of riding in Morzine. Almost ... http://www.findyourflow.org/blog/2008/11/07/morzine-mtb-survey/ The exciting news is the recent opening of a Japanese restaurant in town - just up from Bar Robinsons. Great news for those of you coming out next summer looking for a change from the usual savoyard fare of melted cheese and meat on the un-catered night! We've already been ... http://www.findyourflow.org/blog/2008/11/07/new-restaurant-in-morzine/ We've put a few photos from riding the Cli-MachX trail in Machnylleth here. Unfortunately none of the final descent as we were having too much fun to stop and take pics! http://www.findyourflow.org/blog/2008/11/06/photos-of-mountain-biking-in-wales/ The planned route for the Tour de France 2009 has been released and it'll be coming pretty close to Morzine. Stage 17 on the 22nd July will be Bourg St Maurice to Le Grand Bornand, passing through Sallanches and Cluses, just half an hour from central Morzine. Head to Cluses ... http://www.findyourflow.org/blog/2008/11/05/tour-de-france-2009/ We'd been looking forward to getting to the UK Bike Park so were a bit disappointed by the heavy rain throughout the night and the next morning. Still we got there, as had plenty of other riders, undeterred by the rain and mud. The guys were running an uplift day, ... http://www.findyourflow.org/blog/2008/10/27/uk-bike-park/ Back in the car and straight to Afan. A place we've ridden many times, but not in the last few years. We couldn't get over how many cars and bikers we saw. We were expecting it to be a bit busier, it being a saturday, but weren't quite prepared for ... http://www.findyourflow.org/blog/2008/10/26/afan-whites-level/