by Bike Weekender | Jun 10, 2020 | Blog, General, Useful Stuff |
As keen cyclists, we are very lucky to live in the Aravis region of the French Alps. With its beautiful, laid back Alpine villages, great road surfaces, and access to the stunning medieval city of Annecy with its aqua-blue lake, it is home to arguably some of the greatest road cycling terrain in Europe.
That notwithstanding, we can’t help getting excited whenever we have a trip booked in for one of our Provence-Ventoux weekends.
So, as a cyclist, what is it that makes a trip to Provence so appealing?
In no particular order, here are our top six favourite things that make a short break road cycling trip to Provence a must: Read more here >>>
by Bike Weekender | May 23, 2020 | Bike Weekender World, Blog, General, News Updates, Our Biking World |
From Teak, based at the Aravis Lodge in St Jean de Sixt – Bike and Ski Weekender’s home base in the French Alps.
Invariably one of the first reactions I get when I tell cyclists that I live and ride in the Northern French Alps is “Blimey, I would love to ride there, but I am not fit enough”.
Whilst riding in the Alps is not for the cyclist just starting out, neither is it solely the preserve of the pros. Indeed we are very lucky in our corner of the Northern French Alps to have access to a huge variety of road cycling terrain, including climbs that even the most modest of weekend warriors will find very achievable, but at the same time they are no less rewarding for the sense of achievement and breathtaking views.
In no particular order, here are some of our favourite, crowd-pleasing introductory climbs, easily accessible from our home base in the Aravis mountains:
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by Bike Weekender | May 19, 2020 | Bike Weekender World, Blog, General, News Updates |
From Paul, based at the Aravis Lodge in St Jean de Sixt – Bike and Ski Weekender’s home base in the French Alps.
We are approaching the first important milestone in the process of easing the lockdown measures in France, as a result of the coronavirus crisis – and as of this Monday 11th May, we will be free of many restrictions which have become a normal part of our daily life in France.
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by Bike Weekender | May 19, 2020 | Bike Weekender World, Blog, General, News Updates |
From Paul, based at the Aravis Lodge in St Jean de Sixt – Bike and Ski Weekender’s home base in the French Alps.
Looking back, the weekend of the 12th – 16th March was certainly crazy from a work and business perspective, and is one which will be remembered for a very long-time!
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by Bike Weekender | Sep 10, 2019 | Blog, Fun Stuff, News Updates
Updated 1/10/19 – Tour de France 2020 route rumours are now circulating ahead of the official ASO launch on Tuesday 15th October, so we have compiled the latest news & we’ll keep it regularly updated.
Early rumours are that next year the parcours won’t be heading for such high altitudes as in 2019, which was a special edition for the 100th anniversary of the yellow jersey. The sense really is that the Tour de France route for 2020 has particularly been designed with a French winner in mind, given it will be 35 years since Frenchman Bernard Hinault won that prestigious jersey.
by Bike Weekender | Jul 14, 2018 | Blog, Fun Stuff, News Updates
Tour de France 2019 route rumours will soon be starting to circulate, so once again we will be compiling the latest news & keeping it regularly updated, so check back soon.
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