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- The second day of the festival saw perfect weather, test bikes in the bike park, a trials show by Thomas Klausner, and photos with Knopf and Schwärzler for fans.  
- VPace Kids Cup featuring over 100 children aged between five and ten, with child-friendly downhill competitions and a focus on fun and first racing experiences.  
- Airbag jumps and tips from slopestyle rider Lukas Knopf for the kids; an extensive programme of workshops and races announced for the following Sunday.

Saalfelden Leogang BIKE Festival 2026: A look back at Day 2: A sense of togetherness in Leogang

- The Saalfelden Leogang BIKE Festival kicks off in early October with glorious weather, all bike park trails open and a 10 per cent discount on lift passes.
- Visitors can test the new 2027 MTB models on the World Cup downhill course, singletrack trails and jump lines, and take part in workshops, tours, live music and exhibitions.
- Saturday’s programme: Kids’ Cup, Gravity Series, riding technique and pump track workshops, airbag and ride-out sessions, as well as several autograph sessions and trial shows.

Saalfelden Leogang BIKE Festival 2026: That was Day 1: Autumn doesn’t get any better than this!

- Gravel Burn 2026: 750 km through the Karoo in 7 stages, with a start list of 500 riders, including numerous top international professionals.  
- New regulations: team classification with up to four riders; introduction of an adaptive bike category; the self-catering camp principle remains in place.  
- Significantly fewer professional women (26 instead of 92), but with some high-profile names; the same prize money as for the men, with a total prize fund of $150,000.

Gravel Burn 2026: These stars will be competing in the second Gravel Race in South Africa

- From 2 to 4 October, the Epic Bikepark Leogang will be hosting a bike festival featuring pro sessions, workshops and an expo; entry is free.
- Pros such as Lukas Knopf, Elias Schwärzler, Marlena Neißl and Maximus Wielopolski will be leading sessions on riding technique, downhill, slopestyle and pump track.
- Programme: BIKE Academy, equipment tests, Kids’ Cup, bike trial shows and, on Sunday, the final of the auner Austrian Gravity Series featuring the national championships.

Saalfelden Leogang BIKE Festival: Celebrity alert in Leogang this weekend

- At Gravel Ground by MAXXIS at Zeche Ewald, Testival, races, night rides and an expo came together against a unique industrial backdrop in the Ruhr region.  
- New formats such as the ‘Legend of the Halde’ hill time trial and the ‘Scary Schotter’ race offered challenging routes and plenty of personal firsts.  
- Over 25 guided tours, night rides through the training mine and a children’s race showcased the unifying potential of gravel cycling.

Pure gravel in the Ruhr region: Gravel Ground 2026 delivered the goods

Bike festival

- Bike Kingdom Lenzerheide/Arosa and Alpenbikepark Chur are extending their daily opening hours, with selected lifts operating in some cases until November.
- Events: Family Bike Vibes (7–9 August), Red Bull Downtime 2026 (22 August), Bike Kingdom Testride (4–6 September) featuring over 50 brands.
- The Bike Kingdom Kids Cup supports 6–16-year-olds, whilst the Learning Lab – which opened in 2026 – teaches beginners riding techniques and trail etiquette.

Bike Kingdom Lenzerheide: The second half of the season gets underway – plenty of highlights!

- Hare’n Scramble is a new enduro event in Canazei/Val di Fassa, focusing on maximum trail fun, freedom of route choice and a sense of community.  
- Riders cover around 30 km and 5,000 metres of vertical descent across up to 18 trails; Tactics, pink hares and options such as the Blue Challenge characterise the format.  
- The event responds to changing booking and pricing behaviour, offers excellent value for money and is aimed at the wider amateur market.

New MTB event, Hare’n Scramble: “We’re bringing back the real fun of enduro”

Bike Camps

Gravel Peaks 2026: First details of the route & highlights of the new gravel event

New gravel event: Gravel Peaks 2026 - the dream of crossing the Alps

Bike Transalp

- Die BIKE Transalp 2024 bot erstmals eine EMTB-Kategorie, gemeinsam auf identischer Strecke mit zeitversetzten Starts zu den Bio-Bikern.  
- Für E-Mountainbiker gab es keine Gesamtzeitnahme, sondern lange, teils sehr harte Wertungssegmente mit Fokus auf Technik, Kondition und Akku-Management.  
- Mike Kluge berichtet von intensiven Etappen, Stürzen und Technikproblemen, zieht aber ein positives Fazit und beendet die EMTB-Transalp auf Gesamtrang drei.

Propain EMTB-Transalp: Mike Kluge's diary of the premiere

- Mona und Philipp meistern die 7-tägige Maxxis BIKE Transalp (500 km, 16.000 Hm) als Mixed Team und werden Achte im Klassement.  
- Strukturiertes Training, Leistungsdiagnostik und Trainingsplan waren laut beiden entscheidend für Tempo, Belastbarkeit und pannenfreie Teilnahme.  
- Teamdynamik mit klarer Rollenverteilung, emotionalen Hoch- und Tiefpunkten und Familien-Support im Camper prägt Erlebnis und künftige Tourenpläne.

Maxxis BIKE Transalp 2024: Interview with the BIKE reader team Diasporal Alpen Challenge

- Mountain biking evolved from a race-oriented Lycra scene into a technical spectacle featuring trial, BMX and external influences such as Arthofer’s backflip.  
- With freeride and events such as the Red Bull Rampage, the focus shifted from mere drop heights to style, tricks and creativity in the air.  
- Hans “No Way” Rey helped establish mountain biking as a playful, acrobatic lifestyle through shows, videos and magazine features.

Freeride & Freestyle: When mountain biking became acrobatic

- Van Steenbergen suffered a serious crash at the Rampage in 2021, shattering his hips, thighs and vertebrae, and had to learn to walk again.  
- He returns to the Rampage from 2022 to 2025, learns to reassess risk, deliberately avoids performing tricks and secures podium finishes without winning.  
- TvS combines big-mountain freeride and slopestyle, wins gold at the 2024 X Games Real MTB, claims multiple Best Trick Awards and remains one of the top freeriders.

Tom Van Steenbergen: ​First the impact, then the take-off

Competitions

- Meadow dual slalom is an accessible, low-risk MTB discipline in which technique is more important than sheer strength.
- The key factors are clean cornering technique with proper line choice, braking before the corner, a low centre of gravity and a fluid riding style.
- A bike set-up with the correct tyre pressure, suitable tyres and well-functioning brakes, as well as an explosive start and a cool head, will give you an advantage.

MTB Slalom Riding Technique: How to do a meadow slalom: These are the skills that count!

- Meadow Slalom is a simple, short MTB slalom contested in a knockout format, where technique, tactics and precision on grassy slopes are crucial.  
- This format lowers the barriers to entry, is suitable for children, young people and families, and requires no special racing bikes or a significant time commitment.  
- Meadow Slalom is attractive to organisers as it requires minimal infrastructure and enables exciting, easily viewable races in a small space.

An underrated MTB race format: Here’s why every mountain biker should give a meadow slalom a go at least once!

Race

- Eurobike 2027 takes place annually in Frankfurt from 30 June to 2 July, moving from September to early summer.
- The trade fair will focus on three compact B2B days bringing together manufacturers, suppliers, distributors and international retail companies.
- New halls, test tracks, demo areas, bookable meeting rooms and matchmaking services are designed to boost networking and international business.

Vision rather than a crisis of purpose: here’s how Eurobike is set to become exciting again

- ZIV and Koelnmesse are launching a B2B-only cycling trade fair in Cologne in 2027 as a challenge to the flagging Eurobike in Frankfurt.  
- Behind the Cologne project lie power struggles over interpretative authority and trade fair revenues, whilst the needs of end customers are largely ignored.  
- The industry is losing its grip on reality; the public-friendly, emotionally staged Cyclingworld Europe in Düsseldorf is seen as a positive alternative.

Kölnmesse versus Eurobike: A power struggle in the cycling industry

Eurobike

- Tarek Rasouli crossed the Alps from Munich to Riva on a Bowhead recumbent bike in nine days, accompanied by Danny MacAskill.
- The biggest challenges were a pressure sore, man-made trails such as those in Sölden, and long stages of up to 100 kilometres and 6,000 metres of elevation gain.
- With a 1,500 Wh eAssist, he completed every stage, enjoyed some of the highlights of the ride in Sölden and Paganella, and describes the tour as his greatest experience.

A dream Alpine crossing: Tarek Rasouli: “The greatest thing I’ve ever done”

- Whyte Bikes is returning to Germany and Austria with its own team led by Sebastian Tegtmeier.
- The brand’s focus: performance-oriented, durable bikes with strong MTB DNA at reasonable prices, primarily for specialist retailers.
- Building a dealer network with a carefully selected range, fair terms and a commitment to price stability, service quality and European logistics.

The return of Whyte Bikes: the UK brand with its own sales network in Germany

People and types

- From 25 to 27 September 2026, Nauders will be hosting the ‘Golden Days’, a gravel bike event in the tri-border region on Lake Reschen.
- At the heart of the event is the non-timed ‘Golden Days Gravel Giro’, featuring three RTF loops of varying difficulty, up to 100 km in length and with 3,500 metres of elevation gain.
- In the “Golden Days Gravelenduro”, gravel cyclists and enduro riders will compete against each other in relay teams, tackling uphill and downhill trail sections.

“Golden Days” in Nauders: Gravel riding in the enduro region

- Die LAAX School bietet pädagogisch aufgebaute Kids-Camps mit sechs Leistungsstufen, kleinen Gruppen und Fokus auf Spaß statt Geschwindigkeit.
- In Ferienzeiten lernen bis zu 90 Kinder pro Woche auf Trails, Pumptrack und Skill-Area Fahrtechnik und stärken zugleich Selbstbewusstsein und Teamgeist.
- Flims Laax verfügt über über 330 km Biketrails, moderne Bergbahnen, Bike-Hotels und geführte Touren; beste Reisezeit zum Biken ist Juni bis Oktober.

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Events

Saalfelden Leogang BIKE Festival 2026
A look back at Day 2: A sense of togetherness in Leogang

Saalfelden Leogang BIKE Festival 2026
That was Day 1: Autumn doesn’t get any better than this!

Gravel Burn 2026
These stars will be competing in the second Gravel Race in South Africa

Bike festival

Saalfelden Leogang BIKE Festival
Celebrity alert in Leogang this weekend

Pure gravel in the Ruhr region
Gravel Ground 2026 delivered the goods

Bike Camps

Bike Kingdom Lenzerheide
The second half of the season gets underway – plenty of highlights!

New MTB event, Hare’n Scramble
“We’re bringing back the real fun of enduro”

Bike Transalp

Gravel Peaks 2026
First details of the route & highlights of the new gravel event

New gravel event
Gravel Peaks 2026 - the dream of crossing the Alps

Propain EMTB-Transalp
Mike Kluge's diary of the premiere

Maxxis BIKE Transalp 2024
Interview with the BIKE reader team Diasporal Alpen Challenge

Competitions

Freeride & Freestyle
When mountain biking became acrobatic

Tom Van Steenbergen
First the impact, then the take-off

Race

MTB Slalom Riding Technique
How to do a meadow slalom: These are the skills that count!

An underrated MTB race format
Here’s why every mountain biker should give a meadow slalom a go at least once!

Eurobike

Vision rather than a crisis of purpose
Here’s how Eurobike is set to become exciting again

Kölnmesse versus Eurobike
A power struggle in the cycling industry

People and types

A dream Alpine crossing
Tarek Rasouli: “The greatest thing I’ve ever done”

The return of Whyte Bikes
The UK brand with its own sales network in Germany

Camps

“Golden Days” in Nauders
Gravel riding in the enduro region

Kids-Camps in Flims Laax
Hilf mir, es selbst zu tun!

Events

Saalfelden Leogang BIKE Festival 2026A look back at Day 2: A sense of togetherness in Leogang

Saalfelden Leogang BIKE Festival 2026That was Day 1: Autumn doesn’t get any better than this!

Gravel Burn 2026These stars will be competing in the second Gravel Race in South Africa

Bike festival

Saalfelden Leogang BIKE FestivalCelebrity alert in Leogang this weekend

Pure gravel in the Ruhr regionGravel Ground 2026 delivered the goods

Bike Camps

Bike Kingdom LenzerheideThe second half of the season gets underway – plenty of highlights!

New MTB event, Hare’n Scramble“We’re bringing back the real fun of enduro”

Bike Transalp

Gravel Peaks 2026First details of the route & highlights of the new gravel event

New gravel eventGravel Peaks 2026 - the dream of crossing the Alps

Propain EMTB-TransalpMike Kluge's diary of the premiere

Maxxis BIKE Transalp 2024Interview with the BIKE reader team Diasporal Alpen Challenge

Competitions

Freeride & FreestyleWhen mountain biking became acrobatic

Tom Van Steenbergen​First the impact, then the take-off

Race

MTB Slalom Riding TechniqueHow to do a meadow slalom: These are the skills that count!

An underrated MTB race formatHere’s why every mountain biker should give a meadow slalom a go at least once!

Eurobike

Vision rather than a crisis of purposeHere’s how Eurobike is set to become exciting again

Kölnmesse versus EurobikeA power struggle in the cycling industry

People and types

A dream Alpine crossingTarek Rasouli: “The greatest thing I’ve ever done”

The return of Whyte BikesThe UK brand with its own sales network in Germany

Camps

“Golden Days” in NaudersGravel riding in the enduro region

Kids-Camps in Flims LaaxHilf mir, es selbst zu tun!

Saalfelden Leogang BIKE Festival 2026
A look back at Day 2: A sense of togetherness in Leogang

Saalfelden Leogang BIKE Festival 2026
That was Day 1: Autumn doesn’t get any better than this!

Gravel Burn 2026
These stars will be competing in the second Gravel Race in South Africa

Saalfelden Leogang BIKE Festival
Celebrity alert in Leogang this weekend

Pure gravel in the Ruhr region
Gravel Ground 2026 delivered the goods

Bike Kingdom Lenzerheide
The second half of the season gets underway – plenty of highlights!

New MTB event, Hare’n Scramble
“We’re bringing back the real fun of enduro”

Gravel Peaks 2026
First details of the route & highlights of the new gravel event

New gravel event
Gravel Peaks 2026 - the dream of crossing the Alps

Propain EMTB-Transalp
Mike Kluge's diary of the premiere

Maxxis BIKE Transalp 2024
Interview with the BIKE reader team Diasporal Alpen Challenge

Freeride & Freestyle
When mountain biking became acrobatic

Tom Van Steenbergen
First the impact, then the take-off

MTB Slalom Riding Technique
How to do a meadow slalom: These are the skills that count!

An underrated MTB race format
Here’s why every mountain biker should give a meadow slalom a go at least once!

Vision rather than a crisis of purpose
Here’s how Eurobike is set to become exciting again

Kölnmesse versus Eurobike
A power struggle in the cycling industry

A dream Alpine crossing
Tarek Rasouli: “The greatest thing I’ve ever done”

The return of Whyte Bikes
The UK brand with its own sales network in Germany

“Golden Days” in Nauders
Gravel riding in the enduro region

Kids-Camps in Flims Laax
Hilf mir, es selbst zu tun!