BIKE Festival Riva 2023Sun, bikes and a good atmosphere - the pictures day 1

Marc Strucken

 · 29.04.2023

The official opening of the BIKE Festival in Riva.
Photo: Desire Lines
The BIKE Festival 2023 in Riva has started! In beautiful weather - as almost always - and with many, many good-humoured visitors, there are new bikes, new parts and exciting events to experience: Jasper Jauch already gave the E-MTB Ride out Riva, Specialized presented the new S-Works Epic and the X-Sports Show captivated everyone.

This year's BIKE Festival has spread over almost 25,000 square metres. With the large expo area, along the small river through Riva del Garda to the beach, there are around 250 exhibitor tents. And they were stormed by curious visitors on the very first day.

At our BIKE Academy, participants learnt a lot about tubeless and were able to go on an e-MTB ride with bike pro Jasper Jauch. The first gravel ride with BIKE editor Sandra Schuberth was just for women - the first time the topic of gravel had been included at the BIKE Festival anyway.

Marc Struken is a passionate bike journalist and editor at Delius Klasing Verlag. After working in radio, radio, TV and online marketing, he has been contributing his experience to digital content for BIKE, EMTB, FREERIDE and MYBIKE since 2022 - whether mountain bike, gravel or road bike.

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