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ENGetting lost is never an enjoyable experience and, even though nobody ever foresees it, it happens quite often. If you are thinking to visit a completely new place or if you are planning to explore the most unique and suggestive corners of a certain spot, we strongly suggest you to do it with a guide’s help. Why? Easy: because he knows the location like the back of his hand! This is not the only reason though…here’s why riding with a guide is worth it.
1. DISCOVER NEW PLACES
Riding the same trail more than once is always rather enjoyable: the style is different when you know the track, the berms and the direction changes. On the other hand, though, you risk to fall into monotony since, other than the place you know, the rest is like a labyrinth easy to get lost into. Everyone of us can and has to change perspective every now and again. Here’s the guide: a trustworthy investment that allows you to know new trails, discover new places an broaden your geographic knowledge. All of this not only by using shuttles but also during proper Enduro and All Mountain tours.
2. PEDALING SAFE
Exploring a new place is trilling and exciting but involves the need to always think about averything in every moment of the day: from the risk of getting lost, to the security measures till the mistakes that can be made during a trip. The guide, though, is able to reduce the risk and take a lot of responsibilities away from the biker himself. All in all, you can focus on what really counts when riding, handing the whole exploring research to somebody, like the guide, who already did in the past.
3. EAT LIKE A KING
The guide, not only ensures a perfect geographical knoweledge, but can tell you a lot about the local customs and habits. He suggests you where to find the best places to eat, where to have fun and where to stay to be on hand with everything. A guided tour includes lung at restaurants or typical premises: you’ll find amazing quality in places that would have been hardly reachable otherwise as an independent tourist. Nothing is better than the lunch organized by the guides after a full throttle morning…plenty of food, typical ingredients and “local” prices!
4. ACT LIKE A LOCAL
The guide knows all the bike shops of the town you are in and it is surely really useful having a entrusted contact when you need to fix your bike or when you rent the bike you’ve always dreamt of. Actually, renting a bike on the spot allows you to test the real conditions on the field and in the ideal conditions the model you prefere. Furthermore, you have the chance to do so without having to think about the direction, the crossroads and following a trail on the map.
5. GETTING ADVICES ABOUT THE TECHNIQUE
Our guides are, first mountain bike instructors. There will surely be the chance for you to get some advice about the technique of a berm, on how to get over a certain obstacle or choosing the right line. It is the perfect occasion to attend a bit of a lesson, to refresh some skills on the trail during a tour. Between a view and a story you can get your doubts clear by asking the guide himself.
6. SETTING THE TOUR ON THE GROUP’S NEEDS AND THE CONDITIONS
By knowing all the shortcuts and hidden trails around the tour, the guide is able to change the plans according to the group’s needs. He is, then, able to shorten a tour up and avoid a technical section or making it longer and more fun as well. The guide takes many aspects of the environment into account and, based on this, he can suit the tour to the customer himself.
When riding with a guide you will be sure that even whith the worst conditions, he will be able to let you ride in a different, more fun spot. The guide will change plan according to the area and the conditions found. For example: if the planned day comes after a rainy one, the guide will hardly put off the tour, he will, otherwise, bring you to another, sunnier place where the soil is less damp.
7. CREATING NEW FRIENDSHIPS
On a mountain biking trip, meeting good people is likely. It is like a natural selection where the people that dream of cycling into unknown and far away lands tends to be simply beautiful. Just add a stunning single track and a final drink and you’ll find amazing friendships and bounds. A broader and broader net of contacts!
All in all, the guide is a handyman: leads the group, is the mechanic, the mate of the journey, he controls, he advises, he is informed, he sometimes tells stories, sometimes he makes some up…he is a friend with whom sharing future experiences would be amazing.
Anyway, he is the main figure that would allow you to fully enjoy an adventure and live an experience on the two wheels.
