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 Post subject: Re: Alps trip 2012 - Pila Verbier Chatel - Pics n Vids
PostPosted: Mon Aug 20, 2012 8:18 pm 
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For some reason this reminds me of our week in the Alps - just replace 'Brandon Semenuk / Thomas Vanderham' with 'Fabian Barrel / Cedric Gracia':




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 Post subject: Re: Alps trip 2012 - Pila Verbier Chatel - Pics n Vids
PostPosted: Sat Jan 12, 2013 3:05 pm 
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I finally got round to doing the final few vids on this trip. It seems like a long time now.

Morgins - a true big bike place hill - lots of inches and slack angles or your going to get ravaged. Super fun when you just let the bike work over all those roots and got off the brakes. Ping ping pump ping pump etc - The black run is as steep as Champery but maybe not quite as nutts. There is a Matt Hunter segment in seasons which has been on repeat on my iphoine recently and I just had to use the tune.... love it.






Champery - Still as silly as ever. Ride it if you ever get the chance. Steep steep steep from top to bottom. The first minute of the video is us just getting to the track, and there is some entertaining dialogue if you can pick it up, although the sounds a bit fuzzy.



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 Post subject: Re: Alps trip 2012 - Pila Verbier Chatel - Pics n Vids
PostPosted: Sat Jan 12, 2013 3:18 pm 
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Karve wrote:
Ping ping pump ping pump


Did you have any fillings left in after that? Looks nice, but damn, looks bumpy!

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 Post subject: Re: Alps trip 2012 - Pila Verbier Chatel - Pics n Vids
PostPosted: Sat Jan 12, 2013 3:43 pm 
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Good times!!! Had managed to forget how feckin steep the Champery track is and the Morgins Black....


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 Post subject: Re: Alps trip 2012 - Pila Verbier Chatel - Pics n Vids
PostPosted: Sat Jan 12, 2013 5:33 pm 
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Ahh I miss it!
I wanna go back.

That Champerey track is mental, i've no idea how the pros get down there sooo fast


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 Post subject: Re: Alps trip 2012 - Pila Verbier Chatel - Pics n Vids
PostPosted: Sat Jan 12, 2013 9:47 pm 
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Apples wrote:

Did you have any fillings left in after that? Looks nice, but damn, looks bumpy!


The chest cam picks up a lot of the hits, but your neck seems to dampen a lot of the vibration, so its not as bad as through your eyes when riding... good times!


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 Post subject: Re: Alps trip 2012 - Pila Verbier Chatel - Pics n Vids
PostPosted: Sat Jan 12, 2013 10:08 pm 
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Where did you stay? looking to do a trip this summer but out accom has fallen through

any suggestions?

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 Post subject: Re: Alps trip 2012 - Pila Verbier Chatel - Pics n Vids
PostPosted: Sun Jan 13, 2013 7:47 am 
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Still steep as a cliff then! seem to be riding lots more of it than i remember - cracking stuff gents.


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 Post subject: Re: Alps trip 2012 - Pila Verbier Chatel - Pics n Vids
PostPosted: Sun Jan 13, 2013 1:22 pm 
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tugger wrote:
where did you stay? looking to do a trip this summer but out accom has fallen through

any suggestions?


Shameless plug time :) . Not Morgins/Champery but my brother has chalet in Morzine www.morzineholidays.com I'm hoping to go again this summer, been with some peeps from here and other essexhertsmtb ers have stayed too, hoping to post more info nearer summer perhaps organise something with lots who want to go ?, should be able to offer some discounts too.

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 Post subject: Re: Alps trip 2012 - Pila Verbier Chatel - Pics n Vids
PostPosted: Sun Jan 13, 2013 3:48 pm 
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Location: canvey island { aka THE ROCK }
I'd b up for trip Andy not been since 2004 just got back into riding again last couple of years & mates used to ride with got family's or stopped

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 Post subject: Re: Alps trip 2012 - Pila Verbier Chatel - Pics n Vids
PostPosted: Sun Jan 13, 2013 3:53 pm 
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Geoff..Cool..Ill stick up details nearer summer when I know whats happening, got a rate of £215 for peeps who went last year, which was meals too :), so should be similar-ish, theres some pix of us (Grin, Krash and Jan) posted in various places on the forum including main page, I was lucky and went back again a few weeks later and just went riding with Paul (chalet manager) and showed some of the guests around too.

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 Post subject: Re: Alps trip 2012 - Pila Verbier Chatel - Pics n Vids
PostPosted: Sun Jan 13, 2013 6:39 pm 
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Location: canvey island { aka THE ROCK }
:thumbup: cool

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 Post subject: Re: Alps trip 2012 - Pila Verbier Chatel - Pics n Vids
PostPosted: Sun Jan 13, 2013 8:55 pm 
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Cheers for that

when you guys going? me and some friends are plannign a trip early aug, just with normal riding group in epping...

those chalets look massive!!

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