Ljig trip, 2009
on Sep 28, 2009 in MTB Serbia (All) Sometimes it’s just got to be spontaneous. Straja was over from Germany (Straja being the co-star of our trip to Montenegro last summer), we had planned on some kind of trip when he came, but time was short, Mrs. D. and myself have a wee little...

Medvednik trip - 3rd-6th June 2009
on Jul 8, 2009 in MTB Serbia (All) Total ride: 150km in three and a half days, total ascent: approx. 3550 m Just come back from a great little camping and mountain-biking trip to the Valjevo mountains. We’ve been to this area a fair few times before, but there is plenty still le...

Serbian MTB XC League
on Jun 24, 2009 in MTB Serbia (All) As I may have mentioned, this year I have taken more of an interest in XC racing. This despite my protestations that my idea of MTB is all about rolling along the hills and dales of Serbia enjoying the view. There IS something about actually seeing h...

Serbian MTB League 2009 race no. 6 - Stražilovo
on Jun 22, 2009 in MTB Serbia (All) Just a quick post to give you some of the highlights from the weekend’s 6th Serbian MTB XC League race at Stražilovo at the foot of Fruška Gora, near Novi Sad. I was really keyed up to ride this, having gone round the (pretty demanding) track...

Fruška gora MTB marathon 2009
on Jun 2, 2009 in MTB Serbia (All) Well, the event I had been looking forward to all year - the biggest MTB marathon in Serbia, the Fanatic Fruška gora marathon - is over for another year. I love this event, maybe because it is the first “race” I took part in, maybe becau...

Cycling the Danube from Belgrade to Novi Sad
on Jun 1, 2009 in MTB Serbia (All) I recently had a question from a reader about the above topic, and as I wrote quite a lengthy reply I thought I would post a version of the information here too. The reader is coming specifically for the EXIT festival in Novi Sad, via Belgrade, and w...

Degreasing mountain bike disc brakes
on May 15, 2009 in Bike repair I don’t often post bike repair tips, basically because I am a rank amateur and will probably give you some dodgy advice, but here’s a little tip that helped me recently: I am a disc-brake newbie this season and am incredibly amazingly hap...

2009 MTB season in full swing
on Apr 21, 2009 in MTB Serbia (All) That’s the thing with this blog - during winter there is nothing much to write about, unless I start going off on mountain-biking tangents, but as soon as spring comes I don’t get down to writing anything because I am too busy cycling! So...

Do you follow the Bible?
on Mar 17, 2009 in MTB Serbia (All) Well, winter is gradually receding (though too slowly for my liking) and it’s time to take stock of what we’ve managed to achieve over the winter in terms of maintaining and even building “bike fitness”. Maybe you were helped...

Frostbike
on Feb 17, 2009 in MTB Serbia (All) Yesterday was nice and sunny, so I thought, “It’s now or never” and hopped on the bike. Sure, it was around freezing, but I just cannot for the life of me see how I am going to get in rides of 2-3 hours (like I should be at l