BikeRadar Podcast | Our favourite mountain bike riding spots in the world

Technical editor-in-chief Rob Weaver and technical editor Alex Evans talk about their favourite riding spots across the globe

Mountain bikers riding a gondola ski lift in the French alps.

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Alex Evans

Published: May 30, 2022 at 11:00 am

Rob’s most cherished places include the slickrock trails unique to the USA, the steep, tight training grounds of Downhill World Cup legends Nico Vouilloz and Fabien Barel, Australian rainforest, and, back in the UK, the steeps of the Welsh valleys.

Alex chats about two mountain biking hotspots he calls home, one in the French Alps and the other in southern Scotland. Each offers incredibly varied riding experiences, with hardcore, challenging terrain and buzzing local scenes.

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Alex Evans

Senior technical editor

Alex Evans is BikeRadar’s senior mountain bike technical editor. He started racing downhill at the tender age of 11 before going on to compete across Europe. Alex moved to Morzine in the French Alps at 19 to pursue a career as a bike bum and clocked up an enormous amount of riding. Hitting those famous tracks day in, day out for eight years, he broke more bikes than he can remember. Alex then moved back to the UK and put his vast knowledge of mountain biking to good use by landing a job working for MBUK magazine as features editor. Since working for MBUK, Alex’s focus has moved to bike tech. He’s one of BikeRadar’s lead testers and knows how to push bikes and products to the limit, searching out the equipment that represents the best value for money. Alex is also a dedicated eMTB rider, and still dabbles in racing of a sort, doing his best to top the Strava leaderboard on the steepest, gnarliest and twistiest trails the Tweed Valley has to offer – just for fun, of course. Alex is also a regular on the BikeRadar YouTube channel and BikeRadar podcast.
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