Which Bike?
In Morzine, you can spend all week riding your bike downhill, without riding on any Downhill (DH) trails. Confused? Fear not, this guide should help you choose!
Downhill
DH riding takes place on graded man made trails where pedestrians aren't allowed. They will be based under a lift - going from the top of the lift to the bottom of the lift. They are graded Green, Blue, Red and Black (easy to extreme). There will be trail features such as jumps, berms, drops and ladder bridges. For this type of riding, we reccomend a dedicated DH bike - the Saracen Myst Pro 29.
All Mountain
All other riding in Morzine and the Portes du Soleil is on singletrack and fireroads accessible to all comers, bike riders and hikers alike. The trails link up the lift network allowing you to travel great distances from valley to valley with minimal effort. In general you will need to pedal your bike up or along for short distances, but you'll still spend the majority of your ride going downhill. For this type of riding we reccomend a dedicated All Mountain bike, the Nukeproof Giga 290 Elite.
Road
Then if you fancy emulating your Tour de France hero's on the many miles of tarmac and infamous cols around here you'll be wanting to do that on a dedicated road bike. For that we recommend our Scott Addict SE Disc and Cervelo Caledonia Di2.
