The first part of this mega newsletter includes a short review
of the 1st Alpina-Bikeweekend in Bikepark Bischofsmais. Fun
guys from the optics industry got together from the 15th to
the 17th of July to practice "seeing ahead"… and, of course,
to bike and work on their riding technique.
After a comfy welcome evening on Friday (with thunder and lightning),
the wild 13 got up on Saturday morning and headed for the trees
to balance - with the advance notion of a huge mess!
For the premier we had to cross the "notorious" balance beam.
Stapled together specially for this weekend, it passed the test,
even though some fine tuning must be done.
After the first exercises in dexterity and balance we literally
rode over sticks and stones… hardcore step variations had to
be overcome. There were 3 different possibilities, so everyone
could find the path for them.
After so much effort and adrenaline for one person or another,
an intense lunch break was in order. NO we we did NOT have dog
heads to eat… this is a matured CORDON BLEU!!! One takes half
a pig roll it around a block of emmentaler, throw about 11 pounds
of marinade over it - and a balanced meal that even would have
satisfied the Kelly Family is ready to go!
After our break we mainly rolled and the bike cross/dual trail
was taken on. So far so good. We had - except for a small incident-
a lot of fun and for most of us it was the first time to ride
on a track like that.
After a refreshing dip in the hotel's pool we had dinner and
then clubbing (!) in Bischofsmais. The foosball table was decimated,
the air-hockey table was glowing and the last people left the
dance floor at three thirty. The motto was "last one out closes
the door"! And remember this: a half empty shelf of Becks can't
just be left like that... ;-) On Sunday morning the events of
the day before was refreshed, as well as the first practice
jumps over the "bunnyhop" - with some results worth seeing.
Then we rocked the dual and four cross trails again and for
the finally we kicked ass on the freeride track. All inall the
biking weekend was a successful event that should also be interesting
for other companies and their clients. The "MYB Bikezone" and
the hotel "Ferienpark" are two gret partners that are now on
board. Very soon my website will also explain the entire program
in the event area.
Happy Trails
Björn
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