Which routes and areas are suitable, what is the right equipment, at what age do you start? Mountain bike pros Karen Eller and Holger Meyer know all about this from their own experience. Both have been mountain biking all over the world for years. When they had their own children, the question arose as to how they could go on adventures together as a family. It started with the equipment and continued with tour planning. Until the two of them and their children Lois and Leni, now aged 10 and 13, ventured on their first Alpine crossing through the Dolomites last year.

Packed multimedia presentation for parents, mountain bikers and mountain lovers

On Wednesday 18 September, the four of them will give an overview on stage at the Davos Congress Center, talk about their experiences and share their stories. Their children Lois and Leni will of course be there too. The multimedia presentation provides families, godparents and sporty grandparents with insights and interesting facts. Exciting pictures from the Dolomites await all mountain bike and mountain lovers.

About the person: Karen Eller

Karen Eller has won the Transalp Challenge and the Transrockies in Canada three times as a professional biker. Training, technique and tactics helped her to successfully master the 650 kilometers and 21,000 meters of altitude again and again. For more than 12 years, she was a professional mountain bike racer in countless marathons, endurance races and the first enduro races. Together with Holger Meyer, she finally founded "Die Rasenmäher". Together they offer riding technique camps and bike adventures throughout Europe. Early on in her career, Karen dedicated herself to the topic of women on bikes. Whether in product development for bikes and clothing or in the mountain bike scene, Karen made her mark on the female theme.

About the person: Holger Meyer

Holger Meyer is a mountain bike athlete, event creator and author. He began his mountain biking career in the USA in 1988. Back in Germany, he first rode cross country competitions and then devoted himself to his passion for downhill, especially the technical trails. After his active career in the German DH national team, he founded "Die Rasenmäher" together with Karen Eller. Since then, he has been an ambassador for his partners on the world's most beautiful trails.

Date/location:

September 18, 2019,
Start: 20.00 (doors open at 19.00)
Davos Congress Center, (Entrance A, Talstrasse)

Tickets:

Tickets for the multimedia lecture "Family Vibes - Mountainbiking with Children" by Karen Eller and Holger Meyer are available at the box office in the Congress Center. Tickets are available at the box office for CHF 15. The box office is open from 19:00 and there is plenty of seating available.

Pre-event for the Ride Congress:

The lecture by Karen Eller and Holger Meyer will take place the day before the Ride Congress. The Ride Congress is the leading specialist event for mountain bike tourism in the Alpine region. Above all thanks to the high-caliber speakers. They provide in-depth analysis from the world of mountain biking or high-quality input from other sectors. The speakers in 2019 include Dr. Markus Schröcksnadel (Vereinigte Bergbahnen GmbH), Dr. Renato Fasciati (Rhaetian Railway), Claus Fleischer (Bosch eBike Systems), Daniel Müller-Jentsch (Avenir Suisse), Andreas Züllig (HotellerieSuisse) and many more: ridekongress.ch/referenten

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