The usage areas for the planned bike park in Oberried have been reduced once again. The conflict with the Federal Office for Spatial Development thus appears to have been resolved and the realization of the project is within sight.

A year ago, a conflict flared up between forest owners and mountain bikers over the trail on the Ulmizberg. In order to resolve this conflict, an interest group is now inviting people to set up a sponsoring association to legalize this popular trail.

The trailnet.ch association invites you to the start of the season at Gurten on April 5, 2014. In addition to lots of riding fun, the day will be rounded off with various attractions such as the expo and test zone, gold sprint and pasta buffet. Afterwards, Trailnet will hold its annual general meeting.

The people of Köniz have voted in favor of the Thömus Veloshop bike park. The development order makes it possible to convert an area previously used for agriculture for the construction and operation of the public bike park.

A sign on the Ulmizberg in Bern states that riding on the single trail is illegal. This has now been put on the agenda of the Köniz municipal parliament. Conclusion: the municipality sees no need for action and bikers should take care of their own infrastructure.

There are exactly 99 days to go until the 2013 European Mountain Bike Championships in Bern. The organizing committee is satisfied with the preparations, although it is clearly mentioned that there is still a long way to go. Route construction, fixing locations and finding helpers are just some of the things the organizers are working hard on.

The Gurten Trail was the scene of an extraordinary mission on Tuesday night: Joseph Jäger descended the trail 100 times in 24 hours. He covered no less than 27 altitude kilometers. The lifts kept operating around the clock especially for him.

The announced ban on single trails in the canton of Bern is off the table. The cantonal government has approved the partial revision of the Forest Act, but the stricter regulation of cycling in the forest has been dropped. Conflicts of use are to be resolved by mutual agreement rather than by law.

The mountain bikers' protest against the planned ban on single trails in the canton of Bern is bearing fruit. Following a discussion between the cantonal authorities, landowners, horse riders and mountain bikers, the controversial amendment to Article 22 may not be included in the final text of the law.

As announced, the Bernese mountain bike network "Trailnet" has submitted a written complaint against the planned forest law of the Canton of Bern. There are no grounds for such a drastic measure as the planned ban on single trails. It would prevent pragmatic solutions and create new conflicts. Instead, a specialist office for mountain bikers should be created and mountain bikers should be integrated into the preparation of forest development plans in future.

The planned amendment to the Forest Act in the canton of Bern has caused quite a stir in recent weeks. If the canton of Bern has its way, mountain bikers will be banned from single trails altogether. Now, after Trailnet, the national cycling association Swiss Cycling is also getting involved and launching an online petition to oppose the new law.

The planned ban on single trails in the canton of Bern has caused quite a stir in recent days. Resistance is now forming. Mountain bikers and tourism professionals want to take action against the new law, but critical voices are also coming from foresters.

With the revision of the cantonal forest law, the canton of Bern wants to ban mountain bikers from single trails across the board. If the revised law is passed, mountain bikers on single trails can be fined up to 20'000 francs in future.

After Thömus patron Thomas Binggeli and his Stromer e-bike joined Andy Rihs' holding company, the next coup has now followed. The Oberried-based bike provider is opening a spacious store in the capital that covers the entire Thömus and Stromer range.

Hinterkappelen is set to gain another attraction: a dirt park for mountain bikers is being built on the site of the old shooting range. The opening is planned for late summer.

This weekend, the international mountain bike elite will meet for the fourth time on Bern's local mountain, the Gurten. The event will be held in the "Hors Category" status and is therefore one of the ten most important mountain bike races in the Olympic discipline of cross country worldwide. One thing is already clear: there will be more stars competing in Bern than ever before. Athletes from over 20 nations will be at the start.

On the first weekend in August, the international mountain bike elite will meet for the fourth time on Bern's local mountain, the Gurten. The event will be held in the "Hors Category" status and is therefore one of the ten most important mountain bike races in the Olympic discipline of cross country worldwide. One thing is already clear: there will be more stars competing in Bern than ever before! Athletes from over 20 nations will be competing in total.

In many Swiss forests, people are once again shoveling and carpentering for all they're worth this summer. However, because most trail-building projects are on the edge of legality (or beyond it), there is hardly any coordination between different initiatives. Contrary to all preconceptions, the people of Bern are the fastest in this respect: the Bear Riders, who built the trail on the Gurten, and the Torpedos from Biel, who are planning a trail building project at the Magglingen-Bahn, have now announced the merger of the two associations. Because together we are stronger, is all we can say. And: Support your local trail. Incidentally, the Bear Riders will be riding, barbecuing and celebrating on the Gurten next August 1st - so an alternative national holiday is guaranteed.

A bike store without bikes, but with a wind tunnel, cold chamber and light test lab? Strange, especially when it opens on April 1st. What at first sounds like an April Fool's joke is actually the expansion of Velo Plus into the greater Bern area. Since Tuesday, April 1, the latest branch has been open in Ostermundigen near Bern. So that customers can literally experience the benefits of new functional fibers for themselves, the wind tunnel and cold chamber ensure that conditions remain nasty even when the sun is shining outside.

For a long time, the Gurten freeride route project looked as if it would become the flagship of progressive and forward-looking urban bike policy. Now the whole thing has stalled: Landowners are getting in the way, suing the bike activists and the authorities are failing to recognize the long-term benefits of such a route.

Bad news for biking on Bern's local mountain, the Gurten: the planned downhill route has failed to materialize and the entire project has been put on hold. But that's not all: the initiators have been reported by the landowners and must restore the Gurten to its original state according to the authorities.

Positive prospects for the freeride trail on Bern's local mountain Gurten. According to Oli Busato, project manager of the Trailnet association, Hans-Peter Wagner has withdrawn his objection to the permit. Wagner was the last person to appeal against the building permit issued in May. This means that the building permit issued by the Bernese governor Alec von Graffenried this early summer applies.

Now that planning permission has finally been granted for the freeride trail on the Gurten in Bern and the Gurten Trail is therefore legal for the first time, the annual Trailwich is on the agenda for the weekend of 25/26 November. This involves clearing the entire trail of leaves and carrying out major and minor maintenance work.

After six years of negotiations, the time has finally come on the last weekend in April: the Trailnet association invites you to the opening of the GurtenTrail in Bern.

The canton of Bern wants to take action against commuters who park their cars on the edge of the forest and is therefore extending the number of forest roads with driving bans for motorized vehicles. In this laudable practice, however, the canton is also disguising a general driving ban that would prohibit mountain bikers from accessing the popular Könizerwald forest. The reason given is an existing wildlife sanctuary.

At the beginning of the year, it became public that mountain bikers and cyclists were also to be restricted in Bern's Könizbergwald forest in connection with the extension of driving bans. The Bernese bike activists from Trailnet subsequently lodged an objection to this new regulation and have now been proved right. They will now refrain from a general driving ban and convert it into a ban on motor vehicle traffic.