The MTB concept of the Canton of Zurich is cause for joyful whips and trail whoops. But it also contains a few points that need clarification. We asked the canton's project manager, Livio Peterer from the Bicycle Traffic Office.

The canton of Zurich has a new mountain bike concept. One key issue remains the same: Mountain biking is permitted on all mapped trails. In addition, the canton wants to expand the infrastructure in the most popular areas.

The IG Mountainbike Zürich has been founded. The new umbrella organization promises to work towards a good mountain bike infrastructure in the canton. As a representative of mountain bikers, the IG wants to influence the ongoing political processes.

For six years, the Trailfriends Kanton Zürich association has represented the interests of mountain bikers. This week, the association announced its dissolution. The reason for this is a new cantonal IG Mountainbike, which is currently being set up, requested by the canton and driven by Züritrails.

Chrigel Braun's bike bunker is full of monuments to mountain bike history. He has 100 bikes, and his fellow tenants have ten more. But now Zurich wants the underground civil defense facility back and Chrigel is looking for a new treasure trove.

The Cycle Week not only impresses with top brands and a large selection of test bikes, but also with a comprehensive range of workshops. Visitors can expect a wide range of theory inputs, social rides and riding technique courses. The registration portal is now open.

The Leiterliweg trail on the Uetliberg in Zurich, which was blocked by felled wood, will be passable again in the foreseeable future. This was announced by Züritrails and shortly afterwards by Grün Stadt Zürich. However, "measures" may still be necessary.

On the Uetliberg, Grün Stadt Zürich has cleared a path that mountain bikers have been using for decades and hikers have probably been using for a hundred years. The path is mapped on the land topography and there is no ban on mountain bikes. The bikers are subtly fighting for their path for the time being.

To kick off Cycle Week, the city tunnel at Zurich Main Station will be opened on Thursday, May 22, 2025 and the handover of the tunnel to cyclists will be celebrated with a bike festival. As part of the tunnel opening, we are also adapting our layout and concept in Kasernenstrasse and offering exhibitors new attractive options. An additional test track through the new city tunnel is also being planned. Cycle Week will take place in 2025 from May 22 to 25.
    

This was the Ride Partner Summit 2024: a great and uncomplicated event with inspiring short presentations is in the books and the event pictures are in the database. Here's a look back at the summit at the Road World Championships in Zurich.

Ride delivers the annual rendezvous of the ride cosmos with its Partner Summit. This year's networking event will take place on September 27 during the World Cycling Championships in Zurich. Information and registration form are now available.

Alec Wohlgroth caused quite a stir far beyond his region with his lawsuit against the city of Zurich and the subsequent launch of the "Zäme Happy" campaign. In the ZüriTrails podcast, he talks about his experiences and what he learned during this wild phase.

Cycle Week, the major event of Cycling Switzerland, came to a successful end this evening. From May 23 to 26, 85,000 visitors came to the country's largest hands-on cycling festival and experienced the whole world of bikes at the Europaallee and Brunau locations. Admission to the entire event was free for the first time, including the large test center in Brunau and the dirt jump contest. The organizers and exhibitors drew a positive balance.

All parties in the canton of Zurich support a postulate calling for the expansion of mountain bike infrastructure. Züritrails expects that coexistence on trails will also receive the official blessing. But things could turn out differently.

A motion instructs the Zurich government to lay the foundations for a comprehensive mountain bike infrastructure. The motion states that all those seeking recreation should strive for coexistence. However, this could turn out differently than some bikers hope.

The canton of Zurich has had its mountain bike infrastructure needs assessed. Allegra has analyzed the situation and comes to the conclusion: there are too few single trails.

Do you want as few people as possible to know about it? Inquiries from Ride remain unanswered for a long time. On site, it turns out that the Altberg has its first official bike route.

Alec Wohlgroth, one of the perpetrators of the Uetliberg verdict, and Züritrails want to show pedestrians on the trail that there is room for both groups and that mountain bikers are friendly and talkative companions. Ultimately, they are happy to have found at least one person who doesn't see mountain bikers as an enrichment.

The third edition of Cycle Week was a great success. Around 80,000 visitors and passers-by took a look around Switzerland's largest bike showcase. 2,000 took part in over 150 cycling technique courses, workshops and lectures. 110 exhibitors were present with 250 brands at the main station and in Brunau. The Velofestival will take place in 2024 from May 23 to 26 and is set to become even better. For example, Europaallee in Zurich is to become even more of a festival with a wider range of food stands and shows.

With an action-packed short film by producer Sven Wedekind, the organizers of Cycle Week look back on the 2023 edition and announce the date of the next event. Switzerland's largest two-wheeler event will take place in Zurich from May 23 to 26, 2024. The tried-and-tested program will be further expanded at both the Europaallee and Brunau locations.

More than fifty friends and partners of Ride met at the first Ride Partner Summit on May 11, 2023. High-quality input in the form of presentations from tourism, industry and infrastructure was framed by an uncomplicated exchange. The event took place at the start of Cycle Week in Zurich to exploit synergies and will be continued the following year.

Cycle Week will take place in Zurich from May 11 - 14, 2023. This year's novelty: Ride your bike to Cycle Week and let trees grow - one tree will be planted for every kilometer ridden. Once you arrive at Europaallee, every participant will receive an instant prize and be entered into a prize draw. Simply start the fitness tracker or app before setting off, ride to Cycle Week on Europaallee and check in the kilometers ridden at the Mastercard stand on Gustav-Gull-Platz.

With Cycle Week, Switzerland has a major two-wheeler trade fair where the industry, cycling professionals and fans, newcomers, tourism and politics will meet in Zurich from May 11 to 14, 2023. With the two main locations Europaallee and Brunau, it is the largest cycling festival in the country, with mountain bikers finding numerous exciting workshops, contests and lectures in the program.

After his victory in court, Alec Wohlgroth is now looking for reconciliation. With his "Zäme uf em Wäg" campaign, he wants to bring peace to the single trails.

A legal snag occurred at the beginning of 2023: The District Court of Affoltern am Albis had ruled that mountain biking was permitted on all trails marked on maps. The city of Zurich waited to react, partly because a motion was pending in the municipal council (city parliament). The city council has now announced that it is waiting to see how the canton of Zurich assesses the situation.

Alec Wohlgroth and Matthias Lüscher have put up a strong fight against a fine they received for riding on single trails on the Uetliberg. The result is a court ruling that confirms, at least in the canton of Zurich, that all single trails may be ridden on which no riding ban is signposted. In the two and a half years in between, Alec not only fought for the rights of Zurich's mountain bikers, but was also massively attacked by parts of the bike community.

The canton of Zurich is investigating where mountain bike infrastructure is needed and where conflicts arise. An online survey is therefore currently underway. The results will be incorporated into the mountain bike infrastructure inventory analysis, which will be available in spring 2023. It remains to be seen whether it will be published.

Velo Elsener was never the coolest bike store in Zurich, but rather something like a good uncle who always knew what to do and would sometimes drop a buck if he thought it made sense. With this recipe for success, the family business turned 100 years old on July 29, 2022 and invites you to celebrate.

Bikes are banned on the Augstmatthorn. On the Uetliberg, one authority has shown that another authority's bike ban does not comply with the law. The Tagesschau showed two extremes of bike policy in one report. Which approach will prevail will also be decided by us mountain bikers. A commentary by Ride editor Stefan Michel.

For decades, the city of Zurich claimed that mountain biking on single trails was illegal. Two private individuals took legal action against this and were proven right in court. This raises the question: should we mountain bikers go to court more often or should we continue to just sit at the negotiating table? Thoughts on this from Ride editor Thomas Giger.

Mountain biking on the Uetliberg is only permitted on forest roads and official trails, according to the responsible authority, Grün Stadt Zürich. A ruling by the governor's office now shows that this is not true. Several trails on the Uetliberg can be used by mountain bike. However, because two mountain bikers have also appealed this decision, it is not yet legally binding.

The "Cycle Hero by Shimano" challenge is entering its second round - we are looking for the fastest legs on road, gravel and mountain bikes. The three-discipline competition takes place on defined routes near Buchenegg and is easily accessible by bike from Zurich. Participation is free of charge.

The storm that cut a swathe of destruction through Zurich in mid-July also made the Triemli Bike Trail ("Antennentrail") impassable. In addition, the second trail on the Uetliberg, which opened in 2021, was closed on many days due to rain. The Antenntenrail will not be fully passable again until 2022 and the other route's sensitivity to rain will not change any time soon. Will this lead to an uprising by mountain bikers and their representatives?

Zurich is all about Cycle Week in the first week of August. This is the ideal time to get to know the city's trail genes and then stop by the exhibition grounds. With the "Züri Trail Trilogy", Ride has summarized the most important routes - the tip for the coming weekend.

Cycle Week in Zurich is just around the corner. Including: lots of workshops and one of them from Ride. How do you plan a great mountain bike tour? What sources of new single trails can be tapped into? What tricks can you use to head straight for the highlight in unknown terrain? These and other questions will be addressed and discussed on Friday, August 6 at 5.30 pm.

Zurich has a lot to offer when it comes to single trails. In the run-up to Cycle Week (August 4-8, 2021), Ride Magazine put the city's downhill classics under the wheels. Here is the video of the combo of the Antenna Trail, Höckler Trail and Dolder Trail.

The April weather is delayed in May and regularly brings fresh snow at high altitudes and changeable weather. Nevertheless, the coming Sunday should be stable in terms of weather in German-speaking Switzerland. The Sihl Valley tour is an old classic that will delight endurance and singletrail fans alike, and is also scenically enchanting.

The Zurich mountain bikers are acting "fatally" for the sport of biking, writes Ride editor Thomas Giger - and following a controversy surrounding a TV report, he conjures up the banishment of bike culture from public television. The criticized Züritrails association sees things differently and takes the opportunity to respond to the sharp commentary. And the people of Zurich say what happens next.

The Swiss television program "Keep on Riding" was a huge opportunity for the sport of mountain biking. We made it onto primetime TV with "normal" trail riding! But after the show aired, the dirty face of us bikers was revealed: the mutual destruction that culminated in an absurd demand for money from "Züritrails". Thomas Giger explains in his blog why the Zurich bikers have laid an egg for the sport of mountain biking.

In the wake of the Swiss television program "Keep on Riding", which featured footage of controversial trails on Zurich's Uetliberg, the board of the "Züritrails" association accused the TV station of damaging the sport and its front-line work and demanded 30,000 francs in compensation in the form of a donation for the construction of the new bike trail on the Höckler.

The mountains are still covered in snow - it's high season for pre-alpine mountain bike tours. In keeping with this, Singletrail Books has just published a new volume for the greater Zurich area. The book contains the 25 best singletrail tours that are feasible as day tours from the Zurich region. For the launch, the book is available for 24 instead of 29 francs.

At the moment, the coronavirus has left organizers of major events in a tight spot, with a series of events being cancelled in the last few days. The first bike festivals will soon be taking place, starting with the Urban Bike Festival in Zurich. For the time being, the plan is to hold on to the event at the end of March, but await further measures from the authorities. If there is no coronavirus easing in sight, the Bike Days at the beginning of May could also be at risk.

On October 5, the Dirt Contest will take place at Züritrails Jumppark. Local hero Lucas Huppert wants to finally win his home contest for the first time, and Thomas Genon will not be able to stop him this year: He is in the middle of preparing for the Red Bull Rampage. In addition to the dirt contest, there will be bike fun and games for the whole family: from wheel cross to the enduro race on the Uetliberg.

Today there are two official trails in Zurich, one on the Adlisberg and the Antenna Trail on the Üetliberg. Further south is the Höckler Trail, which is only partially developed. The city of Zurich is planning to rebuild the trail here. The city's bike facilities for children are also to be rebuilt.

The Pizza Cup mountain bike racing series is once again hosting a flea market for bike parts in the heart of Zurich on Sunday, March 19, 2018. After last year's success, the Amboss Garage is providing twice as much space as last year, with around 500 square meters. From 1 p.m. to 5 p.m., private individuals will be offering used and new mountain bike accessories for sale.

There will be three particle accelerators in Switzerland in the future: one - quite large in size - is located in Geneva. The second accelerator will celebrate its premiere this March in Zug at a bicycle fair. And in Zurich, a particle accelerator will also be set up in March, under the wing of the Pizzacup makers and aimed entirely at private vendors.