This year's Swiss Enduro Series came to a climax during the Bikeside Festival with a physical finale in Einsiedeln. The glorious weather failed to dry out the wet trails in the dense forests, leaving the participants searching for traction and control throughout the day. The riders battled their way through the countryside around the village before racing through the heart of Einsiedeln at the end of the race. The obstacles on the village road in front of the Einsiedeln monastery were a highlight for visitors and participants alike and marked the end of this year's season.

In 2024, the Swiss Enduro Series will enter its fourth year and present four races for the coming season. The venues are in Leukerbad, Airolo, Laax and Einsiedeln. The Aletsch Arena, where the Swiss champions were crowned last season, is developing into a World Cup venue.

In a petition, the Mountainbike Schwyz association is calling on the cantonal government to implement the cantonal mountain bike concept and to enshrine coexistence on hiking trails in law.

Martin Fanger, Urs Huber and Hansueli Stauffer have lived up to their role as favorites. The trio made their mark on the new Iron Bike Race. In the end, winner Fanger was also lucky, as Huber fell back to third place in the final due to a crash. Stauffer came second. Alexandra Zürcher won the women's race ahead of Carmen Zaugg and Stefanie Zahno.

Central Switzerland declares itself a "bike cooperative". In recent months, however, a trail project was voted down and a newly paved path was closed to bikers. How much support do the bike cooperatives have in Central Switzerland, Thomy Vetterli?

A fresh mountain bike wind is currently blowing through Central Switzerland. The new volume of Singletrail Books fits the bill perfectly. The book, which has just been published, contains the 25 best singletrail tours between Gotthard and Einsiedeln. As always with the Singletrail Books: richly illustrated and with route maps for each tour.

The ground-breaking ceremony for the "KABI Bike Park" is held in Oberiberg. This is also the starting signal for promoting summer tourism in Ybrig and turning the area into a year-round destination.

The desire for a legal bike trail in the Ingebohlerwald recreation area arose almost ten years ago. Now the long efforts of the Rideside association have been rewarded - construction has begun. The almost 1.4-kilometre trail from Morschach to Brunnen should be completed this autumn. The trail, which is of medium difficulty, is designed to promote mountain biking in the Schwyz region.

With the "MTB Zentralschweiz" project, the tourism organizations in Central Switzerland want to give their region a boost in terms of mountain biking. The brains behind it: Thomy Vetterli. He will explain the background to the project at the Ride Congress in September, but has already outlined the direction in an interview with Ride.

Something is happening in Central Switzerland! A workshop with the region's certified mountain bike guides was the start. Now the aim is to further develop the bike destination of Central Switzerland together.