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Who's been biking in Nepal?
Any recommendations?
The GF's brother has been riding with Tangi but we're looking for some othger points of view as well 🙂
Looking for some gnarly stuff in amongst the big mountains for a holiday next Feb/March/April!
Went, loved it, quite tempted to go again. But I was riding with Tangi too so can't really offer an alternative view.
He definitely offers "real" mountain biking though so should fit your aims well.
Loads of photos here, the riding ones are from near Kathmandu, Pokhara and the Mustang valley:
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Here's an alternative point of view from a friend of mine:
Article here:
http://homepage.ntlworld.com/steve.colligan/docs/Everest%20Part%202.pdf
*thread resurrection*
gary - did you do the trip Tangi now calls "Searching for the Yeti"? Kathmandu-Pokhara-Mustang (Kagbeni-Tinighaon-Marpha-Kobang-Tatopani)-Pokhara
Nice pics 8) was there much 4wd track bashing to get around or was it mostly singletrack?
Any other experiences?
Yes, that's the one. Obviously there is a fair amount of 4wd track stuff but there was loads of singletrack to mix up with it - and from reading write ups/itineraries with other operators I think a lot more of it and more technical than you are likely to get with anyone else.
We rode some nice trails around Kathmandu, some nice downhills around Pokhara with either fire road climbs or a bit of shuttling, and then the big rides in the Mustang Valley. All had their own character, and wouldn't hesitate to recommend it.
Going back to Kathmandu at the end was a bit of a shock though - it had been quiet due to strikes on our arrival, getting back to it in normal mode from the quiet in the mountains was a bit crazy.