With 2015 coming to a close it’s time to look back and reflect on what an awesome year we’ve had here at ENDURO! Our bikes have taken us to some incredible locations and allowed us to experience some amazing things over the last 12 months. We’ve compiled a few of our absolute favorites for your viewing pleasure!

JustMTB – New Zealand Mountain Bike Adventures on Tap

New Zealand’s incredible scenery and terrain for mountain biking is well known, and for good reason! We headed to NZ and got the opportunity to experience the amazing location first hand with everything from heli biking to bathing in geothermal streams after an amazing days riding…

Helicopters and bikes are one hell of a combination!
Helicopters and bikes are one hell of a combination!
New Zealand is already well known for it's incredible riding and locations.
New Zealand is already well known for it’s incredible riding and locations.
The perfect end to a days shredding?
The perfect end to a days shredding?

Fat Fun with Fat Bikes

Half-frozen toes, numb fingers and a countless amounts of face plants! We had one of the craziest and most epic days of riding ever equipped with fat bikes in some deep snow! One we certainly won’t be forgetting any time soon.

Fat bikes get a lot of flack but they are damn fun!
Fat bikes get a lot of flack but they are damn fun!
Reward after a long slog to the top of the peak.
Reward after a long slog to the top of the peak.
Face plants were very frequent!
Face plants were very frequent!

Scottish Adventures – Whispers on the Wind

Venturing deep into the Scottish Highlands with fowl weather, amazing trails, an overnight stay in a bothy with no running water or electricity and a bottle of scotch to fend off the cold!

Adventures in the Scottish highlands.
Adventures in the Scottish highlands.
Heading to the hills.
Heading to the hills.
Whisky helped keep the cold weather at bay!
Whisky helped keep the cold weather at bay!

Vai Gringo – Incredible Riding in Rio de Janeiro

Biking in the shadow of Christ the Redeemer and finishing the day off on the beach, this is Rio! A popular holiday and tourist destination but it is far from a popular riding destination, that’ll soon change!

Descending to the beach.
Descending to the beach.
The trails here a far from well known but they are world class.
The trails here are far from well known but they are world class.
Amazing locations, great riding and a heap of culture!
Amazing locations, great riding and a heap of culture!

Val Gardena – a stunning valley in the Dolomites

Val Gardena in the Dolomites left has stunned, with it’s crazy scenery, fantastic food and even better riding! The same holds true for the neighboring Eisacktal/Valle Isarco and the Alpe di Siusi. We headed there early in the summer are were blown away with what we found, proof that you really don’t need to travel far to find incredible locations.

We'll be back for sure!
We’ll be back for sure!
Just another typical day in the Dolomites.
Just another typical day in the Dolomites.
Breakfast with a view, what are you waiting for?
Breakfast with a view, what are you waiting for?

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