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Equipment

If you’re planning a mountain bike holiday abroad, you’re probably already pretty au fait with the gear that you need for a day’s riding. However, as a recap and a potential aide memoire for those who might be riding in the high mountains for the first time, here are some recommendations on kit.

Bike

Bike hire in Slovenia is pretty easy and relatively cheap. There are a number of options for hire, and some suggestions will be made at the beginning of each region section.

Always perform a pre-ride bike check. This is especially important when travelling overseas as you have either transported your bike (and thus dismantled and reassembled it) or you’ve hired a bike with which you might not be familiar. If you’re not sure how to go about a pre-ride check, it’s worth looking up the ‘M-Check’ on the internet. This is a thorough going-over that you give your bike which traces a rough ‘M’ shape around the bike and will help you to remember all the parts you need to review.

A hardtail suitable for the Slovenian trails