I went mountain biking with Julian and his friend Alex in the Black Forest this afternoon. We spent a couple of hours heading up to Shauinsland before descending along a ridge and eventually ending back in Freiburg. The descent was awesome. It was mostly single track on such a gradient that you could ride with a bit of speed. It was just technical enough to make for some interesting bits and keep you on the edge of your seat (so to speak). I thoroughly enjoyed it. We had pizza and beer back in Freiburg by the Dreisam river.
Above left: Us riding along a wider section of road. Above right: Julian was unlucky and managed to get two punctures during the ride thus totally destroying his yearly average. I reckon he will have to go a few years without punctures to bring the average back down to an acceptable level. Unfortunately his kevler reinforced tires were no match for this well placed nail.
MTB ride with Alex and Julian (Freiburg)-reduced[gpxspeedchart=show;maptype=G_HYBRID_TYPE]
Above: Our route took us from Freiburg up into the forest and then briefly back down into the valley. We left the sealed road and rode by various tracks up to the Shauinsland summit. After a break we headed down premium single tracks for beer and pizza by the Dreisam in Freiburg.