Alpirsbacher Schwarzwaldtrail Length 4 000 meters 13 123 feet Drop 330 vertical meters 1 083 feet Banked turns 43 berms Obstacles 49 jumps Pfad Zwo Length 1 300 meters 4 265 feet Drop 80 vertical meters 262 feet Banked turns 12 berms Obstacles 16 jumps Starting point 905 vertical meters 2 969 feet Starting point 832 vertical meters 2 730 feet TRAILS IN THE SCHAEFFLER MTB ARENA PUSHING THE LIMITS Steep drops sweat inducing climbs long jumps and narrow banked turns mountain biking poses an awe some diversity of challenges Due to disc brakes modern protective gear and suspension forks like those of moto cross bikes humans and hardware are pushed to the limits However not only the bikes have seen huge changes ever since the early days While the first mountain bikers would ride on public hiking trails in the San Francisco Bay Area today s outdoor athletes prefer triggering their adrenaline rushes in bike parks with human made obstacles and jumps One of the most spectacular parks of its kind is the Schaeffler MTB Arena Sasbachwalden in Germany s South ern Black Forest The challenge here is to precisely adjust your pace at the right moment in order to take maximum speed out of the turns and berms says Merlin Bürkle The 49 year old holds the downhill track record of 7m 59s for the fastest downhill run on the Alpirsbacher Schwarz waldtrail one of the trails in the MTB Arena bikesport sasbachwalden de 58 59

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