Chile is here !!

[jpvm]

Hey there , am from Santiago, Chile , and just joined this comunity today , so anything you need to know ...

[GiantMountainTroll]

Sup Chile! Im from Panama. Welcome to the forum

[Live2rideUtah]

Welcome to the forum man, I have a couple friends in chile and a brother in law that lived there for a few years, spent some time in your neighbors county so aguante boca juniors loco!

[jpvm]

Thanks a lot guys 4 the welcome party ;-) , nice to see that this sport is a cross race / nationality one !! Hope to post some AM pics of my ridings around the surrounding hills of Santiago.

[jpvm]

[Live2rideUtah]

sweet pic, your just heading into your riding season so that sould be nice to see some pics in the chilean mtns when the snow if flying here.

[jpvm]

Oh yes , I'll keep ya informed ....

this is 5 min from home ...no matter we live in the 5 million people Santiago , I happen to be on the edge of the city , close to the mountains ...

[JohnnyCab]

I lived in Santiago for two years. Close to Santiago, El Huinganal and Santuario de la Naturaleza were awesome.

[Live2rideUtah]

Looksmlike some sweet singletrack there! Nice pucs

[jpvm]

Sure , there are some (still) wild places to go around the the city. As mentioned El Huinganal, Las Varas , and now a bike park (cool !) ... here are some shots ...

[jpvm]

Today I went to visit my cousin .. to see his Pivot Carbon .... nice ride !!! My Yeti weighs like 10 pound more !! ahahahaha

[jpvm]

Last ones of my kids ...

[JohnnyCab]

Is that El Manquehue?

[jpvm]

Is that El Manquehue?

Yes man , your absolutely right !!

[EHPhillips]

Are there any companies that rent bikes or do day rides?

[jpvm]

There must be some there (not here in Santiago) but in the far north desert in Chile (San Pedro de Atacama) there are more than 1 bike per soul .... also to the southern lake district too !!

Check here :

Mountain Bike Tours in Chile, Chile Bike Tours Atacama | Ecotours Chile - Bike Tours, Hiking Tours, Santiago Tours, Wine Tours

Atacama Tours in Chile, Biking, Hiking, Trekking Chile Tours | Ecotours Chile - Bike Tours, Hiking Tours, Santiago Tours, Wine Tours

[JohnnyCab]

A friend of mine rented a mountain bike in the heart of Santiago:

w w w.labicicletaverde.com/mountain_bike.php

[EHPhillips]

ok, thanks for the info. I was hoping to find a crew that rides hard and has access to good rental bikes so that we can hit the trails in the pictures.

[jpvm]

The other day in this same trail I came to meet 2 americans living here in Santiago, Chile, they were riding Rocky Mountian MTBs , one of them was flying back to Colorado to pick another bike back home.

[EHPhillips]

Where is the jump park?

[jpvm]

Here

MTBK ENDURO » Report y Resultados Oficiales 1ra fecha Kona Montenbaik Enduro 2012 en el Durazno Bike Park

[jpvm]

From the new El Durazno Bike park ... 10 min away from home...



a flying 29er ... ahahahahha

[Scale950]

Hi i`am from Puerto Rico, Nice trail you have there. Did you have any videos of those trails ?

[jpvm]

Hi i`am from Puerto Rico, Nice trail you have there. Did you have any videos of those trails ?

sure man.... check here

BIKE PARK EL DURAZNO BLOQUE 1 on Vimeo

[Scale950]

sure man.... check here

BIKE PARK EL DURAZNO BLOQUE 1 on Vimeo

Thanks nice video..

We have a couple of trail here in the island but myself mostly ride in this ~Los Pinchos Trail~ This video was made by this Lady and folks from Humacao MTB. You can go really fast in this trail but also U can go slower just like in the video and BTW Tubelees system is required ..

iSportX Los Pinchos Ruta MTB - YouTube