Gooner, done, yep at the top, second lift, looking forward to it already. Theres probably 4 of us, hopefully including Lazy, if he makes it down from mont blanc!
Massive thanks peasnotwar! Plenty to be getting on with there. Mugsys its like any "extreme" place, there are people there to get into the hills and people there who just like the lifestyle and mincing around in bars where they know everyone.
link for Tom's book "Mountain Bike Guide - Chamonix"
http://www.chainreactioncycles.com/Models.aspx?ModelID=33195
I've just ridden the les houches dhill track, just like tuesday I tried the black variants but 2 steep for my single pot brakes. it was giod. I also rode rhs of the 1st ns and then cery tight wswitchbacks, and I beared left, les aillouds, 2 finsish with loose shale stone shoots. I walked probably 100m but it still had plenty of rideable tight and sweet rocky singletrack.
They have just introduced buses that take bikes up and down the valley as the train gets a bit over subscribed
http://www.chamonet.com/whats_new_article.php?id_whats_new=4995&id_back=1