Mountainbike Museum — Attraction in Arnhem

So if you have an interest in mountain biking, this place is well worth a visit, even you Dutch Ladies and Gentlemen, (i know you love your town bikes, so ride them to the Museum, then you can cheer on Mathieu van der Pol and see bikes that would have got him interested) He's also a great guy, who I met in Canada, so down to earth. Anyway I digress, back to the Museum, it's free! No you can't buy anything, and it's amazing and needs to be kept alive. The bikes are all organised in dates so you can see everything from specialised Stumpjumper 1982 so 7 years before I got my first mountain bike but one of the reasons I got so into. Up to some modern day Merida's. So as I said it's free you can come for an coffee, and just a chat, or have a look at the bikes, they also have rentals and next door is a trail, so give it a go you'll be smiling I'm sure, but, you'll have to wait until next year for a review on that! If you enjoyed your visit then there is a box for donations or perhaps just buy Jeroen a coffee. The Museum is only open Friday, Saturday and Sunday, it has toilets and if you got muddy on the trails a shower.

And remember if you like mountain biking The Malverns Mountain Biking Festival is in August I look forward to...

Ride straight back into the history of mountainbiking and how it evolved to be one of today's most popular outdoor sports. Check the clunkers, drool over the ultra lightweight supercool parts, smile at the engineering fails and technological successes that lead to how present day mtb's work. Enjoy the enthusiastic stories the founder will most likely throw at you for an hour or so. Finally, relax, glad that now you finally understand what moves these mtb people and -after a drink and snack- mount a bike to fly down the trails that run in the woods, a stone's throw from the museum, annex trail centre. Highly...

I can't say enough positive things about this place - you need to go and see it yourself and meet Jeroen the owner to fully appreciate it.

It's got a really relaxed atmosphere and a huge collection of bikes from 1982 onwards with loads and loads of unusual stuff that I haven't seen anywhere else. In addition it has shower facilities and would be a great place to meet up after a ride. There's also some useful bits and bobs for sale in case you need to fix up your bike and some souvenirs and other nicknacks too.

Best of all it is completely FREE - donations are...