Experience Gravity's Facebook: Pop in for a visit, check out upcoming special rides, post photos and videos of your adventures, meet other riders, form groups to do the lesser known rides, ask questions or discuss -- it's all in one place, and it's your community as a Gravity rider!! Click the link HERE.

CUT TO THE CHASE: Show me the photo slideshow of The World's Most Dangerous Road!!! More information about this world-famous ride here.

TROUBLE SEEING THE VIDEO ON YOUR RIDE CD? Perhaps the computer you are using doesn't have the right video drivers. Click here to Download them. Then click on the file to install the drivers ... and just like magic you will be able to see the videos! Some computers block this download option, so if this link doesn't work one other option is you could look for this file on other sites by using google for: download DivX codec. There are lots of other places to download this file from. Once you have downloaded it install the file. Then try the cd again, and you should see them fine.

GREAT NEWS: The Bolivian rainy season is finally coming to an end. we are still facing some rainy days but things have cleared up a lot. This means that we are back to Gravity's normal season prices and packages. The other great news is that all of our new guides are now trained up and ready to rumble down the road. This means that we will be able to run even more rides per day (EXCEPT for the week of 24th of March to 31st of March, when quite a few of us will be racing in Cuzco... please REMEMBER it is worth booking online through this site to guarantee a space during that week). When we receive your reservation we will contact you with all the details you need to enjoy the trip.

A couple of independent comments to keep you on track: The brand new (and in-stock at the Gravity office) Lonely Planet South America on a shoestring (10th Edition, March 2007) guide book recommends Gravity and also says ... "Many other outfits on Sagárnaga offer the La Cumbre to Coroico trip for a few bucks less [than Gravity] but consider what corners are being cut before you go plunging downhill" pg. 193. We couldn't have said it better ourselves! Interestingly, this edition of the guide book also dedicates a whole "boxed text" to the issue of the dangers of going with cut-priced operators down The World's Most Dangerous Road. For your edification we have included it here. We are guessing that the fact that LP recommends us means they count us as a "quality company" and not one of the "less than ideal" ones!:

DEADLY TREADLIES: Many agencies offering the La Cumbre to Coroico mountain bike plunge give travelers T-shirts plastered with: "I've survived the World's Most Dangerous Road." Keep in mind, the gravel road is just that: it's narrow (just over 3.2m wide) and has precipitous cliffs up to 600m... and there's traffic. At the time of research, eight people (higher figures sometimes quoted) have died doing the 64km trip (with a 3600m vertical drop) and readers have reported close encounters and nasty accidents. Most of these are due to little or no instruction and preparation, and poor quality mountain bikes (beware bogus rebranded bikes). In short, many agencies are less than ideal. Be aware of outfits which deflate prices - cost cutting can mean dodgy brakes, poor quality parts and literally, a deadly treadly. Multilingual guides are necessary for coaching and control. Ask agencies for proof of rescue equipment (rope rescue, harnesses, belays, oxygen), and a pre-departure briefing. Ensure a quality company on this spectacular route before you freewheel your life away.

If you have any specific questions, please don't hesitate to contact us at info@gravitybolivia.com

Here you will find all the information you need about the adventure travelers' first choice in adventurous activities in South America: our fantastic downhill mountain bike rides in Bolivia! Plus there's general info about mountain biking in Bolivia, and about Team Gravity (our downhill, cross-country and 4x mountain bike race team).

SHORT CUTS to the INFORMATION THAT MATTERS MOST!!

1. Learn more about Gravity's WORLD FAMOUS mountain bike ride down "The World's Most Dangerous Road."
2. Check out our calendar of upcoming SPECIAL rides, i.e., all the super-duper rides we do which are NOT down The World's Most Dangerous Road, including rides for more experienced riders such as 1-day Secret Singletrack rides and 2- to 3-day adventurous singletrack rides around Bolivia.
3. Find out the prices of Gravity's 1-day rides.
4. Make a Reservation for a 1-day mountain bike ride with Gravity, (NOTE: BOOK online 48+ hours before your ride to get a FREEBIE GIFT).
5. Get directions to the Gravity office in La Paz, Bolivia.
6. Download the video preview of Gravity then right click and "save as" here.
7. Find out more about a great new hostel in La Paz, The Adventure Brew Hostel, with its own microbrewery (the world's highest), clean rooms, hot showers, rooftop bar & BBQ, traveler information, dorm and private rooms, and a fun and social atmosphere, all at reasonable prices. We might be a bit biased but we think this is THE hostel to stay in while in La Paz... and the new Lonely Planet: South America on a Shoestring agrees: "The name says it all. This brand-new abode on the block offers designer-style rooms, funky communal spaces, pancake breakfasts, as well as fun on tap. Yes, there's an authentic microbrewery on site." 10th edition, March 2007, Pg. 196.

READ ON for DETAILS ON WHAT MAKES GRAVITY SO FRIGG'N AWESOME!!

Despite being consistently recognised as the best mountain biking company in Bolivia -- just check out the reviews below -- we are obsessed with getting better and better!

"Top tours with excellent bikes and guides ... definitely the most highly recommended" Footprint Bolivia, November 2004 "Easily the safest option… top-class guides … world-class bikes …" On The Hill (UK), March 2002 "La Paz's top agency" Dallas Morning News, April 4, 2004 "highly regarded" Lonely Planet South America, 2004 "highly professional" Footprint South American Handbook, 2003 "best reputation" Rough Guide Bolivia, 2002 "The original and best downhill mountain-bike operator" The Rough Guide to South America, 2004

That's right -- despite all this praise, we haven't fallen asleep at the wheel ... we are busting a gut to become even better! We won't bore you with too many details, but here are some highlights of the improvements introduced since 2006:

1. NEW model Kona mountain bikes arriving all the time. We have new Kona Coilers and Special Edition Kona Coiler Garbanzo's arriving regularly, so our fleet is spanky shiny new. Gravity is proud to be both an official Kona Ride Center ("Groove approved") and the distributor for Kona mountain bikes in Bolivia. Contact us if you want to buy a new or used Kona mountain bike.

2. The best brakes on the planet! Every single one of Gravity's mountain bikes is equipped with Hayes hydraulic disc brakes. This means effortless 1-finger braking in even the worst conditions down some of the biggest downhills on the planet. No other bicycle tour company in South America, let alone Bolivia, has its entire fleet equipped with such fantastic brakes. Gravity is proud to be the distributor for Hayes Disc Brakes in Bolivia. Contact us if you want to buy Hayes disc brakes. PLEASE NOTE: Gravity is also EXTREMELY PROUD to be able to guarantee that EVERY ONE OF OUR BIKES is equipped with HAYES or EBC original brake pads, and that none of our bikes uses re-machined or resurfaced brake pads.

3. Buy the Gravity Photo CD -– much more than just a photo CD!!!!!! Now it's even easier to show off your daring do to your friends, relatives and jealous work-mates. Our Gravity guides will take high-resolution digital photos (100+) throughout the day, and after the ride we will view these on a television. If you like what you see, you can purchase the CD to pick up from our office or for us to send home to your mum! The Gravity photo CD includes:

• High-resolution photos and short videos of your day out with Gravity
• A fancy menu-driven system set to music
• "Best-of" photos, and photos from Gravity's other great rides
• A full-color fancy sticker on the CD
• A full-color fold-out presentation booklet and CD sleeve to keep the CD safe

4. THE WORLD-FAMOUS Gravity t-shirt FREE with every ride (check them out in the office or in the GRAVITY STORE). We are proud to report that our t-shirts are a backpacker favorite throughout the world! Lost your t-shirt, or just need to buy more so you have a clean one for every day of the week? Visit the GRAVITY STORE and you can purchase a Gravity t-shirt to be mailed to you.

5. The FANTASTIC Gravity guides are better than ever ... All the Gravity guides race for TEAM GRAVITY! We have cleaned out the La Paz downhill race series for years, as well as taking out a pile of medals at the national champs!!!! You can visit our photo galleries for photo highlights of recent mountain bike races here in Bolivia.

If you have any questions please do not hesitate to contact us on info@gravitybolivia.com

Yours,

Alistair
TEAM GRAVITY
Gravity Assisted Mountain Biking
www.gravitybolivia.com

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