Ajdovščina Bike Festival
Feeling the Adrenalin Rush
Ajdovščina is touted for its great mountain bike trails and giving rise to a number of high-profile mountain bikers. The Črn Trn Cycling Club whose member is the native Mitja Ergaver, the 2016 Four cross (4X) world champion, operates in town.
The cycling club organizes the traditional Ajdovščina Bike Festival which manages to bring top European mountain bikers to the local tracks. In 2017, for the first time ever in Slovenia, the Pale Sports Park will host a European Four-Cross (4X) Series ride as part of the Bike Festival. Besides this important European race, the festival programme also incorporates the B4X Inverted.si Slovenia Cup. The spectacular dirt jump routines will keep spectators gasping in amazement.
In addition to the competition, the festival also seeks to popularise cycling among the general population. To this end, the organizers included other fun events into the programme: balance bike races for children, family bike tours and organised MTB loop shuttle transfers.