June 5, 2019
Winner Soil Searching Bike Raffle announced at Trail Days
The Soil Searching Bike Raffle to support local trail crews participating in Take Care of Your Trails ended Saturday June 1 at the Trail Days in Molveno, Italy. At the festival, money was raised to support 4 groups across Europe. The selected organisations are Aberdeenshire Trail Association from Scotland, Mountain Bikers Foundation from France, ASD West Coast Trails from Italy and Golovec Trails from Slovenia.
On Saturday evening, just before the start of the live music performances, the winner of the bike was announced by Fanie Kok of Specialized and Mark Torsius, IMBA Europe. Winner of the bike is Markus Schmid. Markus can choose his preferred frame & wheel size of the Stumpjumper, knowing he will be one of the lucky few riding this special edition of the Stumpy. Before and at the Trail Days, €3568,- was raised for the volunteer trail projects of the 4 selected groups.