{"id":164965,"date":"2018-05-25T08:05:29","date_gmt":"2018-05-25T08:05:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.welovecycling.com\/wide\/?p=164965"},"modified":"2018-05-25T08:05:29","modified_gmt":"2018-05-25T08:05:29","slug":"living-the-life-of-an-mtb-guide-in-livigno-whats-the-year-round-drill","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.welovecycling.com\/wide\/2018\/05\/25\/living-the-life-of-an-mtb-guide-in-livigno-whats-the-year-round-drill\/","title":{"rendered":"Living the Life of an MTB Guide in Livigno: What’s the Year-Round Drill?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Coming from Chiavenna, Italy, a small town by the Lago Como lake close to the Swiss border, Adam Quadrioni has always loved mountains surrounding his home. Riding mountain bikes since he was 14, Adam won the Italian Junior championships title in Cross Country in 2001. Supported by the official Italian team Bianchi, he ended up 12th overall in the World Championships in Vail, USA, the same year. Since he’s been living in Livigno for 13 years, you’d hardly imagine a more competent rider who could guide you through mountain trails in one of the most user-friendly mountain biking resorts in Europe.<\/strong><\/p>\n

What kind of cycling do you like the most?<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

I like all types of cycling, I still use my road bike for early-season rides but, of course, I’m more into the whole mountain-biking thing. Enduro-style rides, in particular. I also like some bike packing but always with my enduro bike.<\/p>\n

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Adam Quadrioni on his home turf.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

What convinced you to do the job of a mountain biking guide?<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

I’ve always had a dream of turning my passion into a job, so that’s why I started to take people on tours around Livigno as a hobby five years ago. I was – and still am \u2013 working in a bike shop called \u201cThe Bike Store\u201d in Livigno and that’s how I started to get people interested in my tours.<\/p>\n

Have you ever experienced any really dangerous situation with your customers?<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

Last year, I had two accidents where we had to call a helicopter for rescuing the rider who had the accident. But at the end of the day, it turned out to be nothing serious and we ended up having a beer together!<\/p>\n