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verything started in 2001 with a downhill video that a friend sho-
wed her. “The video fascinated me instantly,” raves Ludi. “I inheri-
ted a little bit of money from a relative and didn’t hesitate to buy
a bike.” Back then, Ludi didn’t know that one day she would be a bike pro
and in 2015 become the brand manager of the bike producer LIV.
She trusted her gut
Instead of sitting in the laboratory she wanted to work in something
related to travelling, nature, sport and people. Innsbruck offered her
the perfect surroundings: mountains, bike trails, downhill and Enduro
tracks. She studied molecular biology, something that one can make a
lot of money with. But she had to wait too long on her research funds
to do her doctorate. So she got bored… and started being creative.
This is how she became a trainer for riding technique and a trainer for
mountain bike trainers at the Austrian Alpine Club. “I could earn a little
bit of money with that and later I started to work independently as a
bike guide.” She has never regretted her decision, because she was fi-
ne: “I was poor, but I was happy, as I had trusted my gut.” In order to be
Grausame Langdistanz: Der Nordkette-Singletrail
ist eine der steilsten und schwierigsten Downhillstrecken
Europas inmitten der Bergkulisse direkt oberhalb von Innsbruck.
Länge: 4,2 km, 1030 Hm, maximales Gefälle 36 Grad. //
Horrifying long distance: The Nordkette-single trail
is one of the steepest and most difficult downhill tracks
of Europe in the middle of the mountains above Innsbruck.
Length: 4.2 km, difference in altitude: 1030 m,
maximum incline: 36°
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