The chance to compete against the elite doesn’t come very often in cycle sport. To merely qualify for the right to try and qualify for a World Cup downhill requires working your way up…
James Smurthwaite
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Difficult course causes carnage in men’s Mont Sainte Anne cross country World Cup (VIDEO)
Mont-Sainte-Anne played host to a double header this weekend. As the downhill riders were recovering from their Sunday morning, post-race hangovers, the cross-country races were well underway. It was the fourth round of the…
Pro Bike Check: Curtis Keene’s Specialized Stumpjumper 650b
Curtis “The American Dream” Keene is one of America’s big hopes for taking home some Enduro World Series glory. He repaid his fans at round six of the EWS last year at Crankworx in…
Bold: the bike with the shock hidden inside its frame
No, your eyes don’t deceive you, that is a full-suspension bike. Except, it appears to be missing that most vital of components on a suspension bike; a shock. Bold bikes,…
Pro Bike Check: Joe Barnes’ Canyon Spectral CF
Joe Barnes rides for the Canyon Factory Enduro team, we caught up with him at round three of this year’s Enduro World Series at the Tweedlove Festival in Scotland where he showed us his Canyon…
The simplest dropper post ever?
The new patent-pending Orbea Digit dropper seatpost brings most of the benefits of a dropper post to a much wider audience. Like most great ideas, it’s ridiculously simple. The seatpost is slotted…
Dodging cows, cars and civilians in Peru
We’re quite used to seeing urban downhill edits where the streets are closed off for races, and they are crazy enough, but Aaron Chase went one better and decided to…
YT Industries Capra AL1 (2015) review (VIDEO)
Key Points Alloy version of the formidable Capra Available in an XL frame size RockShox suspension delivers 160mm of travel at the front, 165mm at the rear Geometry mirrors the carbon…
First look: Hope goes orange for 2016 (VIDEO)
Hope has just launched its 2106 range and we took a (short) trip down to Peaslake to see what they have on offer. The biggest surprise is that the famous…
How to service your Hope Pro 2 freehub
Hope hubs are incredibly reliable but they do need occasional maintenance to keep them running at their best. The bearings are sealed and pretty much maintenance-free — simply knock them out…
Rock garden overtake clinches World Cup win for Schurter (VIDEO)
Windham played host to the penultimate round of the XCO World Cup series and the dusty track did not disappoint Men’s Windham XCO Series leader, and winner in Mont-Sainte-Anne last week, Nino Schurter…
Missy Giove, carb-Minnaar-a and podiums with the Syndicate
The Windham World Cup was another strong one for the Santa Cruz Syndicate boys and this video may just expose the secret to their success… Greg Minnaar‘s pre-race cooking. Last…
How to replace a Shimano external bottom bracket
The Shimano external bottom bracket has been around for ages now and is arguably the most common bottom bracket standard. It’s been superseded by various press-fit incarnations lately but the…
How to service your RockShox Monarch air can
How to do a RockShox Monarch Service: Follow these easy steps to keep your shock running as smooth as silk, prevention is always better than cure.
How to avoid the most common enduro mistakes
Very often cycling can be a sport of marginal gains and this is especially true in Enduro racing. When you’re racing over three days on some the craziest terrain known…
Brendan Fairclough’s Skills Secrets: Line Choice
Racers, skills coaches and armchair experts are forever talking about line choice, and with good reason; a couple of inches left or right can make the difference between zero and…
Brendan Fairclough’s Secrets of Better Riding: Weighting and Unweighting
Have you ever followed a rider who, without even pedalling, seems to get away from you on a descent, and yet you’ve not touched the brakes? Wonder how they did…
Brendan Fairclough’s Secrets of Better Riding: Braking and Pedalling
Pedal to go faster and brake to go slower, right? Of course that’s true in most cases, but pedal in the wrong section and it can actually slow you down.…
Brendan Fairclough’s Secrets of Better Riding: Movement on the bike
Movement on the bike is critical when it comes to finding grip, staying balanced, and maximising your body’s ability to absorb shocks. Over the course of a ride you will…
Brendan Fairclough’s Secrets of better riding: Where to look on a mountain bike
It may sound obvious to say that looking at where you want to go is a particularly important — even crucial — skill on a bike. But it is one…