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Benjamin Haworth
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Could you ride The Impossible Berm?
A frantic and fun filled thrash of a vid to set you up for the weekend. Shot by the infamously raggedy and raging 50/01 collective, The Impossible Berm is imply…
All you need to know about Sunday’s World Champs
Val di Sole in Italy is the venue for this Sunday's UCI Downhill Mountain Bike World Championships - better known as the .World Champs'.
The psychological side of enduro racing
Canyon's Joe Barnes, Justin Leov and co. open up to the camera about what psychological toil enduro racing takes out on you.
How more trail access for bikes would benefit the rural economy
Cycling UK (formerly known as The CTC) have introduced an economic argument for rights of way 'responsible access' reform for off-road bikes.
12 predictions for mountain bikes in 2017
We've sifted through all the weirdness, all the e-bikes, all the gimmicks to come up with a list of stuff that will actually impact on the average rider.
Check out Aaron Gwin’s custom World Champs bike
It's something of a tradition to do a special paintjob for World Championship bikes. This is the bike that Aaron will be piloting at Val di Sole this weekend.
Portable tubeless tyre inflator that recharges as you pedal
The Bimp'Air is a tubeless tyre inflator with a difference. It's portable. And you can charge it up with air as you ride along.
14 ideas that changed mountain biking
Here's our list of what we think have been the all-time game changing ideas.
The fastest trail dog ever
Ex-World Cup DH racer Nicolas Ortiz takes his dog - called Heaven - out on his rides. They are both rather nippy!
Rotwild’s electric downhill bike
At Eurobike Rotwild unveiled their new R.G+ FS electric downhill bike. A 200mm travel beast with Brose motor.
Dirty Deals: 1x chainsets, wheelsets, tyres and much more
It's taken us a fair bit longer to unearth some decent enough bargains for this week's Dirty Deals. But unearthed them we have. We're good to you like that see.
Plus size tyres spread to BMX
The SE Bikes OM-Duro sports 27.5+ tyres but it's definitely not a mountain bike. It's a BMX for those of certain age maybe.
Protoype e-MTB from BMC spotted at Eurobike
Spotted at Eurobike and confirmed in a press release from BMC, the as yet unnamed electric mountain bike amongst the sleekest e-MTB we've seen to date.
Mountain biker injured by trail sabotage in Forest Of Dean
Reports have emerged of an incident on August 22nd where a mountain biker was injured by obstacles deliberately put on to bike trails.
Gallery of cool and weird new stuff from Eurobike
Even though we have seen and heard about a lot of 2017 stuff already there's always plenty more titbits revealed at Eurobike. Some surprises from the big brands and loads…
Some interesting new Genesis bikes for you
Amidst the bearded bikepackers and the shaven legged road and cyclocross brigade lurks the new Genesis Tarn 29er and Tarn 27.5+ mountain bikes.
Go chainless at the push of a button with Canyon’s Disconnect system
New idea from Canyon offers on-the-fly freehub disengagement. Why? Bike suspension works better without chain forces.
Watch Claudio Caluori and Loïc Bruni fail to ride a tandem down Vallnord
It's unclear whose idea it was but this track preview (starts off at least) rather differently. Claudio and Bruni have a go at piloting a tandem down the Vallnord DH…
Bog snorkelling is the new enduro
It was the World Mountain Bike Bog Snorkelling Championships last weekend and to celebrate this most eccentric of UK mountain bike events here's an amusing video.