OK, brace yourself for this one, it was our most watched video of the year and with good reason, it’s pretty ridiculous! We’ve all seen a hill from a distance…
James Smurthwaite
Contributor
11 of the best secret trail centres in the UK
Trail centres are great for providing accessible, all year round riding and some incredible singletrack. Unfortunately sometimes they can be victims of their own success with overflowing car parks and…
MBR’s video Advent Calendar day 25: Danny MacAskill’s Cascadia
We thought it had been a quiet year for Danny MacAskill but he’s stormed back into the limelight by ending the year with two mind-boggling videos. The first was the…
Steve Peat announces retirement from World Cup racing
There was some unfortunate news at the end of 2015 as Steve Peat announced he will be retiring form World Cup racing at the end of the 2016 season. Peat’s career…
Has Rob Warner just let slip a clue about Aaron Gwin’s future?
In an interview with Greg Minnaar at Soho Bikes in London Rob Warner has suggested that Aaron Gwin will not be riding for Specialized next year. At 11 minutes in…
Claudio Caluori challenges Brendan Fairclough to milk a cow, play the Alphorn and more
At Christmas time we can normally expect videos where riders dress up as Santa and shred snowy trails to some Christmas music, you know the sort. Well this year the…
MBR’s video Advent Calendar day 22: Brandon Semenuk rides Utah at night
In honour of winning the People’s Choice award at this year’s Red Bull Rampage, Brandon Semenuk released the full Utah at Night section from his feature length Revel in the…
MBR’s video Advent Calendar Day 21: Danny MacAskill’s Drop and Roll
There’s nothing better for brightening up the shortest day of the year than a Danny MacAskill video and this one is no exception. The creator of Imaginate and The Ridge is…
Watch Loic Bruni win the World Championships
It’s been a rough year for Loic Bruni. He’s been so close to claiming his first World Cup win but has remained perpetually in the shadow of other men. He’s…
Martyn Ashton smashes rehab fund raising target within two hours
Once again the mountain biking community has shown how wonderful and charitable it really is as it came to the rescue of paralysed trials rider Martyn Ashton. Yesterday afternoon, Martyn…
Could putting these magnets on your nose make you a faster rider?
American protection company Asterisk reckons it can give you pole-position performance by simply clipping some magnets to your goggles and your nose. Intrigued? Well here’s how it works. It’s called…
Tweets of the week: Steve Peat, Tahnee Seagrave, Bill Nye and more
There’s just one week to go until Christmas and with the party season in full swing the pros have been busier than ever on social media. Steve Peat‘s so famous…
Cross country World Cup rider tests positive for EPO
Rourke Croeser, a top South African cross country cyclist, has tested positive for EPO. Croeser was found to have taken EPO in an out of competition urine test conducted on 30…
Legends bow out of the EWS in Finale
With one week to go until Christmas we’re bringing you these quick highlights from Finale Ligure that capped off the most intriguing EWS series to date. Tracy Moseley claimed the…
Watch this mountain biker get attacked by 25 angry dogs
Everyone loves a trail dog and there can sometimes be nothing better than having a ride with a furry friend, but this Greek rider had a very different canine experience when…
Mountain biking meets Rambo in The Sickest Edit Ever
Ever wondered what would happen if mountain bikes became banned from Whistler and roller blades took their place? That’s the question that will hopefully be answered in ‘The Sickest Edit…
Watch the wildest moments from the 2015 downhill World Cups
The downhill World Cup series finale in Val di Sole may seem like a distant memory now but that hasn’t stopped Red Bull from firing out this compilation of the…
Watch these mountain bikers save a boar from drowning
Sometimes when we’re riding on our local trails we’ll see a squirrel, a rabbit or, if we’re really lucky, a deer before they scurry off into the trees. This group…
Jared Graves joins Specialized
It has today been officially revealed that Jared Graves is joining Specialized for the 2016 EWS series. Specialized has posted this short teaser video of Graves riding on an Enduro…
Charge Bikes’ Dave Wardell saves Christmas
Santa’s not got an easy job. In fact, we’ve calculated it would take Chris Froome 13 million non-stop hours at Tour de France pace (or 1,500 years) to cycle the…