It’s been a quiet week in mountain biking but that hasn’t kept all our favourite riders off their social media feeds to keep us entertained. Here are our picks from…
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Are 39 inch wheels the future of cross country mountain bikes?
Patrick Ng, a designer from Singapore, has just posted this 39 inch wheel bike on his Behance profile and it immediately caught our attention for obvious reasons. It’s not just the…
‘Ard Moors: ‘Ard Rock action on the North York Moors
We’ve known a new venue has been in the works for the ‘Ard Rock crew for a while and today the cat is out of the bag – get ready…
Meet the man who 3D prints his own carbon fibre mountain bikes
Will there ever be a day when you can just print a mountain bike from comfort of your living room? Well, if people like Adrian Smith have anything to say…
Iran to field first ever downhill World Cup team
If we were to guess where the newest World Cup downhill team was to come from, Iran would be pretty far down that list. Against all odds though, the Fastos…
Does this basement belong to the world’s biggest Specialized fan?
We’re pretty big fans of Specialized here at mbr, in fact in 2014 we even awarded it bike of the year for the Stumpjumper FSR Comp Evo, but this guy takes…
12 of the best photos of the 2016 Andes Pacifico
The Andes Pacifico returned for its third year in 2016 and it was as gorgeous as ever. The race was won by Tracey Moseley and Francois Billy-Maitre but it will…
Have you ever wondered how mountain bike frames are made?
How It’s Made is an engineering documentary that does exactly what it says on the tin, shows how things are made. It’s been running since 2001 and has featured everything…
Northern Ireland set to receive new trail centre at Gortin Glen
Gortin Glen, in Northern Ireland, is set to become a Regional Trail Centre with 14km of trails and a trail hub. Last Tuesday night, Fermanagh and Omagh District Council agreed to…
Stan’s No Tubes releases new formula for 15th birthday
For years Stan Koziatek has been sending a secret, prototype fluid in unmarked bottles to his racers, now, to celebrate his company’s 15th brithday, you can use this formula too. >>> Should…
Whyte 2016: highlights from the new range
Whyte has already had an impressive start to the year and has provided us with test winning bikes for both our Do-It-Trailbikes and Trail Hardtails grouptests. However there’s even more to the…
Monday Quiz: can you guess the mountain bike from its silhouette?
Go down to your local trail centre and you’re guaranteed to see a polyphony of bikes from the most rudimentary hardtails through to full-suss bikes boasting the latest gizmos and…
Watch Gee Atherton race the Cambrian rally
This weekend Gee Atherton proved himself to be a man of many many talents. Not only is he a multiple downhill World Champion but he’s also now a Cambrian Rally…
Watch the birth of a mountain bike
We’re often blown away by the clever camera use in mountain bike videos (check out this one using Lego for example) but this one really is top quality. >>> Watch this stop-motion…
Specialized staff help to maintain Surrey Hills trails
Staff from Specialized’s UK headquarters have teamed up with the Surrey Hills Mountain Bike Working group to maintain trails on Leith Hill. The staff will undergo training from B1ke and…
How to change your integrated headset
The integrated headset allows the bearings to sit directly into the top tube of your bike. This means changing your headset is now a job a home mechanic can do (with…
Is this the greatest trick ever landed on a mountain bike?
The Aussie roll, a double backflip 360, a double cork 1080, flip-90-180-flip-90 – nobody seems really too sure what to call this trick but whatever it is it’s certainly pretty…
Watch this mountain biker herding cows down an Argentinian trail
Remy Metailler is known for his mountain biking whips, but maybe he could have used a whip of a different kind to herd these cows off a downhill trail in…
Mountain biker sues parents after crash leaves him paraplegic
A man who was left paraplegic after a crash in a Canadian mountain bike race has been forced to sue his parents in a quirk of local Insurance Law. Landon…