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Porn website sponsors Italian mountain bike team
Don’t ask us how we found this out, but… A porn website has sponsored a mountain bike team for 2016. xHamster.com announced in a blog today…
Obstacles placed across trails at the Forest of Dean
The official Twitter account for Forest of Dean mountain biking has posted images of obstacles that have been placed on mountain biking trails in the…
This is how hard you have to train to become a World Champion
It’s no secret that Nino Schurter is one very fit cyclist. After all, you don’t become World Cup Champion and World Champion in the same…
5 reasons mountain bikers need trees
Don’t curse their roots next time you’re out riding — mountain bikers need trees like fish need water. Here are five reasons why.
Transition launches a new bike… with 26 inch wheels
We’re not sure how many times we’ll be able to say this again in future but … there’s a new bike with 26 inch wheels.…
This is what happens when you mix mountain bikers and ninjas
If you think of ninjas you’re likely to picture them stealthily creeping through the shadows of feudal Japan, not hunting mountain bikers in the forests…
Tweets of the Week: Josh Bryceland, Julien Absalon, Steve Peat and more
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.…
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…
‘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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
Britain’s best stepped trails
No, not an album from the 90s group, but a look at all that’s good and bad about trail stairs. Like them or loathe them,…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…