The Epic Cymru made a dazzling (yet drizzly) debut last year and stormed onto the scene as the UK’s only mountain bike stage race. It’s back again…
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Would you trust a foldable enduro bike?
Here’s a novel idea from Finnish bike brand Pole – a foldable enduro bike. It’s certainly not the first example of a folding mountain bike…
Store your chain tool inside your handlebar with the Barstow
In the world of enduro it’s becoming trendy to eschew a backpack full of kit and instead survive on the bare minimum to get you…
Julien Absalon: “London 2012 was the worst moment of my career”
Julien Absalon will be preparing for the Rio 2016 Olympics with the memories of London 2012 still haunting him. Three and a half years after…
Watch highlights from the sodden Grizedale day/night enduro
If you’re going to organise a race in the middle of January in the Lake District there’s one thing you can almost guarantee – rain.…
Watch highlights from the annual mountain bike chariot World Championships
Julius Caesar and his legionnaires may be long gone from our windswept shores but there’s one village in Wales that still clings on to its Roman heritage. Along…
The 9 best British mountain bike events of 2016
Sure, we all love riding on our local trails with our mates but if you want to really push your limits we think you need to…
YT Industries replaces Bos with Fox for 2016
Key Points Bos suspension replaced with Fox Capra CF Pro gains boosted travel Pike replaced with Lyrik on CF Comp Kashima? On YT bikes? Yep,…
Lady Canning’s closed as damp December leaves springs running down trails
This wet winter is proving to be a nightmare for mountain bikers as not one day after we announced the delay of the Moray Monster…
How to adjust your headset
There’s not many things more disconcerting than having play in your headset. That tiny knocking sound and slight movement in the bars can really put…
Enduro World Series racer Isabeau Courdurier stars on TransWorld sport
21 year old Enduro World Series racer Isabeau Courdurier has starred in a Trans World Sport documentary segment. The French rider is one of enduro’s…
Wet weather delays opening of new Scottish trails
The opening of a new skills area at the Moray Monster trails in north east Scotland has been delayed following the wettest December on record. The…
Uplift booking for the new FlyUp 417 bike park goes live
Uplift booking has opened for the FlyUp417 bike park two months before it is due to be open to the public. The Fly Up 417 Project is…
Pro Bike Check: Joe Smith’s Nukeproof Pulse
We caught up with Joe Smith at the RedBull Hardline and he took the time out to show us his explosively good Nukeproof Pulse downhill…
Martyn Ashton: “Oh my God, I’m not dead”
Two years after a crash that left him paralysed, trials legend Martyn Ashton is riding again When you had your accident at a trials demo…
Are mountain bike hand guards the ‘next big thing’?
Have you ever been riding through a woodland trail when a stray branch has thwacked your hand against the bar? It doesn’t half hurt, especially…
Mavic to release carbon wheelset in 2016
Mavic has confirmed it will be releasing a carbon wheelset in 2016. As it stands Mavic’s top of the range wheels are made from its…
Behind the scenes of Danny MacAskill’s Gran Canaria rooftops video
“Come on, why am I scared?” Danny MacAskill berates himself as he pulls up to a three-storey drop on a rooftop in Gran Canaria. Well considering…
Bird launches two new hardtails for 2016
Key points Zero range splits into two. Zero.AM is a 150mm hardcore model. Zero.TR is 130mm and 200 grams lighter than 2014 Zero. What is…
Watch this rider drift a bed down a hill
First the Dave TV show The Indestructibles bought us Chris Akrigg riding a Rickshaw down Chicksands bike park and now this. It can be difficult to motivate yourself to get out…