Barbed wire traps possible aimed at deterring motocross bikers are also a real danger to all other users of the plantation on the Salisbury Plain.
Trail News
Five routes that need to be ridden as the forests come back to life in spring
Watersmeet in Exmoor, Grizedale Forest in the Lakes, the Great Glen Way in Invergarry, Glyn Ceiriog in the Berwyns and Grovely Wood in Wiltshire.
Buried broken glass booby trap in Shropshire trail sabotage
Mountain bikers have discovered large shards of broken sheet glass buried upright on a trail commonly used be bikes in Nescliffe Hill, Shropshire.
£1m bike centre planned for Brechfa Forest in Carmarthenshire
Plans for a £1 million mountain bike centre for Carmarthenshire’s Brechfa Forest have been submitted. Bike shop, café, showers, bunkhouse and more.
Illegal trail building features on BBC TV tonight at 7:30pm
Landward programme on BBC One Scotland tonight at 7:30pm tackles the issue of unauthorised trail building by mountain bikers.
Trail sabotage strikes again in West Wales
Nails-through-wood traps have been discovered in a woodland near Lampeter in Ceredigion, Wales. There have actually been two separate nail traps left.
Six new trails for Bikepark Wales to open before July
BikePark Wales will be five years old this August and the guys and gals are going to make 2018 a year to go down in…
How farmers could make money from helping mountain bikers
UK farmers to say “Get on my land” to cyclists? Cycling UK says for public funds to improve footpaths and bridleways.
The world’s smallest bikepark
A mere 300 metres long and with a modest 30 metres of elevation, Bike Park Groningen in the Netherlands could be the smallest bikepark in
Your opinion sought on £10million mountain bike park in Aberdeenshire
The mountain biking community is being asked for its opinion on plans for a multimillion-pound bike park at Durris Forest in Aberdeenshire, Scotland.
E-bikes banned off-road in Washington State
Local mountain bike alliance EMBA were part of the team behind the bill which sees e-bikes banned unless land managers specify otherwise.
Strava Global Heatmap and how to opt out of it
Strava have just release an updated version of the Strava Global Heatmap. This new version has another two year's worth of users' activities in there.
How to spend two minutes repairing a trail damaged by Snowmageddon
The Beast From The East has left a lot of standing water and debris on the trails. Here's how to do your bit to help.…
Watch (through your fingers) Yoann Barelli riding infamous White Line trail
A couple of years ago we asked is the White Line trail the scariest in the world? Here's Yoann Barelli taking on the infamously spectacular…
Why Brexit might benefit mountain biking
Cycling campaign group Cycling UK seem to have spotted an area by which mountain bikers and other cyclists might just might just benefit from Brexit.
What is the minimum distance a Strava segment must be?
We have been pondering the whys and wherefores of short tracks. And specifically short segments on Strava.
Two arrested for building illegal bike trail in Indiana
Two men, both aged 54, were arrested for building an illegal trail inside the Fort Harrison State Park in Indianapolis, USA.
Belfast council debating a ban on mountain biking in Cave Hill Country Park
Belfast council's People and Communities Committee are today debating whether they are going to ban mountain biking in Cave Hill Country Park.
Cwmcarn awarded £160,000 to build new trails
South Wales mountain bike trail centre Cwmcarn is to receive funding totalling £160,000 to build a new trail and improve existing facilities.
Five mountains for new riders
Big mountain adventures with a small 'a' - less hike-a-bike, more trail to like. Five routes that put the mountain into mountain biking - the…