The best way to get away from the Bank Holiday hordes is on your bike, so pack for the mountains and tackle something big and…
Trail News
Five natural routes you can bolt on to a trail centre
AKA trail centre alternatives. Ridden the trail centre a few times now? Here’s five great loops near trail centres that don’t have waymark arrows.…
Top five Yorkshire mountain bike routes: free GPS downloads
Cracking singletrack and out-there adventure riding. Yorkshire mountain bike routes in The Dales, the South Pennines, the Peak District and West Yorkshire.
GAP bikepark opens near Dublin next week
The doors are set to open at the Glencullen Adventure Park next week - July 29th/30th - so we can finally let the cat out…
BikePark Wales gives Insufficient Funds another makeover
The 'Insufficient Funds' trail at Bike Park Wales has been given a comprehensive makeover after last October's revamp which aimed to amp the flow.
Brendog and friends sessioning Edinburgh’s Skelf pump track
En route to Fort William World Cup, the SCOTT-Velosolutions team - Brendog, Neethling, Wilkins and co - put the new Skelf pump track through its…
Barbed wire trail sabotage in Stanmer Park, Brighton
A mountain biker suffers cuts to his leg from barb wire trap strung across a trail in Brighton's Stanmer Park earlier this week.
The Super6 is northern England’s answer to the 7Stanes
You've heard of the 7Stanes, well here are the Super6. Six forestry trail centres in the north of England that are been promoted as a…
Tweed Valley Trails Association looking for board members
Tweed Valley Trails Association is seeking individuals with skills, vision and spare time to help make Scotland's Tweed Valley the best place to ride.
BikePark Wales charging extra £7 to take e-bikes on the trails
BikePark Wales have become the first and - as far we know - only bike park or trail centre to start charging more for e-bikes.
Try your hand at bothy biking
Bothy biking is essentially bikepacking but without a tent. You use a bothy instead of a tent. Read on to get inspired to plan your…
What has trail advocacy ever done for us?
Here are some examples of what trail advocacy has achieved. And here are a number of things that you can do to help out too.
Convicted trail saboteur ordered to attend ‘thinking skills’ course
A fifty year old male has been ordered to attend 'thinking skills' course after being found guilt of setting up barbed wire booby trap across…
With Ordnance Survey Aerial 3D you can ‘virtually preview’ trails before riding them
In Ordnanace Survey's Aerial 3D feature you can view plotted routes from any angle you wish and from a multitude of distances and heights.
E-bikepark coming to the Surrey Hills
Plans have just been revealed for a new bike park specifically for electric bikes near Peaslake in the Surrey Hills.
Electric bikes could be banned from New Zealand national park
An outdoor advocacy group wants a ban on all electric bikes in Tongariro National Park in New Zealand.
Leeds golf course to become a bike park
Plans have just been approved to convert former golf course into an urban bike park at a site near Leeds, Yorkshire.
Grit and Steel is a trail map with a difference
Grit and Steel is Sheffield’s first ever piste-map for cyclists, featuring over 45 spots to "get sideways and rad on a bicycle".
Tidworth Freeride reopens this weekend
Tidworth Freeride bike park in Wiltshire re-opens this weekend after a winter closedown to freshen up the trails and add some new bits.
Got £2million kicking around? Buy yourself a bike park.
The venerable PORC bike park has been put up for sale by its owner with a guide price of "at least £2million" in the description.