National Resources Wales (NRW), which owns and runs several mountain biking hotspots in Wales sent its staff an email last week detailing the need to…
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BikePark Wales confirms massive expansion including 46 new trails and on-site accommodation
BikePark Wales has confirmed the exciting expansion plans that we revealed earlier this year, thanks to a new 33-year lease signed with Natural Resources Wales.…
Shimano to commit $10 million to new global Trail Born Fund aimed at helping trail building projects around the world
The world’s biggest bicycle component manufacturer, Shimano, has announced it will be financially backing global MTB trail building projects under the name of ‘Trail Born…
Great news for West Country riders: Flyup 417 Bike Park is to reopen early, as major road project runs ahead of schedule
Gloucestershire bike park Flyup 417 will be reopening on 17 July after work on the A417 Missing Link road project began early. The bike park…
Better than Morzine? Crans-Montana in Switzerland should be on your riding bucket list
Start planning an alpine riding holiday and the first places that probably come to mind are Morzine and Les Gets. These mountain biking meccas are…
The little-known Austrian resort that’s heaven for both kids and mountain bikers
Serfaus-Fiss-Ladis probably isn’t high on your list of overseas riding locations, but if you like smooth singletrack, berms and ski-lifts then perhaps it really should…
“Seminal moment in the history of mountain biking” as 130 trail groups and bike parks unite
More than 130 trail groups and bike parks have teamed up across the UK to give mountain biking more power and influence over land access…
Riding Red Bull Hardline… on a motorbike
Red Bull Hardline is nearly here, and to celebrate 10 years of the most bonkers downhill track in the sport someone’s ridden it on a…
BikePark Wales launches suspension ‘breakdown service’
Blowing up your shock or fork is usually game over for your day’s riding, but now it doesn’t have to be thanks to the generous…
Scottish trail with the “best berm ever built” will double in size this summer
Glenlivet bike park opened a new line last year called Keiran’s Trail, at less than a kilometre in length it’s no Blue Doon (8km straight…
Have your say in the future of trails in Britain, by responding to the first UK Trails Project survey – NOW CLOSED
Want to have some input on the trails in the UK? The UK Trails Project is asking riders, trail builders, bike park/trail centre managers and…
News roundup: Coed y Brenin’s community buyout plans: BPW to double in size: new Cairngorms bike park
Merthyr Tydfil: ski and singletrack It’s all going off at Merthyr Tydfil, home to BikePark Wales and now potentially a new indoor ski slope with…
BikePark Wales to double in size, with 27 new trails stretching 30km, planning application shows
BikePark Wales (BPW) will double in size, adding over 30,000 metres of new trails over the next few years, if its planning application for expansion…
Rider access to Coed y Brenin could be choked following a private sale, according to the local community group that’s fighting to save it
Coed y Brenin and its historic trails could still be saved from closure if a local community group is given permission to take on the…
Scotland’s newest bike park disses tech for flow, and there’s a conveyor belt uplift too
If flow trails, jump lines and a conveyor belt uplift sounds like an exciting prospect to you, then Cairngorm Mountain Bike Trails has got to…
48 jumps in a row: BikePark Wales’ favourite trail reopens with more air than ever, and I can’t wait to ride it
BikePark Wales has just reopened its most iconic trail, the A470 Line, and this time around its 30% longer, packs in eight new jumps and…
Flyup 417 bike park in danger of closing due to Highways England roadworks
As reported in a recent video by Flyup 417 Bike Park‘s on the site’s YouTube channel (shown below), this popular venue may be forced to…
7Stanes favourite Dalbeattie consults on letting horse riders onto its mountain bike trails
Dalbeattie Forest, one of Scotland’s first official trail centres, is to be reworked with “enhancements” to the existing red and black routes, and its blue…
Getting dirty at Dyfi is no big deal as Muc-Off expands bike park sponsorship across the UK
Cleaning up after a sloppy day at the bike park just got easier with the news that Muc-Off is now sponsoring the bike wash at…
Love where you ride? Here’s how to take part in the first ever national trails survey, and help maintain access rights
If you value your local trails, want to improve relationships with the landowner and riders, and reduce tensions with walkers or horse riders, this one’s…