Forestry and Land Scotland (the organisation that runs Glentress in Scotland) has submitted new plans to develop the Skills Area in Glentress. The plans are…
Trail News
Go Outdoors names pan-flat Cambridge as the UK’s best mountain bike destination, thanks to its “moderately difficult” trails
Which UK city has the best mountain bike trails on its doorstep? Cardiff, Sheffield or maybe Edinburgh would be near the top of our list,…
Wiltshire might seem like an unlikely place for a bike park, but it has two, and one of them – Tidworth – has just reopened after an exciting rebuild
Tidworth bike park, one of the B1KE venues that includes Wind Hill, Rogate, and S4P in Milford, has re-opened after closing for the summer to…
Mountain biking groups unite to fight back over planned Welsh trail centre closures, including Coed y Brenin – the birthplace of trail centres
In an unprecedented show of solidarity, over 90 organisations have pulled together to highlight concerns over the fate of several much-loved trail centres due to…
Despite Tom Pidcock’s Olympic mountain bike gold medal, Britain’s 2012 Olympic XC legacy course at Hadleigh Park is in a ‘terrible’ state, according to local riders
Only a month ago we were celebrating Tom Pidcock’s dramatic win in the mountain biking at the Paris 2024 Olympics. An Olympics where GB riders…
Coed y Brenin visitor centre among three riding spots under renewed threat as Natural Resources Wales struggles to plug funding gap
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…
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…