Full list of entrants for the men’s and women’s cross-country mountain bike events at Rio Olympics 2016. Check out if your favourite racer is taking part. Or see who’s representing…
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Eight essential mechanics tips from the late great Monk Dawg
The mountain bike world lost another good soul recently when Chris ‘Monk Dawg’ Vasquez lost a long battle against illness. He may not have been someone that many folk outside…
Three trials skills ideal for trail riders
Practice the slow-speed balance and pinpoint judgement that trials demands and you’ll improve your regular riding skills too. Ollie Wilkins explains how… 1. Easy – Uphill hop This move helps…
How to inflate your RockShox Reverb Stealth
Reverb running out of puff? Here’s how to breathe a new lease of life into it. 1. Remove saddle Fully extend the post and remove your saddle by undoing both…
Watch OneUp’s new bash guard destroy a coconut in super slowmo
This product promo vid has been dubbed The Drop Tower of Destruction. It features OneUp‘s new bash guard being dropped from a greta height on to various things and seeing…
Women’s only Red Bull Foxhunt back for 2016
The women’s only edition of this chase-race heads to a new location this October 1st and 2nd – Melmerby Scar, Cumbria. There’ll be approximately double the number of competitors too,…
ANOTHER new tyre size standard?
Is a new 2.6in tyre size standard on the horizon? We’ve been digging around and keeping a firm grasp of the grapevine and basically in an amazing – but somewhat unsurprising…
Dirty deals: Oakleys, XT disc brakes, enduro jerseys and much more
It’s a fresh week so that means it’s time for another fresh drop of Dirty Deals. Every week we’ll be rounding up the keenest deals and most eyebrow-raising offers that we’ve come…
Monday blues blastaway vid – Whistler Rocket Surgeons
Yoann Barelli and Peter Matthews put on a full-throttle clinic in the Whistler Mountain Bike Park. Do you need a reason to put off doing your day job for just…
Recovery Mars Bar anyone?
Mars protein products are a thing now. Mars bars and Snickers bars are now available with 18g/19g of protein stuffed into them. Not only that but there’s going to be M&M, Bounty…
10 dos and don’ts of teaching your kid to ride well
It’s all too easy to get carried away when trying to get your offspring to enjoy the sport you love. You’ll not go wrong if you stick to these ten…
How to set up a Cane Creek rear shock
We’ve consulted TF Tuned for this guide. It looks after all the warranty and servicing for Cane Creek shocks, and knows more than anyone about setting up the complex Double…
Swapping drop bars for Plus tyres
Take a step back from all the frantic EWS and World Cup DH vids and spend a couple of mins watching some pleasure biking. Variety is the spice of life…
5 free routes near Glasgow, Brighton, Cardiff, London and Leeds
The UK’s urban fringe hosts some incredible riding, here’s our pick of the best city rides. Video: Marcelo Gutierrez Manizales urban downhill Glasgow, Scotland 27km (16 miles) Pollok Park in the…
New GoPro Hero 5 accidentally leaked in How-To Video?
Leaked 9 second clip of the back of the new GoPro Hero 5 reveals a colour touch screen. Okay, so we can ‘t see the front of the new GoPro…
What does a ‘500% gear range’ mean and why are drivetrain companies boasting about their percentages?
Some manufacturers are starting to quote percentage numbers when talking about wide-range cassettes: for example SRAM’s new Eagle 12-speed cassette has a gear range of 500% and the E13 TRS+…
Who is this roadie Sagan and why is he racing in the Olympic MTB race?
Peter Sagan is the Aaron Gwin of road racing. Except that he’s much more interesting than straight-edge Gwin. He was awarded a wildcard place in the Olympic MTB event after…
These are the drones you’re looking for
Move over Lily there’s a new follow-you drone in town – and it’s Artificially Intelligent and everything. Or so the makers claim anyway. The Staaker drone (a variation on the…
Claudio’s helmetcam preview of Mont St Anne
It’s time for another of Claudio Caluori’s filmed runs down a World Cup downhill course. This time it’s Mont St Anne and his guest rider is Devinci’s Mark Wallace. Canada’s…
Results and 26 minute video from EWS Rd5 at Aspen-Snowmass
Richie Rude stacked it in practice and ruined his weekend. Jared Graves showed no mercy and took the win at Round 4 in Aspen-Snowmaas, Canada. In the women’s racing it was…