MEN'S U23 CROSS-COUNTRY The cow bells are ringing, the red-and-white flags are waving. The Swiss are on top again.
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WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS 2008
MEN'S U23 CROSS-COUNTRY The cow bells are ringing, the red-and-white flags are waving. The Swiss are on top again.
World Championships 2008
VAL DI SOLE, ITALY Buon giorno! For the second time in four years the World Champs are back in Italy, only this time at a new venue: Val di Sole.…
Brechfa memorial enduro
The Brechfa Bike Club will dedicate this summer’s Brechfa Forest Enduro to Forestry Commission employee Ian Forshaw, who passed away last year.
Margam 500
More than 500 riders were at Margam Park this year for the mbr Big Weekend in June. Elite and novice riders alike competed on 100km marathon circuit as well as…
Felt win Kona Bristol Bikefest
Felt emerged as the winning male team at the Kona Bristol Bikefest last weekend, taking victory with twenty minutes to spare and 27 laps of the course completed. More than…
WORLD CUP 2008 — FORT WILLIAM
After the overwhelming success of last year’s World Championships, the organisers of this weekend’s mountain bike extravaganza at Fort William might reasonably have feared a more muted, lacklustre affair; something…
Modern art meets big air
The Nissan Qashqai Challenge went down a storm outside the Tate Modern on May 24, with more than 50,000 spectators watching some of the UK’s finest riders dominate, despite high
1.25 million extra trips daily
An extra 1.25 million trips will be made by bike every day in the UK thanks to the soaring price of petrol and diesel, according to the CTC.
Hadleigh Castle Olympic venue favourite
After scrapping the original 2012 Olympic mountain bike venue of Weald Country Park in Essex for being “too flat”, games organisers may have settled on a new location. Hadleigh Castle…
10km Altura ready to ride
Nearly 10 kilometres of the Altura Trail at Whinlatter, near Keswick, are now available to ride after opening on June 16 together with a new bike shop and hire centre.…
Longer and later at Bikefest
The Kona Cheddar Bikefest returns in September for its second year, with a new course and more hours in the saddle to look forward to. This year’s loop will keep…
Peat plays XC host
Steve Peat will once again be your host at the charity Wharncliffe Weekender this summer, held at his local training grounds of Wharncliffe Woods in Sheffield. There are two categories…
Sign up for army manoeuvres
Ever wondered whether bombholes are actually made from the ordnances that bear their name? Some are, some aren’t, but you can be guaranteed the Army Enduro 2008 this summer has…
Intense competition
In last month’s Hot Gossip we gave you an exclusive first look at Intense’s new full susser. The bike will make use of the latest VPP design pioneered on the…
Wiki-cyclo-pedia
Vadear has set up a wiki dedicated to biking. The site will feature how-tos, info about places to ride, and riders, but it needs contributions to make it work. Go…
IMBA Czech up
IMBA and the CeMBA (Czech mountain biking advocacy organisation) have built a pilot section of singletrack in Jablonec in the Czech Republic. Dafydd Davis, IMBA vice-president, said high quality singletrack…
Spring off in Staffs
2009 Enduro Ride All Night is a new 24 hour enduro taking place in the West Midlands next spring — we know, it seems a long way off but organiser…
Evans Cycles Ride It! nationwide series of organised cycling events comes to Milton Keynes June 7th & 8th
London – Friday 6th June – Evans Cycles, the UK’s largest specialist cycle retailer, bring their Ride It! series of organised cycling events to Milton Keynes this weekend.
Killer coordinates; read between the Lines
We thought things were getting a little easy for some of you guys out there – last time the serial killer struck within an hour and the month before it…