It’s another short week, but that doesn’t mean you shouldn’t take a bit of time for yourself this lunchtime. Here’s our usual selection of biking related video stuff to keep you entertained while you try not to get crumbs in your keyboard. To kick off, here’s the action from the first round of the UCI [...]
May 4th, 11
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Last weekend the closest thing the UK has seen to the Mega Avalanche took place on the slopes on Glencoe Mountain Resort, the iXS MacAvalanche. One hundred odd riders, a mass start and 700m of descending across the snow and tundra – and a helicopter uplift. We’ll have a full report with pictures and words [...]
May 4th, 11
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They’ve been making waves with their all-mountain and cross country bikes recently but Germany brand Cube has just released their first proper downhill bike, the two15. It’s taken a while – it’s been in development since autumn 2008 with the first prototypes ready in late 2009. Since then they’ve been tweaking the design, working alongside [...]
May 3rd, 11
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No, it’s not a product recall – during his recent visit to the Camelbak factory Chipps asked the test lab guys to demonstrate just how tough their bladders are* with a bit of compressed air. Especially for our Premier Users, here’s the video. Safe to say you’ll struggle to kill one by putting too much [...]
May 3rd, 11
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What with Good Friday last week and the Royal Wedding thing today, you’ve probably been missing your dose of Fresh Goods. Well, to make this special day that bit more special, here’s a round-up of all the nice things that have landed in the office lately… DMR Reptoid With the completion of Lee Quarry’s pump [...]
April 29th, 11
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Never mind the Royal Wedding and all that nonsense, something really important is happening in Britain. The first iXS Mac Avalanche race will be hitting the slopes of Glencoe Mountain in the Highlands this weekend. The invitational race will see 120 riders racing from the top of the Meall a Bhuridh at 1,108m all the [...]
April 28th, 11
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Second round will hit Llandovery on the weekend of the 22nd May
April 28th, 11
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If you want to enter the inaugural round of the 661 Gravity Enduro taking place at Ae Forest up in Scotland on the weekend of the 7th May, you’d best get a wiggle on. There are only a few places left and entry will close on the 1st May, with no entries available on the [...]
April 28th, 11
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Left with a shattered leg and broken arm after attempting particularly hard cliff drop
April 28th, 11
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Chipps visits Camelbak’s California office and secret test lab and blows stuff up!
April 27th, 11
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Video distraction, this week with a tenuous Royal theme
April 27th, 11
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Our discussion of the issues surrounding access in the UK for mountain bikers continues with the second part of an in-depth article from a Rights of Way officer, we talk about Local Access Forums, what they do, why bikers are under-represented on them and there are some last thoughts and a bit of further reading [...]
April 27th, 11
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