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New Akrigg vid: Up + Over
“I like finding the flow in horrendous rock gardens and slippery surfaces, and making it feel really smooth—that’s what gives me a buzz.”
Hans Rey says goodbye to GT after 38 years of good times
After 38 years – which we think is the longest running cycle sponsorship ever – Hans Rey and GT have parted ways. The GT brand was mothballed at the end of last year, and we’ve since seen some long standing GT riders bid farewell to…
You’re being lied to about mountain biking
Whilst rad, mountain biking isn't all gnar, and by presenting it like that, lots of people are missing out an all the easy fun that mountain biking could offer them.
Must Watch: Rider Resilience – The Film
Prepare to be uplifted, brought to tears, reminded of your own traumas, and brought back to a positive frame of mind. This film from Rider Resilience has it all. Here’s the official PR: Rider Resilience, the film, is proudly sponsored by ORTLIEB, DMR, 7mesh, and…
Good Vibes Only: Taj In The Woods
However your day is going, this short video can only make it better. One of those riders you probably had as a teenage idol, Taj Mihelich, says it’s great to just ride your bike in the woods, regardless of radness. You too can ride like…
Must Watch: Making History – The Women of Freeride
Unless you live under a rock, you probably know that this year saw the first women’s event at Red Bull Rampage. But it might have escaped your attention just how long women have been working to make that happen, and why it means so much…
Don’t Look Now: Another Ridgeline Film From Gee Atherton
While he wasn’t in Utah at Red Bull Rampage this year – giving our nerves a rest – Gee Atherton went to possibly the most Rampage-like terrain to make another Ridgeline film. Ridgeline VI is filmed in Kazakhstan, a very long way away from useful…
Triple-clamping an enduro bike: Privateer 161 edit
Nice vid documenting the fork options of the Privateer 161 with Ferg Ryan. Some inspiring scenery and trails found in British Columbia on both a single- and dual-crown forks. Privateer Bikes: “Making the trip from the South of England, Fergus Ryan found himself in videographer…
New Gee vid alert! ‘Ridgeline V: Resistance’
Gee Atherton and his with the latest Ridgeline episode. Filmed in the frankly stunning surrounds of Engelberg-Titlis, Switzerland. Atherton Bikes press release: Gee: “From the start, the Ridgeline Series has been about taking mountain-biking to the limit… exploring what’s possible on a bike and creating…
N1NO BEYOND: Never Quit – New Series with Nino Schurter
This is the first episode in a new series from Cut Media looking at Nino Schurter and his life beyond the race tape. Is it building up to a big final year before retirement, or has he got a lot more still to come? Episode…
‘Deja Vu’ edit ft. Fergus Ryan aboard Gen 2 Privateer 161
Fergus Ryan: "With the UK experiencing a wetter-than-usual winter, I decided to swap the slop for dust and headed out to Portugal with videographer Will Brock."
Video: Inside the Hope Tech Factory
New film takes a tour behind the scenes of bicycle component manufacturer Hope Technology - always a fascinating peek behind the scenes.
Kade Edwards + Sound Of Speed = Your Attention
Is Kade Edwards the most pleasing mountain biker to watch of all? Very probably. The World Cup series loss is YouTube's - and your - gain.
New (Baffling) Rob Warner video: The Way Back
What is Rob Warner up to now? Watch this video and see if you can figure it out. Is this a pitch to come back and race Masters? A pitch to Discovery to say he still wants to commentate? Perhaps an effort to get into…
Video: Innes Graham In Da Jungle
Wicked, wicked etc. Innes inna Inners. Spot that trail, enjoy some tunes, and know that you could do it like, that, do it like that – maybe*. Here’s what the film’s editors had to say: “COLLABORATE” is now LIVE – Hit the link in bio…
2023 Cross-country Season Recap | UCI Mountain Bike World Series
As we wait for the UCI to reveal the official list of teams and riders for 2024, take a look back at 2023's season. Who will you be watching for this year?
Mindset Monday: Videos From XC, DH and Freeride to adjust your outlook
Goodbye weekend, hello Monday. Maybe you’re sitting at your desk happily tired after a weekend of pedalling. Maybe you work weekends and you’re looking forward to poaching the midweek trails while the nine-to-fivers are at work. Or maybe, like me, you’ve spent the weekend in…
Golfie? Has Mark Scott completed it mate?
Mark Scott's goal was to ride every trail on the Golfie in one ride. That's 44 trails by our reckoning. Did he succeed?
Along For The Ride | Bike packing with young families
Whether you’re a mum or a dad, many bike riding parents will be familiar with the itch of wanting to get away on an adventure. This film by Monet Adams will perhaps give you the confidence that it’s still possible – just take the kids…
Video: 1990s Trials Throwback!
When we were off at the GT Malverns Classic, Dieter got so excited (even more excited than usual!) about all the retro trials bikes that we couldn’t help feeling a little bit tingly ourselves. Even if you weren’t there, or never actually owned a trials…
Wacky Races: Red Bull ‘Stalen Ros’ Tandem Racing
Let’s have some levity to lighten things up. Those crazy Europeans have been capitalising on their post Brexit freedoms by holding a race where health and safety rules apparently need not apply, as long as your outfit is suitably silly. ‘Stalen Ros’ translates as ‘Steel…
5 Reasons Brage Vestavik’s Latest Video Is Brilliant
This video from Brage Vestavik is well worth a watch. Packed with good vibes, awesome riding, heavy metal music and… hardly any actual Brage. And yet it’s still great. Here’s why. 1. No Ego Brage is hardly in it. Instead, he’s using his platform and…
Gee Atherton’s Latest Video Is A Stomach Lurcher
Just a day after it was announced he’d be riding Red Bull Rampage this year, Gee Atherton has released a video which perhaps shows why. Apparently vertigo doesn’t bother him, and exposure barely makes him bat an eyelid. Whereas our stomachs lurched as we watched…
Watch trailer for ‘Shires’ – A Very British Bicycle Film
This looks like it'll be a good 'un. Shires is a bike film encompassing UK riders, locations, landscapes and the sh*t* weather.
Video: Red Bull Hardline Women’s Progression Camp
If you enjoyed our write up of the women’s camp at Red Bull Hardline, here’s your chance to see some of the action for yourself. Red Bull Hardline is known for putting 30 of the world’s best and bravest male riders to the test, as…
Evolution Stories with Andy McKenna: Building Better Humans
Andy McKenna is telling stories again, as he continues to ponder what it means to be a mountain biker as his MS limits what he can do, while his mind and soul still appreciate all that bikes can do. Forum threads along the lines of…
‘Grounding’ with Samantha Soriano
I happened to share an apartment with Samantha Soriano at a recent Canyon launch, where she gave me a sneak peek of an early edit of this film. I thought it was a great mix of insight into the freeride scene, along with a bit…
Winds Of Change – Rebuilding the Damaged Trails of the UK
Manon Carpenter takes another deep dive into the relationship between climate change and trail management in this Winds of Change Video. From November 2021 to February 2022, a series of powerful storms rocked areas of the UK in ways that had not been seen since…
Monte Cosby: Can’t Stop. Won’t Stop
Patagonia has launched a new film documenting the life of Monte Cosby who found a passion and community through mountain biking. Give yourself 20 minutes of time out and inspiration and give it a watch. As a high schooler in the public housing projects of Richmond,…
Big Vid: Amaury Pierron’s Rise and Fall and Rise Again
Two World Cup Downhill Championship titles with a space of four long years between them, connected by the resilience of one man. 'The Pilot' is a 79 minute fillum about one Amaury Pierron.
Gravity School Racing: Team Video Portugal Cup Rd 2 Seia
As the pre-season races really start to heat up, the team headed to Seia for the second round of the Portugal Cup, and everyone was excited to visit a new venue. Especially after three days at our training venue, Ventoso Gravity Park, where everyone was…
After The Storm – #RideOverRacism
I first saw this film at its premier at Kendal Mountain Festival and recommended you seek it out at one of the screenings that have since taken place around the world. Now, it’s available on general release, to mark the United Nations’ International Day for…
Monday Movies: The British Connection Edition
Have yourself a bumper viewing of mountain bike videos – not just two minute shredits, but some longer stuff too. Plus, all of them have a UK connection. Should keep you occupied for a while. You didn’t really have any work to do anyway, did…
Women on The Move: The Politics of Patents
I think you’re going to like this. Fun, irreverence, freedom and a good dose of messing around. This new film looks at some of the clothing that adventurous women invented in an effort to be able to get outdoors under the disapproving gaze of society.…
Lift Your Mood with 2 minutes and 47 seconds of video
Give yourself 2 minutes and 47 seconds to watch this video and we reckon you can’t fail to feel better. Turn that frown upside down, fill your cup half full, eat the green grass… Isn’t that better? May all your Easter holiday family rides be…
Snowy Handcycle Commuting to the Office
Christian Bagg shows us what a Handcycle has done for him and the importance of his commute to him.
Jack Reading’s Gravity School: Episode 2
Feeling like it’s just too long to wait until the next episode of Happy Valley? Don’t worry, the next episode of Gravity School is here. There’s a lot less crime, but a lot more grime. Still plenty of steep descents though. Enjoy! The second of…
Jack Reading’s Gravity School Scholarship Program
This is going to be like The Apprentice, but with more bikes, more mud, fewer people you want to shout at, and probably fewer future American presidents. So, nothing like The Apprentice at all then. More Magician’s Apprentice, perhaps, as pro racer Jack Reading coaches…
Rider Resilience with Steve Bate – The Ride It Out Show
There’s another instalment of the Ride It Out Show from Nils Amelinckx. This time he’s talking to Steve Bate MBE – Paralympic cyclist, climber, mountain biker, and another all round nice guy. Steve is currently recovering from his HT550 winter attempt, with his frost bitten…
Finding Time – Riding every moment life gives you
It’s definitely dusty in here. This film from Teravail shows Steve Bate MBE and David Smith MBE talking about their friendship, and what riding means to them in the face of their respective incurable conditions. It’s uplifting, moving, tear jerking and inspirational, all wrapped up…
Midweek Movies from Cannondale and Transition
It’s nearly mid December, it’s definitely midweek, you might need a break. Zone out from your responsibilities for a few minutes with a couple of new videos. There’s a new video out from Cannondale. Have some PR… Some might say that mountain biking and painting…
Dylan Stark gets wild in new video “Homegrown”
It’s a different world out there in California… the sun shines quite a lot, eggs from caged chickens are banned, you can grow up to six cannabis plants at home, and you can only buy one handgun in any 30 day period. YT seems to…
WATCH IT: Danny MacAskill rides San Francisco
Taking us back to where it all started in 2009 with a pure street riding film, Danny MacAskill returns to his roots in 'Postcard from San Francisco'.
Rider Resilience and Stoked On MS – The Ride It Out Show
When two of the most inspirational and lovely people in the bike world come together in a video, you know you’ve got to tune in. Nils Amelinckx, winner of the Singletrack Reader Award for Best Writer 2022, meets Andy McKenna for his second episode of…
A Mountain Bike Bedtime Story, With Joe Barnes
A Joe Barnes film is usually a good way to brighten your day. We can’t help but feel that any bedtime story he might read would be more like when Rik Mayall read George’s Marvellous Medicine, getting the kids bouncing off the walls instead of…
Gabriel Wibmer grinding around Hamburg
Wibmer's new bike has got shocks... pegs... lucky! And he certainly does take it off some sweet jumps in this new edit called 'The Grind'.
Evolution (FILM): Why E-bikes Changed the Game
Andy McKenna of GoWhere Scotland and Stoked* On MS presents Evolution, a film produced with Shimano to share the pure joy of mountain biking. A follow-up to This Way Up (2017). As a teenager Andy McKenna was swept along by the first wave of mountain…
Trash Mob Academy – Outdoor education, mental rejuvenation
‘It’s way more than just picking up litter’ Jo Shwe, Trash Free Trails Trash Free Trails has made an impressive impression on the mountain bike community in the relatively short time since its inception. We think this next step is potentially the greatest yet. Prepare…
Ridgeline II, The Return – Gee Atherton: back on That Ridge
Ever crashed on a feature and had it become your nemesis? Found yourself carrying your bike down that bit of trail every time? Apparently, Gee Atherton doesn’t have this problem. He’s back on that ridge, where he crashed and broke himself in so many ways…