Anders Engberg embarks on a short illustrated series examining the changing world of mountain bike media. In the streets of Reading you would often find a kid riding his Raleigh Mustang looking for something to do. It was 1991 and even though the Mustang somewhat resembled a mountain bike, the…

What a weekend! The National Champs at Kirroughtree was an absolutely stunning way to finish the National XC season.

We’ve been playing in our workshop – which Park Tools and Madison kindly fitted out for us after we got ram raided a few years back – with play dough to bring you a couple of quiz options. If you think you are a tool nerd, then get yourself over…

My top 10 sustainable travel toiletries ideal for bikepackers, campers, racers and every other kind of bike rider.

Contrary to what mountain bike websites may imply, you don’t have to be a millionaire to be start mountain biking.

Welcome back to this month’s rummage through the internet bike shop back room where we find bikes and parts whose native countries foods they are renowned for, would come to create something brilliant. An American burger, some Danish Bacon, and some Swiss cheese. Let’s dig in! Neuhaus Metalworks You might…

Dieter is the kind of bike nerd mechanic that every good bike shop should want. He is endlessly enthusiastic about getting people of all kinds onto bikes of all sorts. He can fix your bike even when the outlook looks bleak. Go for a ride with him and you’ll probably end up doing high fives and exclaiming ‘sick!’. In short, he has boundless enthusiasm for all things bike. He’s also a bit of a socially conscious punk environmentalist, so he’s probably a bit rubbish if your bike shop is one of those glittering concept store type places where it doesn’t smell of rubber and GT85 (Or WD40). Luckily for him, and us, he works at our local social enterprise bike shop, and we’ve talked him into bringing us a few of his more ingenious and interesting fixes, alongside whatever commentary he might like to get off his chest. We hope you enjoy…

Back to Woody’s Bike Park for the last round of the XC season. Last year the series started here and it became known as a pretty tough course where both technical ability and fitness play their part.