It’s impossible to mishear the noise in the woods. A commotion growing bigger and coming nearer, the sound turns the heads of scattered spectators on its way through the terrain. A figure flashes between the trees, its arrival only preluded by the sharp warning of…
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Behind The Build: Progression with Hannah Bergemann
A relentless sun is chasing the shadows back into their hiding. On an arid hillside a crew of people make tiny figures against a massive desert backdrop as they ascend towards patches of builds that will eventually be linked up and used to conquer the…
Behind The Build: Natural Trail Building With Adam McCoy
In this new illustrated series, Anders Engberg looks at the relationship between trail builders, the earth they work, and their views on riding. First up, we take a trip to Pacific Northwest to talk to trail builder Adam McCoy. Massive conifers stand guard as a…
Never mind Airfix, Build Your Own Cardboard Pumptrack!
If you’ve been thinking of building a pump track in your back garden, maybe this is the assistance you need. Like tracks you may have seen at shows and events, it’s a modular system, but this one from Italian company Easy Pumptracks still needs the…
Bath Urban Bike Park – Your Future MTB Destination?
Bath… Baath… Baaarth… That historic city in the South West of the UK, famed for its architecture, spa, rugby and…perhaps, mountain biking? However you say it, Bath and North East Somerset Council has launched a consultation on the future use of what is currently Entry…
The Future of Mountain Biking Isn’t in the Mountains
I’ve been thinking a bit recently about the future of mountain biking, and what it might look like. There will undoubtedly be more technical innovations that make bikes faster and more fun, as well as more complicated and expensive. And naturally, those pesky e-MTBs will…
2018 Scottish Mountain Biking Conference points the way towards sustainable radness
The fourth Scottish Mountain Biking Conference brought together representatives of government, major stakeholders, mountain bike advocates, industry reps and academics for three days of presentations, films, workshops and rides, all with the theme of planning for the future of mountain biking in Scotland. For us…
7 simple tips for taking care of your trails
If you’re a mountain biker in the UK right now, you might be feeling a bit sorry for yourself. Winter, which is hardly ever a delightful time of year here, seems to have lasted for most of the last 12 months. Bikes that were pristine…
Ride Sheffield To Get Royalties From MTB Guidebook Sales
This volunteer trail group are trying out a novel funding model
Mend Our Mountains Set Sights On Cut Gate
Crowdfunded trail repair campaign aims to restore trail without altering its character
Back On Track – Trail Building At Bikepark Wales
Sim visits Rowan Sorrell and his band of merry trail builders to learn how to drive a digger.
Impatient Riders Disrupt Trail Construction
MTB Ranger for Coed y Brenin and Gwydyr pleads for riders to wait until the new trails are finished and open.
VIDEO: Beer, Beef, Barrows and Trail Karma
It's amazing how much trail fixing you can do with some effort - and a barbecue - as shown by this vid from Ground Effect
12 Days of Christmas: Day 4 – Poachers Turned Gamekeepers
It's now a regular destination for bikers & the local mountain rescue. Here's how Cock Hill Trails began...
MP Attacks Mountain Bikers… Verbally
A former dependent of the right for all to enjoy the Quanticks changes his mind about bikes
New Trails For Lee Quarry
A few famous faces visit Lee Quarry, plus we have a walk around with Rowan Sorrell to see plans for new trails...