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Welsh Trail Centres Move To Reopen In July With New Trails On Offer

In a joint statement last weekend, the major uplift bike parks in Wales announced that, in line with Welsh Government advice, and after consultation with Welsh Cycling and the Outdoor...

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NRW Mountain Bike Trails Close In Wales

Yep, you might have guessed. It’s another story about closures, sorry. This time, Natural Resource Wales has announced that all of its mountain bike trails are closed. No maintenance is...

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Tuesday Treats: Ty Beic the MTB friendly cottage in Wales you have to visit

Premier Dealer Ty Beic fills us in on what has changed in the past 4 years since we last spoke to them, and tells us all about their all new...

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Wales360 Event Cancelled

Wales360 cancelledWe’ve just heard from a couple of sources that the Wales360 event, which was due to take place in mid/north Wales this July has been cancelled, with the organisers,...

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Interview | Cycling UK: What’s Next for Welsh Access?

Wales is poised to shake up its outdoor access laws in a big way. We caught up with Sam Jones and Duncan Dollimore from Cycling UK to find out what’s…

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Open Access For Wales Gets One Step Closer

Exciting access news took access campaigners by surprise yesterday. Here’s Cycling UK’s response – more information and reactions as we get it. Welsh land shake-up most significant in over a...

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New Trails Coming To Antur Stiniog Bike Park In North Wales!

We’ve just been sent some fantastic news from our friends at the Antur Stiniog Bike Park, who are announcing three brand new trails set to be built just in time...

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The £2,600 Wales360 Entry Prize – We Have A Winner!

That’s right folks – voting has now closed, and we can finally announce the competition winner for the free pairs entry to the inaugural Wales360! Valued at £2,600, this entry...

Win £2600-Worth Of Entries To The UK’s Newest Multi-Day Race – The Wales360!

There’s a new multi-day mountain bike event in the UK, and we’ve got one free pairs entry for the 2019 event to give away to a very lucky Singletrack reader!...

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UK Mountain Biking’s Dirty Secret

As you might already know, we had some disappointing news recently. The Welsh government looked like it was about to follow Scotland in opening up access to its amazing countryside……

Opinion

Will There Be Open Access For Wales? ‘No’ seems to be the official answer…

The Welsh Government asked for our opinions about a ‘Scottish style’ open access for the Welsh countryside. We responded in our thousands, overwhelmingly in the positive. They listened. And then...

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National Park’s Warning Over Snowdon Access Agreement

Snowdon is one of Wales’s must-do mountains for walkers and mountain bikers alike. It’s legally accessible by bikes, with three bridleways leading to the summit, but it also receives a...

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Monday Morning Debrief 112: Strathpuffin’, Snow Ridin’ And Pandas?

It\'s honestly amazing that no-one got hypothermia this weekend

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Pictures: MTB Meetup 2017

A thousand riders descend (and climb) on Llandegla community event

Events

Video: Bird Gravity Enduro Welsh Open At Dyfi Forest

Dyfi Forest. Five stages. 45km of racing. One day of action on the 21st May. Want in on the fun? Get your peepers onto this then

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BikePark Wales To Host Charity Weekender

Fancy a weekend of shredding trails at Bikepark Wales while raising money for two worthy causes? Then read on

Events

Rachel Atherton Opening New Welsh Skills Track

Just how good does this new bike track look? Let us at it

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Positive News On Improved Access In Wales

The Welsh Government signals its intention to change access rights in Wales

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£425m Planned For Welsh Extreme Sports Destination

Plans unveiled for a £425 million and 336 hectare multi-purpose extreme sports destination at The Circuit of Wales.

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Trail Centre Zero: The Rebirth Of Coed Y Brenin

We rewind to Issue 92 of Singletrack Magazine and look at the rebirth of the UK’s original trail centre. There\'s more to this story... BUT IT\'S A MEMBER-ONLY STORY.JOIN US…

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Llandegla Classic Ride

It’s Llandegla, Jim. But not as we know it. Greg May slips across the Welsh border for a little mountain fun. There\'s more to this story... BUT IT\'S A MEMBER-ONLY…

Online Feature

Trail Access: Government ‘Misses The Point’

British Cycling slams DEFRA\'s response to its call for a look at more Scotland-like access for England and Wales

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Video: Dan Atherton In Dyfi Forest

Dan Atherton is just as well known for his trail building skills as he is for his effortless style on the bike. Here you get 2-in-1 with Affy\'s latest edit;…

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