Alan Muldoon

Bike Test Editor

Gore Trans Wales

The Gore Bike Wear Trans Wales gets underway this weekend, a seven day point-to-point mountain bike challenge around the wilds of Wales.…

Afan accommodation deals

Afan Lodge at the Glyncorrwg trail centre, South Wales, is celebrating the launch of its new website with some special midweek accommodation offers for mbr readers.

Glentress Stramash

Glentress is to host a new event this Autumn, including a Slopestyle competition with floodlit grand finale and a day of enduro racing on the trails.…

Rowan Sorrell awarded trail design contract

Pro rider and trail designer Rowan Sorrell has won the contract for trail repairs and alterations in the South Wales area. Rowan’s company, Back on Track, will be responsible for…

Hope enduro downhill draws 80 riders

Eighty riders descended the height of Ben Nevis 359 times at the Hope Endurance Downhill on Saturday, the most extreme downhill mountain biking endurance race in the UK.

Afan to get MTB uplift

Afan Valley in South Wales doesn’t suffer from a lack of top-notch trails, but decent accommodation has been thin on the ground. The newly opened Bryn Bettws Lodge hopes to…

Coed y Brenin finishes trail rebuild

Coed y Brenin has reopened the ‘Beginning of the End,’ the final section of trail at the North Wales trailcentre, following five weeks of repairs.…

Mbr August issue teaser

Find out what's in the August 09 mbr, including the Peaks Special, tons of routes ideas and loads of tips and advice.

La Plagne resort opens new MTB trails

French mountain resort La Plagne opens three new mountain bike courses this summer, bringing the total length of trails in the region to 145 kilometres.…

Brendan Fairclough MegaAvalanche helmetcam

Brendan Fairclough’s helmetcam footage from the MegaAvalanche final – but check out Mbr’s Mick Kirkman shooting past him at 31 seconds (Mick’s in black shorts, red and black top)!…

Specialized’s new 2010 Enduro video

Matt Hunter rides the new 2010 Specialized Enduro at its launch in Snowbird, Utah. We've got the full lowdown on the bike and the launch in the August 09 issue,…

Bike test: Dirty Dozen hardtails

Mbr’s annual Dirty Dozen budget bikes test has had to grow its budget in these lean times, but which of the £600 hardtails will leave the rest face down in…