Tough weather conditions and the fourth and final special stage makes an already tough day even tougher; but tempering the grind was some inspirational riding wrung from the dark heart…
Alan Muldoon
Bike Test Editor
The Gore Bike Wear TransWales – Day Three: ‘The thick of it’
Three linking stages and two special stages in, the GORE BIKE WEAR TransWales is beginning to take shape amidst some stunning scenery and scorching riding…
MBR September Issue Teaser
Check out the video preview of our September issue - it's a cracker!
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.…
Rachel Atherton won’t defend UCI World Champs crown
Rachel Atherton will not race this year and instead focus on being fully fit for the 2010 season. That’s the official word from the Animal Commencal team director Dan Brown.
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.
DMR rider Sam Reynolds vid from Andorra
Watch DMR rider Sam Reynolds take the Solbici Dirt Comp in Andorra.
The Atherton Project, Episode 6
Latest instalment from the Atherton's, the first family of mountain biking
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)!…
Watch the world cup at Mt-St-Anne LIVE!
Watch this weekend's mountain bike world cup from Mt-St-Anne
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 skills: How to squash bumps
Mbr shows you how to keep your singletrack riding fast, flowing and down to earth.
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…