Alan Muldoon

Bike Test Editor

MBR Blog – hit the Med!

MBR's Señor Staff Writer has spent the last week riding in Portugal with www.themountainbikeadventure.com and in Spain with www.puremountains.com. Here's a video of some riding in the Sierra Nevada…

Avalanche Imminent

The Saab Salomon Avalanche Trophy, which includes the famous Mega Avalanche at Alp d’Huez, gets underway next month in Kielder.…

Sherwood pines missing posts

Over 30 waymarking posts worth £2,000 have been stolen from Sherwood Pines Forest Park, near Clipstone, Nottinghamshire.

World Cup launch

Two of the UK’s top mountain biking stars have officially launched the British leg of the Nissan UCI Mountain Bike World Cup 2009, encouraging families, fans and enthusiasts to head…

Hans Rey’s Tanzania diaries

Hans Rey has just returned from filming the Wheels 4 Villages Film project in Tanzania. Read his latest update.…

Moose mountain bike demo

South London-based Moose Cycles is holding a Demo Day on Sunday March 29, with bikes from Pace, Marin, Whyte, Intense and Bionicon.…

Hamsterley woos women riders

Hamsterley Trailblazers, backed by the Forestry Commission, are staging more female technique coaching sessions for complete novices and ladies this spring.…

Morocco Cycle Challenge

Charity Spinal Research is organising a Morocco Cycle Challenge late this summer, across 260 kilometres of terrain over three days of riding.

Fort Will World Cup

Crowds at this year’s World Cup at Fort William will be treated to a new short course event, the Cross Country Sprint.…

And I would bike 500 miles…

Newly formed charity 500 miles will take riders along some of the best trails the Scottish wilderness has to offer this August, raising money for amputees and disabled people.…

Mountain bike world champ to race in Wales

Organisers of this year's Big Welsh Weekend at Margam Park on May 30/31 have just confirmed that reigning Marathon World Champion, Roel Paulissen, will be taking part in both days…

Dales opens dedicated bike centre

A dedicated bike visitor centre has opened in the Yorkshire Dales National Park, the only one of its kind in the Park and a model for the future of mountain…

Adventure racing with team MBR

If you like a bit of healthy competition but mountain bike racing doesn’t quite float your boat can we recommend that you try adventure racing?

Bike review: Orange Alpine 160 AM

Our first thought on seeing the Alpine 160 AM at EuroBike was this could be the one. We even ran the tape measure over it to get a rough idea…

Fort Bill Jump School

Catching big air, clearing table tops and doubles, tackling tough drop offs and hip jumps and frantic 4 Cross action will all be on the curriculum at the Fort William…

Scottish enduro

The Outdoor Festival returns to the Rothiemurchus Estate, near Aviemore, this summer with a four hour mtb enduro

Lee Quarry to host race days

Lee Quarry in Lancashire - the UK's latest trail centre and Local Knowledge venue in the mbr April 09 issue - will host a new series of race days this…

Hamsterley MTB trails funding boost

Hamsterley Forest has moved a step closer to completing a 25 kilometre red-graded mountain bike trail after securing a £130,000 funding boost.