The Kona Cheddar Bikefest, formerly known as the Cheddar Challenge, is back for its second year with the usual 10hour enduro and shorter 5hour event, and now a 3hour long…
Alan Muldoon
Bike Test Editor
British Cycling membership booms
Cycling’s governing body in the UK, British Cycling, is experiencing record membership levels in 2008, up 11% year-on-year and thanks in part to the success of Team GB, according to…
Howgills treasure hunt
MBR's resident poet has decided to serenade with a delightfully cryptic clue for this month's Killer. See if you can work it out!
Kielder to link with 7Stanes
Work has begun on two long distance trails at Kielder Forest costing a total of £850,000 and linking the English forest to the 7Stanes biking centre across the border at
Trek Top Fuel 2009
We're still in Durango for Trek's 09 product launch, and this is the latest race development
Copnall claims fifth title
Jenny Copnall has claimed her fifth British Mountain Bike Cross Country Championship title, winning in the New Forest – she takes up the story for MBR…
Whyte E-120 Team £3995
August '08
Specialized S-Works Stumpjumper FSR £3999.99
August '08
Gary Fisher HiFi Pro Carbon £3,500
August '08
Cannondale Rize Carbon 2 £3,999
August '08
Gary Fisher Press Camp
Andy's currently in Durango checking out the Fisher and Trek bikes. Here's the first news of the Gary Fisher Roscoe trail bike
Dartmoor local wins killer
After a monumentally long wait, at last the Dartmoor Killer bottle has been found. Just as we were beginning to lose faith that it would ever be unearthed, with speculation…
Saint Danny of headcam
Danny tells us in the latest issue of mbr (August, in the shops on Wednesday 16) how he ‘hammered the beejeezus’ out of the all-new Shimano Saint 2009 groupset. Well…
MegavaBLOG numero Trois
We're not sure why numero deux isn't showing up - but here's the third installment anyway
Cannondale pledges $200,000 to Bikes Belong
Cannondale has pledged to donate $200,000 this month to Bikes Belong, which aims to get more people cycling more often in the US.
Andy’s MegavaBLOG
Megavalanche is one week away and nerves are beginning to jangle...
Dartmoor Killer Loop — treasure not yet found!
We've not heard from anyone claiming to have found the buried waterbottle yet (it's Monday lunchtime now), so it's probably still out there for the finding... If you want to…
Watch Gee’s winning run
GEE ATHERTON TAKES GOLD AT WORLDS If you weren’t lucky enough to catch Gee Atherton’s winning run at the World Championships at Val Di Sole, enjoy it here.
Two Brits in XC top ten at Worlds
After the dominant showing by the Brit downhillers here at Val di Sole, it was time for the XC riders to make their mark. And they did so in spectacular…
4X results from Worlds
It was always going to be difficult to match the drama of the downhill finals, but the Four-Cross (4X) didn’t lack surprises of its own.