Gee Atherton has described Kelly McGarry as an inspiration in an Instagram tribute post. The post showed a picture of McGarry sitting on his bike and smiling with the caption:…
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YT Industries: “We are petrified, shocked and heartbroken”
YT Industries, Kelly McGarry’s bike sponsor, has said it is “petrified, shocked and heartbroken” after confirming the death of the Kiwi freerider. YT Industries started sponsoring Kelly McGarry in 2015 and he…
Sam Shucksmith shreds natural winter trails aboard his Whyte G-160
Fresh off the his success in the 2015 UK Gravity Enduro series, Sam Shucksmith has joined the Whyte family for 2016. In a slightly unusual move he joins the Cotswolds-based…
How to upgrade your old RockShox air fork to take Bottomless Tokens
One of the biggest advances in recent suspension technology has been the introduction of spacers to change the air volume of your fork, or Bottomless Tokens as RockShox calls them.…
Lee Quarry faces uncertain future after budget cuts
The Lee and Cragg Quarry trail centres are in danger of being shut down after the service that maintains them is due to be axed by Lancashire County Council. Countryside…
Is this what mountain biking would be like in hell?
They say you should go to heaven for the climate and hell for the company. Well if the company includes dirt jumper Matt MacDuff and trails like these, we think…
This teaser is guaranteed to get you excited for the Lourdes mountain bike World Cup
The first trailer has dropped for the 2016 mountain bike World Cup and it has us salivating for some downhill action. The season is kicking off in Lourdes on April 9-10…
UCI regains control of mountain bike Facebook page after hackers spam indecent links
The UCI’s mountain bike Facebook page was hacked on Thursday night resulting in the mass-posting of a number of inappropriate and risqué images. The UCI usually posts a mix of…
Tweets of the week: Gee Atherton, Loic Bruni, Steve Peat and more
January is plodding onwards and the nights are still cold and dark – thankfully that’s given us plenty of time to browse social media. Here’s our picks of the best…
5 reasons the UK needs an indoor bike park
On a road trip to Eurobike four years ago, Dan Makin first sketched out his plans for an indoor bike park in the UK. It was an idea he just couldn’t…
Watch Marcelo Gutierrez ride in an underground cathedral
We’re pretty sure that one day Red Bull will run out of mind-blowing places to send the world’s top riders but today is not that day. This video sees Marcelo…
GoPro teams up with Twitter app to allow for live streaming
Twitter and GoPro have teamed up to allow you to live stream your helmet cam footage. The Twitter-owned Periscope app will connect with your GoPro and offer you the opportunity…
Meet the woman who was saved from an abusive relationship by her love of mountain biking
We all like to say we use mountain biking as an escape, but for Tahran Chidley it could well have saved her life. At the age of 17 Trahran Chidley met…
Meet Britain’s new mountain bike trail paradise… Swindon
As the old joke goes: “I heard they dropped an atomic bomb on Swindon… did about £15 worth of damage.”(thanks to David Brent for that one). Yes, Swindon may not…
Boardman reveals 2016 mountain bike range
Key points 5 mountain bikes on offer – 2x full-suss and 3x hardtail Prices range from £649 – £1499 Big upgrades for the top of the range Pro FS Boardman…
The hottest enduro bikes of 2016
It’s 2016 and enduro is hotter than ever. Here we run down what could be the 5 best enduro bikes of 2016. YT Capra AL Every so often a bike…
Woman sentenced for sabotaging mountain bike trails
A woman who set booby traps on mountain bike trails in Canada has been sentenced to three years probation and 150 hours community service. Tieneke Kraal dragged rocks and logs…
The 5 things I learned from quitting my day job to start a mountain bike company
Ed Brazier worked in marketing for 12 years before packing it all in and founding Airdrop bikes. Despite having very little background in the industry he has now designed his first…
Watch the moment the British Columbia trail saboteur was arrested
Yesterday Tieneke Kraal was sentenced to three years probation and 150 hours community service for placing logs and rocks on British Columbia’s Skull trail. Mrs Kraal would place 10-40 logs on…
Watch this trials rider fall off a roof
There’s the old mantra in mountain biking that if you aren’t crashing you aren’t trying hard enough. If that’s the case then Fabio Wibmer must be making the rest of…