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Recovery Mars Bar anyone?
Mars protein products are a thing now. Mars bars and Snickers bars are now available with 18g/19g of protein stuffed into them. Not only that but there’s…
New GoPro Hero 5 accidentally leaked in How-To Video?
Leaked 9 second clip of the back of the new GoPro Hero 5 reveals a colour touch screen. Okay, so we can ‘t see the…
What does a ‘500% gear range’ mean and why are drivetrain companies boasting about their percentages?
Some manufacturers are starting to quote percentage numbers when talking about wide-range cassettes: for example SRAM’s new Eagle 12-speed cassette has a gear range of…
Who is this roadie Sagan and why is he racing in the Olympic MTB race?
Peter Sagan is the Aaron Gwin of road racing. Except that he’s much more interesting than straight-edge Gwin. He was awarded a wildcard place in…
These are the drones you’re looking for
Move over Lily there’s a new follow-you drone in town – and it’s Artificially Intelligent and everything. Or so the makers claim anyway. The Staaker…
Claudio’s helmetcam preview of Mont St Anne
It’s time for another of Claudio Caluori’s filmed runs down a World Cup downhill course. This time it’s Mont St Anne and his guest rider…
Results and 26 minute video from EWS Rd5 at Aspen-Snowmass
Richie Rude stacked it in practice and ruined his weekend. Jared Graves showed no mercy and took the win at Round 4 in Aspen-Snowmaas, Canada.…
Strava introduces Beacon safety feature
Strava has introduced a feature called Beacon. It's a new safety feature available now for Strava Premium members.
Seven things we learned from Aspen-Snowmass EWS
Last weekend’s round of the Enduro World Series in Aspen and Snowmass in US of A saw some of the longest and loosest racing action in this season’s…
More info on the new 2017 Giant Trance
We gave you a glimpse of it last month. Now here’s the full rundown of Giant’s new 140mm travel 27.5 wheeled trail bike. It’s still…
How does Jared Graves’ Stumpjumper 29 differ from a normal one?
Over on the blue social network Graves has posted up a pic of the bike he just won Round 5 of the Enduro World Series…
Berms, rollers and flow replace the boring fire road at Dalby
The sound of clanging tools and heavy machinery has been upsetting the peace and quiet in the North York Moors National Park this spring. Thankfully…
Mountain biker’s iPhone exploded after he crashed causing severe burns
Warning: contains injury pics! Landing on to an iPhone in his shorts pocket would be painful enough as it is – but then it “exploded”…
Here’s the new Intense Primer 29
The rebirth of radical 29ers continues apace as Intense unveil the new 130mm travel Primer. Need to know 130mm travel carbon 29er 67.5° head angle…
Dirty Deals: flat pedals, cranks, locks and much more
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Olympic mountain bike race TV schedule
It's going to be on a combination of BBC 1, BBC Four and the Red Button digital streams
Watch a crazy guy on a commuter bike ride along a sketchy cliff edge
So this popped up in our feed this morning courtesy of Vitus Cycles’ busy horde of social media overlords… It’s all fairly “so what?” to begin…
Another ‘ard riding ‘ardtail from the North – the Morf from Stif
Stif have been part of the UK mountain bike world for an awful long time. 30 years to be exact. The Morf is their first…
27km waymarked MTB route proposed for East Manchester
The plan is to help riders explore and navigate their way around existing bike-legal tracks and trails. Minimise the map reading headaches and maximise the…