She no longer "needs the validation of an Olympic medal" after completing her perfect 2016 season. There is also talk of Atherton having a crack…
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Mountain Weather Information Service saved!
In July 2016 SportScotland informed the Mountain Weather Information Service (MWIS) that it would be removing funding as of 31st December 2016. UPDATE: funding secured…
Watch the only two mountain bike films nominated for a GoPro Award
The GoPro Awards were announced at the end of last year. Now the finalists have been revealed. There's a couple of mountain bike vids in…
PAUL’s purple parts are back
Legendary back-in-the-day anodising CNC-heads PAUL Components have returned with some purple bits.
At 147mph Denise Mueller is the fastest woman on a bike… ever
On Saturday September 10 2016 Denise Mueller pedalled a bike at 147mph at Bonneville Salt Flats in Utah to become world record holder.
New invention analyses your braking bad habits
The Brake Power Meter shows you how hard you're braking. It also shows you how long you have the brakes engaged (either dragging or full-on).
Pro bike check: Tracy Moseley’s Trek Slash 29
In fact, this isn’t just any old off-the-peg Slash; it’s Tracy’s personal bike, painted in team colours and kitted out with Shimano XTR Di2 drivetrain,…
Dirty Deals: kids fat bikes, GPS watches, jackets and much more
We have a cool 'very Plus' bike for kids (it's not polite to say "fat"), a techno GPS watch for the Strava hunters out there…
Nine talking points from the Val di Sole DH World Champs
A great World Champs for the Brits with Rachel Atherton and Danny Hart claiming the top spots and earning the rainbow stripes on their jerseys…
Watch Claudio, Peaty and Warner race each other down the gnarly Val di Sole World Champs track
Joining Claudio on the hair-raisingly steep course is just-retired-racer permanent-legend Steve Peat. And some guy called Rob Warner who doesn't appear to have a bike…
Poll: Which is the best looking World Champs bike?
This is the real World Championships - the World Champs of paintjobs! The title that everyone is secretly more interested in. VOTE NOW!
All you need to know about Sunday’s World Champs
Val di Sole in Italy is the venue for this Sunday's UCI Downhill Mountain Bike World Championships - better known as the .World Champs'.
How more trail access for bikes would benefit the rural economy
Cycling UK (formerly known as The CTC) have introduced an economic argument for rights of way 'responsible access' reform for off-road bikes.
12 predictions for mountain bikes in 2017
We've sifted through all the weirdness, all the e-bikes, all the gimmicks to come up with a list of stuff that will actually impact on…
Check out Aaron Gwin’s custom World Champs bike
It's something of a tradition to do a special paintjob for World Championship bikes. This is the bike that Aaron will be piloting at Val…
14 ideas that changed mountain biking
Here's our list of what we think have been the all-time game changing ideas.
Rotwild’s electric downhill bike
At Eurobike Rotwild unveiled their new R.G+ FS electric downhill bike. A 200mm travel beast with Brose motor.
Dirty Deals: 1x chainsets, wheelsets, tyres and much more
It's taken us a fair bit longer to unearth some decent enough bargains for this week's Dirty Deals. But unearthed them we have. We're good…
Nine reasons we’ll miss Steve Peat now he’s retired
Steve Peat retired World Cup racing at Vallnord last Saturday. By the time we'd dried our eyes and cleared away a mountain of snotty tissues…
Plus size tyres spread to BMX
The SE Bikes OM-Duro sports 27.5+ tyres but it's definitely not a mountain bike. It's a BMX for those of certain age maybe.