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Marines who confiscated 45 mountain bikes begin process of returning them
Marines who confiscated 45 mountain bikes in southern California have started returning them to their owners. The bikes were taken over one weekend in mid-January…
Petition launched to stop construction of mountain bike skills park in Edinburgh
An online petition has been launched against the construction of a bike park in Edinburgh. The petition is entitled Our Green Space Versus Bike Park…
Rachel Atherton made a hilarious mistake in her first race as World Champion
The rainbow jersey of a world champion is said to be cursed but it embarrassed Rachel Atherton in a different way than you might expect…
The best, worst and most embarrassing first Tweets from famous mountain bikers
Here are the best, worst and most embarrassing first Tweets from your favourite mountain bikers to celebrate twelve years of Twitter.
Monday Quiz: How well do you know the Enduro World Series?
After what seems like ages, the Enduro World Series returns this weekend for round one of the 2016 season in Chile. It’s fitting that the…
Britain’s biggest mountain biking mountain just got bigger
Britain doesn’t have many big mountains but there’s cause for celebration as the biggest peak we do have has grown by one metre. Ben Nevis…
OneUp Shark allows you to create world’s widest 11 speed cassette
There’s a bit of a cassette arms race going on at the moment, a few weeks ago Shimano announced an 11-46T cassette but that’s already been…
Study shows mountain bikers have better posture than road cyclists
As we all know, mountain bikers are incredibly fine specimens of the human race. So it should come as no surprise to learn how off-road…
SRAM declares the death of the front derailleur
SRAM has long been at the forefront of 1x technology and today has stuck a pretty significant flag in the ground by declaring the death…
Yeti, Specialized and Lapierre bikes stolen in ram raids across East Midlands
A fleet of superbikes has been stolen from East Midlands bike shops in what is believed to be a series of connected ram raids on…
Watch the red and blue trails at the new FlyUp 417 bike park
The FlyUp 417 bike park opened on Monday and videos are starting to filter through of what riders can expect when they take to its slopes.…
Pumptracks in paradise: Claudio Calouri’s latest work of art in Bali
The surfer’s haven of Bali is high on the bucket list of any traveller and thanks to the work of World Cup helmet cam maestro…
Bimp’ Air – the air canister that fits in your bottle cage and recharges as you ride
Now then, what do you think of this? Bimp’ Air is the latest product we’ve spotted from the crowndfunding circus and it’s a compressed air canister…
5 reasons riding a cheap mountain bike is great
Sure, all of us here at mbr love to ogle the latest and greatest mountain bikes out there, but we value cheap mountain bikes just…
The hottest riding spots of 2016
We say you can never have too much of a good thing, here’s some amazing new British trails coming your way in 2016. Coed y Brenin,…
Britain’s biggest off-raod race returns to the beaches of Wales this weekend
Nearly 800 riders will descend on the beaches of south Wales for the annual Battle of the Beach mountain bike race. This is the third…
Do you recognise these mountain bike thieves?
A man has released this footage of two thieves who stole a mountain bike and a motor bike from his garage. Nick Bond, of Halstead in…
The new Devinci Django, a 120mm, 650b trail runaway
Key Points New 120mm travel trail bike from Devinci Adjustable geometry on 650b wheels Similar geometry to the 140mm Troy What’s this then? Meet the…
Five ways to improve your navigation skills
Break your route into legs By breaking the route down into bite-size chunks you should be able to memorise the next section of your ride…