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Tree-killing disease on the march in Scotland
Phytophthora Ramorum affects larch and has been largely confined to the Galloway region. Unfortunately the disease appears to be spreading.
New mountain bike trails for Glenlivet
Work is set to start on some new mountain bike trails on the Glenlivet Estate in Moray, Banffshire, north west Scotland.
Time to act before Peak District’s Rushup Edge trail is lost forever
According to local riders, Derbyshire Council appear intent on turning Rushup Edge into a smooth, wide, concrete-esque pavement.
Four brand new Bikepark Wales tracks open today
Four new tracks - AC DC, Watts Occurring, Blackadder and Off Grid - are open as of June 1st, with the promise of three more…
Is widespread stone pitching resurface work ruining Lake District trails?
Online petition Stop the unnecessary stone pitching in The Lake District National Park thinks that stone pitch steps are ruining the Lakeland experience.
Inconsiderate mountain bikers putting Snowdon access at risk
Mountain bikers not observing the May-September Access Agreement on Snowdon and acting inconsiderately around other trail users.
Five routes that you can only do when it’s this dry
Here's our top five routes to challenge you this Bank Holiday weekend before wet weather returns and makes them inaccessible or inadvisable once again.
Anti-biker barbed wire strung across Salisbury Plain woodland
Barbed wire traps possible aimed at deterring motocross bikers are also a real danger to all other users of the plantation on the Salisbury Plain.
Five routes that need to be ridden as the forests come back to life in spring
Watersmeet in Exmoor, Grizedale Forest in the Lakes, the Great Glen Way in Invergarry, Glyn Ceiriog in the Berwyns and Grovely Wood in Wiltshire.
Buried broken glass booby trap in Shropshire trail sabotage
Mountain bikers have discovered large shards of broken sheet glass buried upright on a trail commonly used be bikes in Nescliffe Hill, Shropshire.
£1m bike centre planned for Brechfa Forest in Carmarthenshire
Plans for a £1 million mountain bike centre for Carmarthenshire’s Brechfa Forest have been submitted. Bike shop, café, showers, bunkhouse and more.
Illegal trail building features on BBC TV tonight at 7:30pm
Landward programme on BBC One Scotland tonight at 7:30pm tackles the issue of unauthorised trail building by mountain bikers.
Trail sabotage strikes again in West Wales
Nails-through-wood traps have been discovered in a woodland near Lampeter in Ceredigion, Wales. There have actually been two separate nail traps left.
Six new trails for Bikepark Wales to open before July
BikePark Wales will be five years old this August and the guys and gals are going to make 2018 a year to go down in…
How farmers could make money from helping mountain bikers
UK farmers to say “Get on my land” to cyclists? Cycling UK says for public funds to improve footpaths and bridleways.
The world’s smallest bikepark
A mere 300 metres long and with a modest 30 metres of elevation, Bike Park Groningen in the Netherlands could be the smallest bikepark in
Your opinion sought on £10million mountain bike park in Aberdeenshire
The mountain biking community is being asked for its opinion on plans for a multimillion-pound bike park at Durris Forest in Aberdeenshire, Scotland.
E-bikes banned off-road in Washington State
Local mountain bike alliance EMBA were part of the team behind the bill which sees e-bikes banned unless land managers specify otherwise.
Strava Global Heatmap and how to opt out of it
Strava have just release an updated version of the Strava Global Heatmap. This new version has another two year's worth of users' activities in there.