Here's an all-weather route in the Lakes that you may not have heard of - Claife Heights on the west side of Lake Windermere.
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Dirty Deals: top five best mud tyre deals
Nice out? Well, no it isn't really. But January can still equal fun riding if you have capable mud tyres. Here's five great tyres on great deals at the moment.
The UK’s top ten worst bike theft spots
An insurance company has delved into its data and come up with a ranking of which counties have the highest percentage rate of bike theft.
Final crowdfunding push for Sheffield RADmires new trail
Ride Sheffield announce their next crowdfunding initiative to raise the last £9k required for the RADmires trail.
Rachel Atherton takes on role with British Cycling Gravity Commission
Downhill racing living legend Rachel Atherton joins working group that acts as sounding board for British Cycling’s MTB policies.
Free GoPro rental at BikePark Wales
BikePark Wales continues to boom as it announces pioneering deal with GoPro to offer visitors free helmetcam rental during their visit.
What’s your favourite Steve Peat era?
Evocative fan-tribute video compilation of Steve Peat does a fabulous job of summarising Peaty's racing career.
Dirty Deals: jackets, gloves, shoes and much more
A clothing and soft goods special edition of Dirty Deals for this week. Get yourself kitted out with some new clobber.
Trail sabotage in Holmfirth, West Yorkshire
Homemade nailed-board stinger device found submerged in puddle on West Yorkshire bridleway.
New 29ers from Orange: the 135mm Stage 5 and the 150mm Stage 6
UK bike brand Orange announce two new aggressive 29ers: the 135mm travel Orange Stage 5 trail bike and the 150mm travel Orange Stage 5 enduro bike.
Specialized Demo 8.1 Alloy (2017) first ride
Great geometry and progressive sizing give the Specialized Demo 8 Alloy an edge. Everything about the Demo’s parts package is pretty much bombproof.
Cannondale Habit 5 (2017) review
The Cannondale Habit 5 has totally nailed the fit and sizing and the tighter suspension response makes it feel fast, efficient and fun to ride.
Classic VHS: Chainspotting
Trainspotting 2 is about to hit the cinemas and the hype machine is in overdrive - so here's a bit of the 1997 mountain bike tribute flick 'Chainspotting'.
Gullyver’s Travels: Episode One
New ‘Gullyver’s Travels’ video series from Geoff Gulevich begins with Gully ‘doing France’. The premise of Gullyver’s Travels is simple: Gully goes amazing places and does incredible stuff with awesome people. Episode…
The hottest products of 2017
The six most exciting products of 2017. Convertible helmets, new tyre widths, integrated dropper posts, suspension telemetry and more.
SRAM Roam 50: an ‘everyday’ carbon wheelset
SRAM have just announced details of the SRAM Roam 50 - a new 'everyday' carbon wheelset for 29er trail riders available in Boost or traditional axles.
Yet more insanely large jumps being built for this year’s Darkfest
An event with 'fest' in its name and featuring Nico Vink and Sam Reynolds is bound to be spectacular. Here's them building the DarkFest stunts in question.
Watch this herd of deer stampede through a bike race
Check out this Instagram video of a herd of deer crashing through a long distance mountain bike race in New Zealand.
How does Danny MacAskill have his Santa Cruz 5010 set up?
You've probably wondered how Danny MacAskill sets his bike up for films like his amazing A Wee Day Out - here's the answers.
Madison Saracen to have youth development downhill team again
Madison Saracen are bringing back a development team of young British downhillers. Aston Tutt, Harry Barrett, Riley Scott and James Elliott are the team.