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 before.
Mountain Bike Rider
Five routes perfect for beginners
Help pry them out of the trail centre with these fun loops. Thrilling singletrack for new riders, without the off-putting big climbs or techie sections.
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!
Red Bull Hardline adds a metal motocross ramp to its 45ft jump
Red Bull Hardline, the gnarliest and most intimidating downhill race in the world, is back for its third year... and by crikey it looks tougher than ever.
Could you ride The Impossible Berm?
A frantic and fun filled thrash of a vid to set you up for the weekend. Shot by the infamously raggedy and raging 50/01 collective, The Impossible Berm is imply…
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'.
The psychological side of enduro racing
Canyon's Joe Barnes, Justin Leov and co. open up to the camera about what psychological toil enduro racing takes out on you.
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 the average rider.
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 di Sole this weekend.
Portable tubeless tyre inflator that recharges as you pedal
The Bimp'Air is a tubeless tyre inflator with a difference. It's portable. And you can charge it up with air as you ride along.
14 ideas that changed mountain biking
Here's our list of what we think have been the all-time game changing ideas.
The fastest trail dog ever
Ex-World Cup DH racer Nicolas Ortiz takes his dog - called Heaven - out on his rides. They are both rather nippy!
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 to you like that see.
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 we decided it was time…
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.
Protoype e-MTB from BMC spotted at Eurobike
Spotted at Eurobike and confirmed in a press release from BMC, the as yet unnamed electric mountain bike amongst the sleekest e-MTB we've seen to date.
Mountain biker injured by trail sabotage in Forest Of Dean
Reports have emerged of an incident on August 22nd where a mountain biker was injured by obstacles deliberately put on to bike trails.
Gallery of cool and weird new stuff from Eurobike
Even though we have seen and heard about a lot of 2017 stuff already there's always plenty more titbits revealed at Eurobike. Some surprises from the big brands and loads…