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Innerleithen chair lift will not be funded by public money despite overwhelming local support
Public agencies involved in the development of the Tweed Valley as a tourist destination have confirmed they will not be putting money into the project to install a chairlift at…
16 year old mountain bike fanatic killed while riding his bike
A mountain bike mad 16 year old has been killed in a car crash while riding his bike. Keiran McKandie, from Elgin, Scotland, was cycling along the B9010 Kellas to Dallas…
Counter petition launched in support of Edinburgh bike park
Yesterday we reported on a handful of Edinburgh residents who had started a petition against a mountain bike park in their city. Well thankfully the mountain biking community of the Scottish…
Renthal 1XR chainring review
The difference between Renthal’s new 1XR chainring and most other narrow/wide rings on the market is that it has a tooth profile that is designed to shed mud. This dramatically…
Vitus releases new carbon enduro bike for £2,500
Key Points: Vitus releases first carbon enduro bikes Cheaper CR model for £2,565 Higher spec CRX model for £3,800 Both bikes available in May What is Vitus? Vitus is Chain…
New Truvativ Descendant is the ‘most affordable carbon crankset’ in mountain biking
One of the best thing about new innovations about mountain biking is that it’s not long before the technology trickles down to more affordable price points. Not long ago SRAM…
How to improve your stability on the trail
The trails we ride today are faster, more technical and more varied than they’ve ever been before. Thankfully then, the bikes we ride them on have evolved too — more capable,…
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 from riders who riders were following…
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 Takeover and has received 350…
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 as she made her debut…
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 premier enduro race format will…
Nino Schurter shows you how to get mountain bike fitness
Nino Schurter, 2016 XC Olympic champion, shows us how to get gold medal-fit at home with just a skateboard and a Swiss ball
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 has been officially measured this…
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 trumped by OneUp components that…
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 riding produces better bodies. For…
Liv Intrigue 2 (2016) review
Need to know Nimble 27.5in women-specific trail bike 140mm travel front and rear Three frame sizes, all with bags of standover clearance I was a big fan of last year’s Liv Intrigue,…
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 Tuesday night. The Specialized concept…
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 as much, if not more.…