The Megavalanche starts on snow near the top of a mountain and you race downhill…. How hard can that be? Pretty dam hard by all accounts, for a full report www.enduranceracing.co.uk, but Rich reckons that he encountered jutst about every type of terrain imaginable, starting on snow down to a rocky plateau, giving way to dirt …
Away from the bike park that makes Whistler so famous lie a wealth of trails just waiting to be explored, if you get to know some of the locals you get the benefit of riding the best trails without the hastle of route finding. Locals earlier this summer If you bump into these two in the line …
Disneyland is a ride I have wanted to do for years , I’ve seen pictures taken up top with Howe Sound in the background in magazines and calendars and it’s one of those rides that was on my hit list., Kira booked the heli and we soon had the five we needed for the trip, Kira, Noel, …
The only sound is the tinging of my disc brakes as they cool down, below me I hear, "helooooooooooo Mr. Bear" as Duncan hollers to the local residents of the woods in an effort to avoid a bear / mountain bike confrontation. We are screaming down the singletrack to the trail end where earlier on …
Rich Holmes, our correspondent is South Wales spotted this when fettling his bike, hmmm, is that a crack I see in the middle of the drop out with a little poking around the second photograph is the end result. Check your bike regularly for wear, tear and just about to give up the ghost bits of …
19 riders dusted off their hangovers and hit the trail at Penmachno early Saturday morning. First and best blood of the day fell to Driller, hammering through a single track section he lost it on a left hander, nose wheeling for a short stretch before the front wheel dropped to the edge of the trail, stopped …
Saturday morning and after a good start to the day its was only ever gona go downhill from there, driving upto Hamsterley for a day on the downhill course using the uplift. 25 English pounds secures 10 uplifts which is ample enough to wear most riders out, with the course spliiting into multiple runs after …
In a complete break with recent tradition we went mountain biking, with Roys forthcoming step into obscurity it was only right that we took some time out to spend with him before he begins his sentence. We rode in the hills south of Leyburn and Aysgarth on Saturday and Nidderdale on Sunday. Tour rules prevent …
Whistler Bike Park Len Black getting set for a day in the park, beat him to the bar and he might just let you buy the first round. The bike park has been open for a few years now and offers huge potential for fun or injury. Whistler lies 2 hours north of Vancouver and …
Leh to Manali, India 2000 This trip started like most things do over a couple of pints; a few weeks later Jack and I were booked on a plane to India The mountain Kingdom of Ladakh lies in Northern Indian high in the Himalaya, the Leh to Manali traverse is a three week trip incorporating …