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Friday C Word Randoms

Todays randoms begin with some coarse language that some of you might be offended by. For that reason I have encased the video in a...

Friday C Word Randoms
Dirt 100

2013 Dirt 100: Hope Race EVO X2 Brakes

Ever the masters of machining beautiful looking bike parts, something that Hope also do rather well is to make some of the best performing and...

2013 Dirt 100: Hope Race EVO X2 Brakes
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Lyttelton Urban DH 2013 highlights

The Lyttelton Urban Downhill in Christchurch, New Zealand went off (like a rocket not like an old cheese) the other weekend. Tarmac Avenger Cam Cole took...

Lyttelton Urban DH 2013 highlights
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Kranked Kracked: Kamloops 1997

It’s Thursday and it’s the day people “Throwback” stuff. I threw back the curtains wide this morning and inadvertently startled my next door neighbour Sandra....

Kranked Kracked: Kamloops 1997
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Dirt Magazine #134 has just hatched!

New issue out soon-ish, if not now!

Dirt Magazine #134 has just hatched!
Dirt 100

2013 Dirt 100: HOPE TECH EVO V2 BRAKES

Every single product that comes out of Hope’s factory looks like it has had the care and attention of every single member of the company,...

2013 Dirt 100: HOPE TECH EVO V2 BRAKES
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Tracy Moseley and Steve Parr talk UK Gravity Enduro RD1

Rd one of the UK Gravity Enduro series kicks off this weekend in Afan Forest, South Wales.

Tracy Moseley and Steve Parr talk UK Gravity Enduro RD1
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David Vazquez 2013 UCI Gravity Technical Delegate

Ahead of the 2013 Downhill World Cup season we catch up with the new UCI gravity technical delegate ex-World Cup racer David Vazquez.

David Vazquez 2013 UCI Gravity Technical Delegate
Dirt 100

2013 Dirt 100: SHIMANO SAINT BRAKES

As a brand, Shimano rarely, if ever, shout about their abilities or boast superiority, but every now and then they go out there and slip...

2013 Dirt 100: SHIMANO SAINT BRAKES
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DirtTV: Finally 4 Trailer

Kabooom! DirtTV Finally 4 is nearly here. Get amped, pumped and generally stoked with this teaser trailer!

DirtTV: Finally 4 Trailer
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Quick Peek: 2013 Team CRC/Nukeproof Pulse

Here’s a look at Team CRC/Nukeproof’s Pulse, the bike on which Australian speed machine Sam Hill and UK riders Matt Simmonds and Joe Smith hope...

Quick Peek: 2013 Team CRC/Nukeproof Pulse
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Forgotten Friday: High seat posts, rim brakes, lycra and carnage!

Oh and techno music too. But not many knee pads. And narrow bars. Big crowds. And water bottles. Thirsty work. And over the bars. And...

Forgotten Friday: High seat posts, rim brakes, lycra and carnage!
Dirt 100

2013 Dirt 100: SHIMANO XTR TRAIL BRAKES

Is there anything in the XTR range that doesn’t deserve the title of ‘Ultimate’? As far as trail brakes go, there truly is nothing better...

2013 Dirt 100: SHIMANO XTR TRAIL BRAKES
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Friday Randoms: Warning may contain nuts.

Nuts. Metric, imperial, organic or psychological. They're all here in todays Frandoms!

Friday Randoms: Warning may contain nuts.
Dirt 100

2013 Dirt 100: AVID CODE R BRAKES

The Code R from Avid is essentially a half-way house between the beef-cake Code brake and the company’s ever-popular Elixir range.

2013 Dirt 100: AVID CODE R BRAKES
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Tracy Moseley coaching Week at Bike Verbier

Join World Champion Tracy Moseley on a coaching session in Verbier, Switzerland.

Tracy Moseley coaching Week at Bike Verbier
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Greg Minnaar: Hot O'Neal Kleptomaniac Courier

The kleptomaniac postie strikes again, this time it's Minnaar's O'Neal kit!

Greg Minnaar: Hot O'Neal Kleptomaniac Courier
Dirt 100

2013 Dirt 100: KS LEV SEATPOST

The Lev seatpost features a little something that no-one else has managed to yet master; the static cable.

2013 Dirt 100: KS LEV SEATPOST
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Mop Films 2012 showreel

A well tidy mix of dirt jump hooning and big bike bashing from Marc-Olivier Panaud AKA Mop Films. If Marc teams up with Brian, Ursula,...

Mop Films 2012 showreel
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City Downhill World Cup for 2014

A new race series for 2014 linking up the urban downhill events. Sounds good!

City Downhill World Cup for 2014
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SoCal: The Getaway with Pilgrim, Reynolds, Pace and Williams

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=drIsxTiJ8o8 Sam Pilgrim, Sam Reynolds, Danny Pace and Adam Williams hire/borrow/steal a motorhome and hit up the Californian dirt jump hot spots. As long as there’s some...

SoCal: The Getaway with Pilgrim, Reynolds, Pace and Williams
Dirt 100

2013 Dirt 100: ROCKSHOX REVERB

Smooth running, infinitely height-adjustable and as desirable as a seat-post could possibly be, the Rockshox Reverb is the pinnacle of enduro chic and lusted after...

2013 Dirt 100: ROCKSHOX REVERB
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Shop Talk: Supernovacycles

First in our series of Shop Talk is Supernova Cycles from Newbury.

Shop Talk: Supernovacycles
Dirt 100

2013 Dirt 100: ESI GRIPS

These ESI grips are essentially a tube of silicone moulded with the hole slightly off centre.

2013 Dirt 100: ESI GRIPS
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