After the longest upload in history on South African dial-up, we finally bring you qualifying Friday from the World Cup round #1 at Pietermaritzburg.You must...
Just how much World Cup goodness can you cram on to one website? Bring it on by the wheelbarrow load I say. Stu from mtbcut just...
5-a-day is now 6-a-day and comes not from one but three of the worlds best mountainbike photographers. Gary “Flipper” Perkin, Sven Martin and Victor Lucas...
Had a funny email from Frazer up at www.nofussevents.co.uk it sounds like the locals are running a sweepstakes on who will hit 20...
The olympians return. Jared Graves and Jill Kintner who both took a year out of 4x to concentrate on the olympics have returned with a...
Stay tuned for a Steve Peat video interview where he tells us all about the airshock on his SantaCruz V10, which Greg Minnaar and Josh...
UPDATE:OFFICIAL RESULTS BELOW Unofficial results from qualifying at Pietermaritzburg, South Africa. I watched the first twenty cross the line, scribbled down the times then walked back...
Just to recap, today is downhill qualifying and 4x qualifying. 13.30pm-14.45pm Downhill qualifying. 16.45pm-17.30pm 4x qualifying. Small point, but it gets dark around 17.30 here in Pietermaritzburg, the...
Vancouver Island resident Stevie Smith seems to be enjoying the track here in PMB though he does admit it’s hard work. I caught him and his...
Thursday practise at Pietermaritzburg was a long drawn out affair with barely a rider on the hill at times.Like the big game hunters that they...
Forecast:Update:12.00 noon here in PMB, the mud tyres are on the spare wheels for most teams, but this is just some African voodoo which means...
We strapped a helmet/chest cam to “Just Reid” team rider Adam Brayton and sent him down the Pietermaritzburg World Cup track.Some people are having a...
As I was sprinting back to the press room from the very top of the track (read-hotdog van) Sam Hill and Brendan Fairclough pulled into...
Honestly, this wasn’t an easy choice, but it is just a bit of fun, right? So I decided from the get go that I was...
The overly distinctive yellow race shirt of the Leisure Lakes team was for so long an integral part of the UK race scene. Supporting similarly...
Check out Steve Peat’s, Greg Minnaar’s and Josh Brycelands Santa Cruz V10. No tech or spec with these I’m afraid, dictaphone malfunction, just photos. (Oh and...
There’s tons of news going up on Dirt at the moment from the World Cup at Pietermaritzburg, South Africa. Make sure you don’t miss any by...
Did you watch Tracey Moseley’s explaination of the PMB uplift? (Watch it here). These are the uplift trucks she was talking about.There are about eight assorted...
Jared Graves, Aaron Gwin and Sam Blenkinsop’s Yeti 303 has had a few tweaks for 2009, hollow rails and bushings replacing some bearings are just...
Justin Leov, Andrew Neethling and Tracy Moseley had their official Trek team launch last night, near the Hilton neighbourhood in Pietermaritzburg. I would love to tell...
Thursday weather bulletin from Pietermaritzburg aka PMB aka Possibly, MayBe. 22°C Wind: W at 4 km/h Humidity: 45% Thunderstorms are predicted tonight and rain tomorrow for downhill and 4x...
After the Caravan Video Tour, we’ve done a fair bit of cleaning and polishing, and come out with the finished product…….. We’re leaving tomorrow, so did...
South African photographer Sven Martin introduces Wednesdays goings on around the pits at Pietermaritzburg World Cup round 1, which if truth be told wasn’t much....
Wednesday in Pietermaritzburg (PMB from now on) was a hot slow day. The track was officially open for walking at 14.00, but with no uplift...
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