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PAGERS, MINCE PIES AND MY FIRST EVER DOWNHILL RACE

Can you remember your first ever DH race? Kath Ronchetti raced her first Mini DH just before Christmas and tells us her story!

PAGERS, MINCE PIES AND MY FIRST EVER DOWNHILL RACE
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Cedric Gracia wins MTBSPOTY 2012!

Cedric Gracia wins the inaugural Mountain Bike Sports Personality Of the Year 2012 award!

Cedric Gracia wins MTBSPOTY 2012!
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2013 Dirt 100: Santa Cruz Blur TRC

Aside from the superb looks and smooth lines of this carbon framed Blur TRC, there are almost countless reasons that we have included it in...

2013 Dirt 100: Santa Cruz Blur TRC
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2013 Dirt 100: Norco Shinobi

The art of making 29er bikes able in all terrains, particularly when the going gets technical, has taken bike companies quite some time to perfect,...

2013 Dirt 100: Norco Shinobi
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Happy New Year Everybody!

Hope you lot have a fantastic 2013 with many happy times out and about on your two wheels!

Happy New Year Everybody!
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Sam Hill signs with CRC/Nukeproof for 2013

Sam Hill will join Joe Smith and Matt Simmonds on CRC/Nukeproof for the 2013 World Cup race season!

Sam Hill signs with CRC/Nukeproof for 2013
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Joe Barnes on Canyon Bikes for 2013

Joe Barnes and fellow Dudes Of Hazzard Liam Moynihan and Fergus Lamb have signed up with German company Canyon Bikes!

Joe Barnes on Canyon Bikes for 2013
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2013 Dirt 100: Specialized Stumpjumper FSR Expert evo 29

Before you say it (probably on a forum or on the Dirt site’s comment box), yes we know that the UK distributor doesn’t bring this...

2013 Dirt 100: Specialized Stumpjumper FSR Expert evo 29
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2013 Dirt 100: Yeti ASR5 Carbon

Yeti has always been a brand capable of putting out the most enviable and coveted bikes, and the ASR5 unquestionably falls into both of those...

2013 Dirt 100: Yeti ASR5 Carbon
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2013 Dirt 100: Trek Fuel EX 9

Trek’s no-fuss approach to bikes is something that we really admire at Dirt, their steeds are high in the performance stakes and yet shout very...

2013 Dirt 100: Trek Fuel EX 9
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The last Friday Randoms of 2012

2012 has nearly crossed the finish line of life and, while glancing back at the scoreboard of eternity, 2013 sits poised in the start...

The last Friday Randoms of 2012
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2013 Dirt 100: Intense Tracer 29

Trail Bike of the Year for the Tracer 29 and it isn’t hard to see why. Lovingly crafted, handmade in the Intense factory, and available...

2013 Dirt 100: Intense Tracer 29
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2013 Dirt 100: Ghost AMR Plus Lector 9000

Ghost bikes are off most of the Dirt readerships’ radars as the brand is better known in lycra-clad circles, but there is no denying Ghost’s...

2013 Dirt 100: Ghost AMR Plus Lector 9000
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Rob Warner's Dirty Business: The Christmas Special

The hilarious highlights from Rob Warner's World Cup season!

Rob Warner's Dirty Business: The Christmas Special
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2013 Dirt 100: Ibis Mojo HD

In the world of enduro racing there is one bike that appears more than possibly any other, the Ibis Mojo HD.

2013 Dirt 100: Ibis Mojo HD
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2013 Dirt 100: Lapierre Spicy 916

Looking at the Spicy you’d think that it’s a 140mm bike with its sleek lines and minimalist construction, but what we have here is the...

2013 Dirt 100: Lapierre Spicy 916
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2013 World Cup Rumour Mill with @Team Rumours Part 5

The 2012 World cup race season is over and the silly season has begun! The master of conjecture and speculation, Mr @teamrumours, has fired up...

2013 World Cup Rumour Mill with @Team Rumours Part 5
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2013 Dirt 100: YT Wicked 160 TLD

Another offering from YT that has everyone that rides mountain bikes scratching their heads, not least those who also make them.

2013 Dirt 100: YT Wicked 160 TLD
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2013 Dirt 100: Specialized Enduro Comp

There are plenty of 160mm travel mountain bikes out there, but Specialized definitely have a hold on the competition; very few bikes even come close...

2013 Dirt 100: Specialized Enduro Comp
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Four By Three: Gee Atherton Quarry Helmet Cam

Gee Atherton follows brother Dan as they both boost and send there way down the insane Llangynog Quarry line!

Four By Three: Gee Atherton Quarry Helmet Cam
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2013 Dirt 100: Nukeproof Mega

If it wasn’t for YT Industries stealing the value for money show, then this Nukeproof would be blowing minds with its unbelievable component spec and...

2013 Dirt 100: Nukeproof Mega
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The End Of The World Friday Randoms

The Mayan Apocalypse, @kabooooooooom, has just tweeted: "Sorry everyone, running a bit late." Here's some Randoms to fill the time.

The End Of The World Friday Randoms
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Dirt Magazine Issue#131 Out now-ish!

Dan Atherton boosting the quarry for the latest Four by Three Atherton video. Little known fact, this is Steve Jones’ first Welsh cover shot. James McKnight...

Dirt Magazine Issue#131 Out now-ish!
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