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2012 Dirt Fantasy League ENTER NOW!!!

Team changes will close at 12.30 today, the scheduled start of qualifying. Registration stays open throughout the whole season, but entries will only score points from...

2012 Dirt Fantasy League ENTER NOW!!!
Dirt 100

2012 Dirt 100: Orange Five Pro

When bikes as simple as this work so well it really does make you take all the marketing bullshit behind more complicated designs with a...

2012 Dirt 100: Orange Five Pro
Videos

DirtTV: Pietermaritzburg 2012 track walk

Are you pumped? We are! The 2012 World Cup is on! Take a walk down the Pietermaritzburg World Cup track with Stevie Smith, Brook MacDonald,...

DirtTV: Pietermaritzburg 2012 track walk
Racing

2012 World Cup Preview Pt 7 The Teams

We talk to the top World Cup teams about the 2012 World Cup race season. Words and photos: Sven Martin. 2012 World Cup Teams.   GT Factory Racing (Previously...

2012 World Cup Preview Pt 7 The Teams
Racing

2012 Dirt Fantasy League team selection

Designer Jon and Big Mike from Dirt Magazine tell us about their Fantasy Teams. You have till Friday midday to register your Dirt Fantasy Team and...

2012 Dirt Fantasy League team selection
Dirt 100

2012 Dirt 100: Cube Stereo SL

You’d think that 140mm of travel was plenty enough for any trail bike, but this one has such good geometry for out and out ripping...

2012 Dirt 100: Cube Stereo SL
Racing

Pietermaritzburg 2012 World Cup #1 Schedule

Whoop! The 2012 World Cup season has started! Pietermaritzburg is go go go! Track walk starts today! Wow! That came round quick! The 2012 UCI World...

Pietermaritzburg 2012 World Cup #1 Schedule
Racing

Rachel Atherton to Miss World Cup #1 Pietermaritzburg

GT Factory Racing rider Rachel Atherton will miss the opening 2012 World Cup at Pietermaritzburg. She has opted to miss the first round in order to...

Rachel Atherton to Miss World Cup #1 Pietermaritzburg
News

Danger, Men At Work: Dave The Electrician..

Just to let you know Dave the Electrician has showed up and will be poking about with the Dirt server wires for a bit. While Dave...

Danger, Men At Work: Dave The Electrician..
Dirt 100

2012 Dirt 100: Last Herb AM

How a 145mm travel bike can be as fast as this one is still something that we’re struggling to get our heads around. It’s not...

2012 Dirt 100: Last Herb AM
Fresh Produce

Hill and Fairclough's custom Troy Lee D3 helmets

Check out Sam Hill and Brendan Fairclough’s super pimped Troy Lee D3 custom painted helmets! Stikman from TLD just fired over these works of art! Sam Hill’s...

Hill and Fairclough's custom Troy Lee D3 helmets
Racing

2012 World Cup Preview Pt 6

Part six of our 2012 Downhill Mountainbiking World Cup preview and we talk to the fastest girls on the planet! Words and Photos: Sven Martin. What track/venue...

2012 World Cup Preview Pt 6
Racing

Dirt/Norco Race Team: Aurum Bike Check

Dirt/Norco World Cup rider Dan Stanbridge talks us through the Norco Aurum downhill bike. http://mpora.com/videos/ldf0Pu56QMore Mountain Biking Videos

Dirt/Norco Race Team: Aurum Bike Check
News

Aaron Gwin Wins Pietermaritzburg KZN Provincial Championships

Just a week before the first 2012 World Cup in South Africa, Aaron Gwin shows his intentions with a win at the KZN Provincial Championships. Aaron...

Aaron Gwin Wins Pietermaritzburg KZN Provincial Championships
News

Matt Scoles and Sarah Atkin win Oceania Champs 2012.Video/results

Now with added WynTV video! The largest field of entrants this 2012 summer took on the Whaka Downhill course for the afternoon race. http://mpora.com/videos/V2UHJClNAMore Mountain...

Matt Scoles and Sarah Atkin win Oceania Champs 2012.Video/results
Interviews

Exclusive: Rob Warner WC Interview

Following on from the mega news that Rob Warner will be commentating on the World Cups for 2012 we grab a few words with the...

Exclusive: Rob Warner WC Interview
News

Wakatipu Shore: Final Episode

The final episode from the lads at Wakatipu Shore New Zealand. Big shouty thanks to the Wakatipu Shore guys for keeping us entertained (and slightly jealous)...

Wakatipu Shore: Final Episode
Racing

2012 World Cup Preview pt 5

Would the WC stars race a 29er? What tracks suit them? How do they feel about Norway and Val D’Isere? We find out all this...

2012 World Cup Preview pt 5
News

Friday Keep Calm and Carry On Randoms

Today’s motto is Keep Calm and Carry On. Not the slapstick Carry On, but the other one. And it’s not Carrion either. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FrHkKXFRbCI Keep Calm and Carry...

Friday Keep Calm and Carry On Randoms
News

This Is Peaty - A Steve Peat web series

Is this Peaty? I think it is you know! Steve Peat webisodes , on your screens in April 2012. here’s a teaser. For 2012, Steel City...

This Is Peaty - A Steve Peat web series
Dirt 100

2012 Dirt 100: Commencal Meta AM 1

Commencal have taken the work that they did on revising the Contact System on their DH bike and have put it to great use in...

2012 Dirt 100: Commencal Meta AM 1
Racing

2012 World Cup Preview Pt 4

Sven Martin prises open the brains of the World’s fastest mountainbike riders and looks inside. In part four of our 2012 World Cup Preview we learn...

2012 World Cup Preview Pt 4
Videos

DirtTV's Parkin Bros test out their new Red Epic camera

John and Rob Parkin have just splashed out on a spanking new Red Epic camera, which by all accounts is the dogs balls! Here’s a quick...

DirtTV's Parkin Bros test out their new Red Epic camera
Dirt 100

2012 Dirt 100: Orange Alpine 160

We might as well cut to the chase…we reckon this is the best descending 160mm travel bike that’s currently on the market. It might be...

2012 Dirt 100: Orange Alpine 160
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