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Winter Digging: Birmingham BMX Track

The crew at Birmingham BMX Track have been busy working on a new addition to the facility in the form of a pump track. Nathan Carvel...

Winter Digging: Birmingham BMX Track
Gear

Homemade Bikes: Comeragh N56 carbon hardtail

Findham Strain tells us about his homemade carbon hardtail, the Comeragh N56, that he made in his front room! This is my Comeragh N56 carbon hardtail....

Homemade Bikes: Comeragh N56 carbon hardtail
News

La Bresse wins best UCI World Cup DH event of 2011

La Bresse wins best UCI DH event and Fort William best UCI 4x event for 2011. Words: Ben ‘Friday Tea-Boy’ Winder. Every year at the end of...

La Bresse wins best UCI World Cup DH event of 2011
Interviews

Exclusive: DH1 interview with Raymond from Freecaster

Following on from the announcement last week that Freecaster are to be involved in a new downhill race series for 2012, DH1, we ask the...

Exclusive: DH1 interview with Raymond from Freecaster
Videos

Leon Rosser Video: Slow in Fast out…

A great catch up with cage fighting downhiller Leon Rosser! Tom Wheeler and Alex Tyler from www.eyesdownfilms.tv have knocked out a great edit and interview with...

Leon Rosser Video: Slow in Fast out…
Racing

Final round of the Halo BDS Caersws this weekend

Just a quick heads up to say that the final round of the 2011 Halo BDS takes place at Caersws, Wales this weekend. I know if...

Final round of the Halo BDS Caersws this weekend
Videos

Friday Lite-Randoms

A Lite version of the Randoms for you today. Feel free to post up some links to add some meat to the anorexic random bone...

Friday Lite-Randoms
Videos

Anthill Films: Strength in Numbers - Adam Billinghurst

Adam Billinghurst moved to Whistler to ride bikes, that was 13 years ago. Today he is still as passionate as ever about shredding the park. I...

Anthill Films: Strength in Numbers - Adam Billinghurst
Gear

DirtTV: Trans-Provence, Jerome Clementz Bike Check

2011 Trans-Provence winner Jerome Clementz talks us through his Cannondale Jekyll setup. Dirt Magazine’s Steve Jones continues his eyephonz interviews, this time catching up with Cannondale...

DirtTV: Trans-Provence, Jerome Clementz Bike Check
News

Bike Bus From Edinburgh to Glentress

Karl Mott beamed over this news about an easy way to travel to the trails at Glentress from Edinburgh if you don’t have a car,...

Bike Bus From Edinburgh to Glentress
News

Winter Digging: Bristol Pumptracks

Former World Cup 4x track builder Phil Saxena has been busy on the shovel recently with his new company Architrail Phil Saxophone sent over news of...

Winter Digging: Bristol Pumptracks
Videos

STUND Episode Two- Big Mountain

Mike Kinrade and Steve Romaniuk and the Stund crew bring you more epic adventure from Canadaland. Hello fellow mountain bikers! It’s time again and we have something...

STUND Episode Two- Big Mountain
Videos

DirtTV: Trans-Provence with Mark Weir

As the sun sets on the 2011 Trans-Provence Dirt Magazine’s Steve Jones talks to legend Mark Weir. This was one of Joner’s eyephonz video interviews that...

DirtTV: Trans-Provence with Mark Weir
News

Dirt Cover Stars: Number 04 Tim Ponting

We have a quick catch up with 1997 Dirt #04 cover star and super talented rider Tim Ponting and find out what he’s up to...

Dirt Cover Stars: Number 04 Tim Ponting
Racing

Freecaster to launch 2012 Pro DH Series?

Just about to head out the door when we spotted this bombshell news on the webber. The German website http://www.mtb-news.de is carrying an interview with Raymond...

Freecaster to launch 2012 Pro DH Series?
Racing

Trans-Provence: The Final Day

Day Seven Trans-Provence – The Battle For Monaco And The End Of The Journey and a chance to quaff beers and swim in the sea! The...

Trans-Provence: The Final Day
Technical & Maintenance

How to build a wooden ramp. Update

A complete set of instructions showing you how to build your very own wooden jump. I wrote this for Dirt Magazine back in February 2008 (issue...

How to build a wooden ramp. Update
Racing

Fionn Griffiths and Emmeline Ragot offer top tips at Moelfre

Fionn and Emmeline will be at The Ladies Moelfre Milestone to help out fellow girl racers with advice and riding tips. Fionn Griffiths and Emmeline Ragot...

Fionn Griffiths and Emmeline Ragot offer top tips at Moelfre
Videos

Monday Morning Mpora Movie Montage

A montage mash-up of movie-ness for all those with time on their hands this Monday morning! http://mpora.com/videos/XdP4rK3cjMore Mountain Biking Videos This is the official video of...

Monday Morning Mpora Movie Montage
Racing

Jerome Clementz wins the 2011 Trans-Provence

After seven arduous days and nearly three and half hours of timed stages, Clementz wins by just 46 seconds from Nico Vouilloz with Barel making...

Jerome Clementz wins the 2011 Trans-Provence
Racing

Trans-Provence Day 6 Update

With only one day remaining Vouilloz retakes the lead. Today was a dangerous day, get off line and as Rowan Sorrell says “…it would put you...

Trans-Provence Day 6 Update
Downhill

UCI Press Release: 4x, Cross Country Eliminator and Enduro news

Peter Van den Abeele, UCI Off-Road Disciplines Manager, talks World Cup 4x, XCE and the possibility of WC Enduro races. UCI International Mountain Bike calendar: keeping...

UCI Press Release: 4x, Cross Country Eliminator and Enduro news
Racing

Trans-Provence Day 5 Update

It’s an all French top three after day 5 from the tantalising Trans-Provence mountainbike enduro stage race. Photo: Michiel Rotgans Trans-Provence Day 5 Start: Guillaumes (793m) Trailhead: Bouchanières...

Trans-Provence Day 5 Update
Gear

Homemade Bikes: Welwyn Machine Works SBV

Continuing in our series on homemade bicycles, here is Mark and the Welwyn Machine Works SBV. Mark’s creation, the WMW SBV Having recently seen the excellent Bedfo...

Homemade Bikes: Welwyn Machine Works SBV
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