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Danny MacAskill: Way Back Home

The hotly anticipated sequel to Danny Mac’s phenomenal youtube video is live and is just as amazingly mental as the first one. Check it out. Why not...

Danny MacAskill: Way Back Home
Dirt 100

Dirt 100 2011: Saracen Myst

This Myst is hopefully the shape of things to come. With DH race bike prices seemingly soaring by the day, it’s great to see a...

Dirt 100 2011: Saracen Myst
News

Dirt Cover stars: Luke Smith

Luke “Moto” Smith graced the cover of Dirt Magazine twice, issue #19 and issue #30. We caught up with Luke and he tells us about the...

Dirt Cover stars: Luke Smith
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Seasonaires - Ep3 - Emily Johnston

Emily Johnston, smoother than most. As we see in the third episode of Seasonaires, once riding gets in your blood then it pulses on and on....

Seasonaires - Ep3 - Emily Johnston
News

Intense M9 FRO

The guys over at Intense have just sent us this peach of an M9 FRO frame to build up and test. Stay tuned for a full...

Intense M9 FRO
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The A to Z of a downhill race season 2010

Iain McConnell aka Turnip Towers has just beamed over a great A to Z of images from this years domestic downhill race season. Check out 26...

The A to Z of a downhill race season 2010
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Congratulations you are our 3000th Twitter follower

Could this be you? We currently have 2999 followers. If you become number 3000 we will invite you round to our house for tea and...

Congratulations you are our 3000th Twitter follower
Dirt 100

Dirt 100 2011:Trek Session 8

It’s perhaps a bold statement, but we reckon that the Session has the best geometry of any downhill bike, and as we all know geometry...

Dirt 100 2011:Trek Session 8
Racing

661 Mini Downhill 2010/11

Its back, following the amazing success of the last years 661 Mini DH race it returns to the Forest of Dean for 3 races this...

661 Mini Downhill 2010/11
Dirt 100

Dirt 100 2011:Specialized Demo 8 II

It might seem a little strange to be calling a bike that sells for over four grand a bargain, but that’s exactly what we think...

Dirt 100 2011:Specialized Demo 8 II
News

Lunchtime Ride-Teaser

An exciting webisode documenting the thrillingly ribbed pleasures of riding bikes in your lunch hour…coming soon. http://mpora.com/videos/JuhWcbijB More Mountain Biking Videos >>

Lunchtime Ride-Teaser
Videos

Follow Me: Behind the Scenes New Zealand

New Behind the Scenes Video and Slide Show from Anthill Films. Winter is fast approaching and for many of us that means less real riding and...

Follow Me: Behind the Scenes New Zealand
Dirt 100

Dirt 100 2011: Lapierre DH920

This latest and radically different incarnation of the DH920 might well have enough pivots and bearings to sink a battleship, but we can forgive it...

Dirt 100 2011: Lapierre DH920
Videos

Danny MacAskill ‘Way Back Home’ Premiere and Live Q&A Announced

Red Bull invites fans to submit questions for Danny MacAskill ahead of the film launch. November 11th 2010 – The wait is nearly over – the...

Danny MacAskill ‘Way Back Home’ Premiere and Live Q&A Announced
Dirt 100

Dirt 100 2011: Orange 224 Evolution

‘Quick’ is always the word in our head after riding a 224, and there’s little more you can ask for from a DH race bike....

Dirt 100 2011: Orange 224 Evolution
News

Friday Owly Randoms

Did you know that the owl is the only bird that gets paid an hourly rate? I didn’t either and couldn’t give two hoots, but...

Friday Owly Randoms
Videos

DirtTV:Jones tests the 2011 Commencal in Andorra

Dirt Magazine tester Steve Jones popped over to the Commencal HQ in Erts, Andorra to ride Gee Atherton’s 2011 bike. Jones took along his faithful-border-flip-cam and...

DirtTV:Jones tests the 2011 Commencal in Andorra
Dirt 100

Dirt 100 2011: Mondraker Summum

At 34.5lbs this has to be, by quite some distance, the lightest production DH bike you can buy, and we doubt you could custom build...

Dirt 100 2011: Mondraker Summum
News

2011 Dirt 100 Out Now

The gloriously lavish 2011 Dirt 100 is out now and is looking very swish indeed. Just take a look at some of the glossy pages below...

2011 Dirt 100 Out Now
Racing

CANCELLED:Rose Bikes Cliff Hanger race

UPDATE: Rose Bikes Cliff Race Cancelled at Aberystwyth due to Severe Weather Warnings. This just in from Si Paton: Aberystwyth was battered last night by severe gales...

CANCELLED:Rose Bikes Cliff Hanger race
News

The Underdog Project

What is Project Underdog I hear you ask? Well a busy guy called John Lee has set up a new race team for 2011 called...

The Underdog Project
Racing

2011 World Cup Team Sheet

Okay, here’s the plan. Let’s get a big ol’ list of what rider is on what team for 2011. Post your findings and speculation below and...

2011 World Cup Team Sheet
Videos

DirtTV: Moto Bogging Tournament

Mountainbikers have a go at thrashing some motos round a steep boggy back garden. Don’t think the neighbours mended too much! The Parkin Bros were...

DirtTV: Moto Bogging Tournament
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