Shinshu ‘Shinny’ Tanaka has just beamed me over a few spy shots of the K9 pre-production DH001-S downhill mountain bike. So who are K-9? K-9 was...
How do you describe Rob Warner? Ex-world cup mountain bike downhill legend, Dirt columist, Giants longest serving employee and the voice of the 2008 World...
Our web monkey is away today in the big smoke of London, but we thought you might like to get a look at the new–look...
You might have read about this a couple of days ago on this site, but now we have the official Press Release. The main news...
MATTI LEHIKOINEN ON EVIL? Is this for real? Hey we don’t like to gossip, but we have just heard some news that is very interesting. Now this may...
This weeks howies T-shirt of the Week is ŒLive Lightly¹, designed by Chester Bigglesworth. (you may have seen his Know Thy Enemy illustration in our new...
Win a Ltd. Edition ‘Team Atherton’ Commencal Supreme DH framekit (sorry not the complete bike as shown) and a pair of team race jerseys. Hop over...
Kurt Cobain was born on this day 1967 and would have been 42 today. Happy birthday Kurt. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CqSHcNgDb4U http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lx1GWD__KC8 It’s the Forest of Dean Mini downhill this sunday...
I think this news was out of the bag a while back, but for people like my next door neighbour Barry who only checks the...
The search is on for volunteers to help build part of the region’s newest mountain bike trail at the Forestry Commission’s Cannock Forest, near Rugeley,...
First up some bike news from Ed h. “Now none of the bikes that arrive at the Dirt office are actually ‘ours’ so to speak, but...
Want to win these money can’t buy gloves? Then head over to the Dirt forum here and post a photo. Your chance to win an exclusive pair...
We we’re just talking in the office about who is the best all round mountain bike rider. Rene Wildhaber must be up there in the...
I had a brief chat with French downhill and 4x rider Cedric Gracia and asked him a couple of questions about his plans for 2009. How’s...
Robin over at Ride just beamed me this news about Stephen Murray’s son Seth who has just come 3rd in his first ever National BMX...
Got a call from Nige Page team manager of ChainReactionCycles/Intense telling us about the arrival of his first proto race frame. The bike will be built...
Just been on the blower (that’s phone for any Americans/Aussies/Kiwis or Mongolians out there not “hair dryers” or other such stuff) to Michael from...
There’s been a lot of New Zealand news recently (NZ tourist board take note, I wouldn’t mind a freebie return ticket sometime) probably because it’s...
This weekly delve into the Mpora archives was a Wednesday feature but what with the snow and all that it’s got knocked out of sync,...
As well as new bikes in the office we’ve also got a new helping hand, Jake from the Forest.He’s been helping us with all sorts...
Our man on the scene David Sibley has just beamed news that Danny Hart has won round 2 of the Raboplus South Island Downhill Cup...
Jonesy, Jon the Designer and Rowan Sorrell (I think, see note) are out near Malaga at the moment testing bikes for the magazine at a...
Ben from Aston Hill has beamed me the news of the first race of the season at Aston Hill. This is the news from the South...
Remember that bonkers endurance race last year at Fort William? Click here for last years report. The basic premise was to complete as many timed runs...