Have you ever got to that point in your riding where you just cant be bothered to head out, for whatever reason? Sometimes trying to rekindle that love for biking feels unachievable in the rain, wind and punishing cold…. So what do you do about it?… Well I’ve found a solution, and an awesome one at that. [...]
Fort William World Cup: Famously known for it’s mountain biking and for hosting the World Cup, it’s one of the events of the Summer. This year the World Cup is being held on the 8th-9th June. You can purchase tickets here. Season: In Winter you can get some Skiing and Snowboard action in up the top of Nevis [...]
I like to live my life with a continual sense of improvement. Always trying to better myself, to progress and learn more whilst having fun and exploring what there is out there. In the moments I have spare between coaching and training, I find myself pondering new adventures; exploring the world on my bike is [...]
We’ve all had an injury in biking some time in the past. Whether it’s a nasty pedal strike to the shin, or the unfortunate and unforgiving broken bone – I doubt there are many of us out there without a story to tell and a scar to back it up. I try not to think [...]
You’d be excused for thinking that the bike industry has become a little indecisive lately. Forget having a standard 26” wheel, we now have the 650B and the 29” wheel. So which one is best: which one should I buy when the time comes for a new bike? To put things in perspective, 26” [...]
A bold undertaking into unknown territory, entwined with risks and little certainty of completion. An adventure should test you physically, mentally and emotionally. True and hardy adventure should be thought back to heroes like Ernest Shackleton and Edmund Hilary’s days of exploration and accomplishment, but where does adventure lie for the mere 21st century mortal? [...]
Yet again I found myself subjected to the “If I won the lottery conversation’, this time amongst friends whom I seldom see. Not my normal bunch of rowdy mountain biking chums, these guys have chosen a different trail in life, mostly banking and accounting. We compared thoughts on fiscal policy, integration of a governmental-multinational sustainable [...]
Everything I do revolves around mountain bikes, from work to my social life, and all that’s in between. I’m lucky enough to spend a huge amount of time on my bike, whether it’s shredding into to the Spanish sunshine with friends, or pedalling alone into a cold headwind on the moors, as long as I’m [...]
