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 [...]
One of my favourite sensations about mountain bike riding is feeling the terrain. And I don’t just mean that in a literal sense- I mean feeling the ground rush past my tyres; hearing the my tyres cracking the sticks on the ground and trudging through vegetation. I can hear how fast I’m going, how much [...]
In only his second Enduro event of the year Dan Atherton claimed second spot at the Maxi Avalanche in Flims, Switzerland. With snow on the ground already in Flims the track had to be shortend slightly to allow the race to continue, this left a twelve minute course for the fast boys with three distinct [...]
How did you prepare for Oktoberfest? Martyn: I train most days so just carried on with the normal schedule. As it was a team event there wasn’t a huge need for stamina work. Steve: I didn’t prepare, I just went about my normal training which consists of a fair bit of XC riding anyway. Sam: [...]
Like most mountain bike riders, I have a dilemma on the run up to the weekend about where I’m going to ride my mountain bike. Usually something will jump out- friends heading somewhere to ride; parents that can be visited via a nice ride; local stuff to session and build etc. Lately the weather has [...]
I’m definitely what you would call a mildly obsessed mountain biker. I take pride in my mountain bikes, look after my kit and generally spend a lot of time on the dirty jobs that many of my friends avoid. Also, with a mechanical background, there’s not much I’m not confident taking care of on my [...]
