I was chatting to a friend the other day about a section in the local woods I was practicing, and how the bike I was on that day felt really good- the tyres gripped, the suspension felt right and everything just felt right. So I kept going back up again and sessioning the same section- [...]
Guest blog post from Phil at Rough Riderz. “I first got into downhill mountain biking whilst living in Tenerife, about 6 months before a motorbike crash left me paraplegic and permanently on wheels. I have always been a bit of an adrenaline junkie though, so one year after my accident I travelled to Colorado to [...]
I’m not lucky enough to live somewhere where I can ride off road for long enough in one stretch, that I can really take advantage of proper winter tyres- much of my riding is dispersed with connecting drags of road. And the one thing I don’t want is soft-compound, low-pressure mud tyres to help me [...]
To cater with the vast amount of mountain biking disciplines, there are many different bike events for the participants. Events can be national, regional or simply local events, with national events typically arranged in a point series format. Disciplines include: Trials; Downhill; Cross Country; Enduro- an extended form of cross country racing, often in stages, [...]
