Sunday morning greeted the riders with a similar picture of blue skies and warm almost summer like temperatures. The trails were still in great conditions even with thousands of laps being ridden the previous day. Some of the turns turned almost a little slippy from the dust on the ground. Sunday features the 6hour team, [...]
Almost 1800 riders made it to the 9th helping of the infamous Kona Bristol Bikefest powered by Mercedes-Benz Vito Sport. After last year’s challenging conditions riders as well as the organising team was hoping for another Bikefest typical sun spoiled weekend – and due to organiser Paul rediscovering this lost good weather flip-flops the weekend [...]
The dreaded puncture is something we all suffer from time to time- but there are a few ways you can reduce the chance of them ruining your ride. Thumping in to sharp and square edged objects always runs a risk of pinch punctures AKA Snake Bites, so it’s best to ride light on the bike [...]
Bikes are better than they’ve ever been, and you can really let them rip in a variety of conditions. Even in the slop, us mountain bikers can get out and tear up the trails putting immovable grins across our muddy faces. But there’s one thing that is guaranteed to wipe that grin off your face. [...]
What a crazy start to the Animal Relentless Bike tour this weekend! The weather wasn’t the perfect summers day we would have liked; Saturday turned out to be a complete wash out. The weather on Sunday was better, well when I say better, the rain had gone but the wind was out in full force. [...]
After a long grotty winter, there’s a sure fired thing that all mountain bikers long for- the promise of getting their own back on winter by shredding their favourite riding spots in the dry. In the few long weeks it takes for the spring warmth to kick in and the tress to suck up all [...]
