Under the ‘Vito Sport’ bonnet with Steve Peat

Steve Peat member of Bike Riders United has been a Vito Sport ambassador since the start of 2011. So just what has he been up to so far in the Vito Sport?! Rough mileage covered so far for 2011 in the Vito Sport? “My Vito has been with me to all the major UK races [...]

The simplicity of a mountain bike hard tail

It’s taken me until now to do my spring service on my trusty full suspension mountain bike, so I thought I’d do my hard tail too and get them both in great running order for the year. Normally, I’m very much the type of guy that would repair and maintain along the way, but I’ve [...]

Dead leg due to mountain biking

Why is it, that sometimes your legs just lack power and you feel like you have no strength? After a hard day in the office recently I was desperate to get out in the hills for a mountain biking blast, so I headed straight out form the office. Not five minutes in to the mountain [...]

A podium, some good progression and a flat in Canada

Another day of mixed results for the Commencal team at Round 4 of the World Cup Series in Mt St Anne, Canada. It was Gee again who suffered the bad luck when he sliced his tyre on the upper section of the demanding Mt St Anne track. His upper section was going well until this [...]

Mountain bikes- proving their worth

Being a mountain biker and mountain bikes being my passion, it’s hard not to notice the brand of someone else’s mountain bike, the way they ride it and what they’re doing on it. As well as what you’d do if you were them… At a music event recently, I noticed that not only were the [...]

Vito Sport Freestyle mountain bike is app-solutely addictive

The Mercedes-Benz Vito Sport mountain bike Freestyle app has been downloaded by more than 23,000 people in its first week! Developed with mountain bike legend Martyn Ashton, the free game download has leapt into the top 10 iTunes UK free games app chart and reached no. 46 in the free apps worldwide chart, averaging around [...]