Challenges that Trail Builders in the UK Must Overcome
Mountain bike trail builders in the UK face a particular set of challenges, for both natural hand-built trails and trail centres. The challenges include liability concerns of the landowner, environmental damage, financial viability, and more.
10 Tips for Mountain Biking in the Rain
10 tips for making the best of mountain biking in the rain.
10 Ways to Trick Yourself into Finishing the Climb
Climbing up a hill on a mountain bike is difficult and challenging, but you can trick your mind into making the most arduous part of any mountain bike ride easier. Here are 10 tips and tricks to make climbs more enjoyable.
How To Pick Your Trail Dog
It is impossible, I believe, to find a more enthusiastic trail shredding companion than a trail dog. No matter the weather, the destination, the length of the ride, or the speed, they are always keen. Their enthusiasm is infectious; nothing drags me out of the hole of despair on a long climb better than my …
10 Ways to Get the Most out of Demo Days
Demo days provide a perfect opportunity to properly try a mountain bike before you buy. Here you can test the fit, feel, and handling of a new bike, off road on actual trails rather than just ’round the car park of your local bike shop. For direct sale brands this is their version of a shop …
Hate Racing? Get Motivated by Setting a Summer Challenge Instead
Spice Up Your Mountain Biking Life this Summer Sadly, it is a fact of life that not all of us are destined to be the next Aaron Gwin or Rachel Atherton. The vast majority of us just don’t have the killer instinct. We don’t have that razor sharp focus, that burning need for glory, that …
Cross Train Your Way to a Summer of Success: 11 Sports to Try
As the days lengthen, temperatures start to creep up and the first few brave flowers begin to add a splash of color to our usually gray and muddy rides, our thoughts turn to what epic adventures this summer will bring. For the racers amongst us this changing of the seasons can mean only one thing: the start …
