November 2012 Archives

The Manitou Dorado used to be out of many riders' reach but that's set to change with the new Expert

03:24pm November 30 2012

New Manitou Dorado Expert looks like a lot of downhill fork for the cash

Same upside-down design, air spring and adjustable damping, at a much lower price

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12:58pm November 30 2012

Something for the Weekend #24

Dumb ways to die, CX faceplants and ping-pong with nunchucks – the weekend must be here!

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TAGS: TAGS: Something for the weekend

Anneke Beerten scrubs up pretty well when she's off the 4X track! Picture from Cyclepassion

12:31pm November 30 2012

From berms to bikinis – Anneke Beerten bares all in the 2013 Cyclepassion calendar

Four-cross ace like you’ve never seen her before

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TAGS: TAGS: 4X Anneke Beerten featured

10:46am November 30 2012

Three minutes of pure mountain biking bliss

Awesome riding, amazing cinematography and a huck over a truck. A must-watch!

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TAGS: TAGS: Evan Schwartz featured Garett Buehler Ian Morrison Jack Fogelquist James Doerfling Mike Hopkins Scott Secco Stevie Smith Strahan Loken Trevor Thew

09:45am November 30 2012

Dan and Gee Atherton turn their local quarry into a freeride playground

More exclusive content released via the ‘Four by Three’ Tweet-O-Meter!

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TAGS: TAGS: Dan Atherton featured Four by Three Freeride Gee Atherton GoPro videos GT Factory Racing GT Fury Helmet cam videos

Here's one for the extroverts. Now if only they offered pink...

02:41pm November 29 2012

Charge Bikes’ new Custom Saddle Builder lets you design the perch of your dreams – or nightmares!

Pick colours and materials to create your ultimate arse-rest

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TAGS: TAGS: Charge Bikes featured Mountain bike saddles

11:52am November 29 2012

The best soundtrack to a MTB video – ever?

Okay, we may be slightly biased on this one…

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TAGS: TAGS: Belledone MTB France MTB

Full-face helmet and goggles - good for protection, less good for spotting groceries

10:38am November 29 2012

We wish our trips into town were like this! Gianni Cassisi goes shopping for eggs on his Trek Scratch

Freeride bikes – good for pinning it downhill, less good for transporting fragile groceries…

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TAGS: TAGS: All-mountain featured Italy MTB Urban downhill

10:37am November 29 2012

Forget the GoPro HERO3 – here’s the GoPro IMAX!

Screw the evolution of technology! Auston Wilson takes a step back with this great edit

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TAGS: TAGS: GoPro Whistler Bike Park

Gee Atherton eyes up his prey from afar, like a wily lion stalking a herd of wildebeest! Picture by Sebastian Marko/Red Bull Content Pool

09:15am November 29 2012

Red Bull Foxhunt 2012 video: You’ve seen the photos, now watch Gee Atherton stalk his prey!

Official vid plus bonus helmet cam footage

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TAGS: TAGS: Belfast MTB Chain Reaction Cycles videos Enduro downhill Enduro racing Gee Atherton GT Factory Racing Northern Ireland MTB Red Bull Foxhunt

Developed for Cannondale's Jekyll, the Fox DYAD RT2 is a pretty nifty bit of kit. Picture by James Costley-White

04:19pm November 28 2012

Fox DYAD RT2 shock – Instant Expert guide

Full lowdown on the rear damper with a dual personality

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TAGS: TAGS: Cannondale Cannondale Jekyll Fox Racing Shox Instant Expert Mountain bike rear shocks

Time for a quick game of Follow The Leader...

11:41am November 28 2012

And this month’s best trail name award goes to… Resurrectum! Brandon Semenuk rides Pemberton in Life Behind Bars #16

Plus BMX action in Vancouver

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TAGS: TAGS: Adam Billinghurst BMX Brandon Semenuk British Columbia MTB Canada MTB Downhill Ian Morrison Life Behind Bars Logan Peat Pemberton MTB Red Bull videos

11:38am November 28 2012

500 metres of cable cam, Nico Vink and some super trancy riding

A load of rope and a dangling camera – who knew the results could be so good?!

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TAGS: TAGS: Antimedia Freeride Nico Vink

10:51am November 28 2012

Mountain bike girls in the off-season

Partying and night riding – it’s Ladies’ Night!

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TAGS: TAGS: Katrin Karkhof Laura Brethauer

Hans Rey - this man knows how to use his wheels! Picture by Andy McCandlish

10:24am November 28 2012

Hans Rey shows how to open a beer bottle with a spinning bike wheel

One in the eye for the cynics!

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TAGS: TAGS: featured Hans Rey

Hope now offer their Pro2 Evo hubs and wheels with a SRAM XX1 compatible freehub body. Picture by James Costley-White

05:19pm November 27 2012

Hope release SRAM XX1 freehub and show us how their hubs are made

Go 11-speed in style

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TAGS: TAGS: featured Hope Technology Mountain bike hubs SRAM XX1

With a blast on a hunter's horn, the riders were off, with Gee in hot pursuit. Picture by Predrag Vuckovic/Red Bull Content Pool

03:00pm November 27 2012

Gee Atherton chases down his rivals at Red Bull Foxhunt 2012

Massive picture gallery from this crazy race in Northern Ireland

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TAGS: TAGS: Enduro downhill Enduro racing Gee Atherton Greg Callaghan GT Factory Racing Northern Ireland MTB Red Bull events Red Bull Foxhunt

11:54am November 27 2012

The Dudes of Hazzard Episode 7

Joe listens to Jesus FM and has a sudden realisation…

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TAGS: TAGS: Dudes of Hazzard Joe Barnes

11:16am November 27 2012

Dan Atherton Megavalanche crash carnage

Exclusive content released from the ‘Four by Three’ Tweet-O-Meter!

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TAGS: TAGS: Dan Atherton featured Four by Three GT GT Factory Racing Megavalanche Mountain bike crashes

When Steve Peat's locked onto his line you don't want to get in his way! Picture by spoe_art / www.actioncameras.co.uk

11:07am November 27 2012

Drift HD Ghost footage: Steve Peat hits the trails with his new helmet cam

Moorland ripping, quad bike drifting and rooty ragging!

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TAGS: TAGS: Drift HD Ghost Drift Innovation Santa Cruz Nomad Sheffield MTB Steve Peat Trail riding Wharncliffe Woods MTB

02:46pm November 26 2012

Birthday bike bash and more kids showing us up…

What’s with all these super-talented kids? And more importantly, why aren’t all birthday parties at bike parks?!

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TAGS: TAGS: Sweden MTB

12:25pm November 26 2012

Pizza and wine – the best way to finish a ride?

Maxi Dikerhoff works up an appetite on the Italian trails

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TAGS: TAGS: Italy MTB Maxi Dikerhoff

11:19am November 26 2012

Do you miss the downhill season already? This is for you!

Three minutes of downhill goodness to fend off those end of season blues

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TAGS: TAGS: Downhill

10:58am November 26 2012

Readers’ Rides: Fiona and her Felt Compulsion

Sea views and singletrack. Is this Irish coastal trail the ultimate way to start a day?

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TAGS: TAGS: GoPro videos Helmet cam videos Ireland MTB Readers' Rides Trail bikes Trail riding

09:30am November 26 2012

Bike porn: Ibis Mojo HD CrankBrothers test bike

Product director Chad Peterson’s ride, complete with loads of prototype parts

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TAGS: TAGS: All-mountain bikes Bike porn featured Ibis Cycles Ibis Mojo HD

Morewood say the Sukuma is "the finest trail bike we've ever produced". And yes, we know the seatpost's on back-to-front. Picture by James Costley-White

04:18pm November 23 2012

Arise! Morewood Sukuma marks start of a new dawn for the South African company

Split Pivot trail sensation from the former single-pivot stalwarts

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TAGS: TAGS: Dave Weagle Morewood Split Pivot Trail bikes

01:10pm November 23 2012

Something for the weekend #23

A hay bale human, BMX car jump fail and body-popping dubstep moves – welcome to your weekend

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TAGS: TAGS: MTBcut Something for the weekend

11:01am November 23 2012

Alaska, fatbikes and slicing through the snow

Most bikes get resigned to the shed when heavy snow sets in. Not these…

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TAGS: TAGS: Fatbikes Snow mountain biking

Right, someone needs to track down Federico and find out where this trail is! It's too good to be kept a secret

10:47am November 23 2012

Now that looks like fun! Federico Valenzisi scatters the autumn leaves on a secret DH trail somewhere in Italy

Flowy downhill action on a Kona Operator

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TAGS: TAGS: Downhill featured Federico Valenzisi Italy MTB Kona Operator Pietro Baraggi

Hardtail? Check. Cool shades? Check. Ready to roll!

09:30am November 23 2012

Hardtail rider in a race against the clock

‘DG’ dons his Aviators and rags it through the woods on his Production Privee Shan 917

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TAGS: TAGS: Andorra MTB Dams Nosella featured Hardtail riding Production Privee Production Privee Shan Trail riding

03:12pm November 22 2012

6 kids who are more rad than you!

These little guys prove that skill doesn’t always come with experience

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TAGS: TAGS: Finn Finestone Jackson Goldstone JP Maffret Nikolas Nestoroff Sindre Harbak Six of the best

Gravity enduro's already massive in France and Italy - this new series could be the breakthrough it needs to conquer North America and the UK! Picture by Andy McCandlish

02:56pm November 22 2012

No Enduro World Cup in 2013 – but there will be an Enduro World Series

** Now updated with race dates **

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TAGS: TAGS: Chris Ball Crankworx Enduro racing Enduro World Series featured Gravity enduro

We hope that's mist, not smoke from one of La Reunion's volcanoes! Picture by Manfred Stromberg

12:07pm November 22 2012

Megavalanche Reunion – Instant Expert guide

What it is, when it is and why you should check it out

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TAGS: TAGS: Enduro downhill Enduro racing Instant Expert Lucas Stanus Videos Megavalanche Reunion Nicolas Lau

11:13am November 22 2012

Warning: Bike porn and a girl who knows how to ride it!

Check out Elinor Wesner and her Zerode G-1 gearbox DH bike

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TAGS: TAGS: Downhill featured Gearbox bikes Zerode Zerode G-1

Cam Cole will be donning the turquoise of Yeti-Fox Shox in 2013. Picture by Russell Burton

10:44am November 22 2012

Cam Cole joins Yeti, and Jared Graves switches to enduro

Big news from Golden, Colorado

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TAGS: TAGS: Cam Cole Jared Graves Richie Rude Yeti Yeti SB66 Carbon Yeti-Fox Factory Team

Forget winning - most riders were just glad to make it down in one piece!

01:18pm November 21 2012

Check out the world’s steepest, craziest dual race. Only in Russia!

Crashes aplenty at Partizan 2012

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TAGS: TAGS: Downhill Mountain bike crashes

Put the Renthal Fatbar on a diet and this is what you get - the Fatbar Lite. Picture by James Costley-White

12:20pm November 21 2012

Choice kit: Renthal Fatbar Lite

Like the downhill Fatbar, but lighter and more trail-friendly

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TAGS: TAGS: Choice kit featured Mountain bike handlebars Renthal

11:44am November 21 2012

Flowy Fruita and mesmerising Moab, filmed on a remote controlled helicopter

Amazing trails, stunning scenery and awesome aerial views

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TAGS: TAGS: Colorado MTB featured Helicams Trail riding USA MTB

10:29am November 21 2012

Alexander Teschner: street, dirt and DH all-rounder

Stylish in the skatepark and a shredder on the trails. Some people have too much skill!

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TAGS: TAGS: Dirt jumping Downhill featured Skatepark Street riding

It's cool to see Matt Macduff take slopestyle tricks to a more natural environment

10:29am November 21 2012

Classiest slopestyle edit ever? Matt Macduff gets creative in Nova Scotia

And yep, he’s riding brakeless…

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TAGS: TAGS: Aaron LaRocque Canada MTB Dirt jumping featured Matt Macduff Mind Spark Cinema Nic Genovese Nova Scotia MTB Slopestyle

Put your feet up lads and take a rest - you've earned it!

03:25pm November 20 2012

James Doerfling and Garett Buehler ride this year’s hot freeride spot, Retallack

Knolly riders head to the BC backcountry in Sessions #4

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TAGS: TAGS: British Columbia MTB Canada MTB Connor Macleod featured Freeride Garett Buehler James Doerfling Knolly Retallack MTB Sessions

Peaty struggled to get to grips with chopsticks. Picture from Steel City Media

02:37pm November 20 2012

Steve Peat hits Thailand in This Is Peaty #6

Jungle trails, tuk-tuk racing and a knockout time at the Muay Thai fighting

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TAGS: TAGS: Brook MacDonald Downhill World Cup featured Hafjell Bike Park Hafjell World Cup Steel City Media Steve Peat This is Peaty Wyn Masters X-Biking Chiangmai Downhill Challenge

11:33am November 20 2012

The Dudes of Hazzard: This is Enduro Now

Yeah baeys! Here’s the race edit from the enduro of the year

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TAGS: TAGS: Dudes of Hazzard Enduro racing featured Gravity enduro Joe Barnes Kinlochleven MTB Scotland MTB

The new Santa Cruz V10 Carbon may look a lot like it's predecessor but it's a whopping 2lb lighter. Picture by Santa Cruz / Gary Perkin

11:00am November 20 2012

2013 Santa Cruz V10 Carbon – we ride the ‘lightest and strongest downhill bike in the world’

Launched today, it might look the same but it’s now full-carbon, 2lb lighter and sexier than ever!

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TAGS: TAGS: Callum Jelley Downhill bikes Greg Minnaar Josh Bryceland Santa Cruz Santa Cruz V10 Carbon Steve Peat Token Creative

10:44am November 20 2012

Front flips and dirt jump tricks galore with Tom Van Steenbergen

Effortless air time and crazy skills. Flipping mad.

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TAGS: TAGS: Dirt jumping featured Harrison Mendel Tom van Steenbergen

05:19pm November 19 2012

Eleven months digging for one month of riding – welcome to Villij Woods

Reckon the hours of dig time were worth it? We sure do

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TAGS: TAGS: Dirt jumping featured Trail building

03:32pm November 19 2012

Brittany is not flat – an autumn downhill session in the woods

Leaf covered trails and dappled lighting. Almost better than those dry, dusty days?

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TAGS: TAGS: Brittany MTB Downhill featured Maitrejean Thibault Thibault Laly TMP Films

Decathlon's Drowp Nine has a familiar silhouette and a top-value spec

03:23pm November 19 2012

Check out Decathlon’s Rockrider DROWP 9 – the superstore bike you could race a Downhill World Cup on

We showed you the prototype – now here’s the production bike, and it’s a beast!

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TAGS: TAGS: Decathlon Downhill bikes

11:08am November 19 2012

Sea of Rock – the ultimate technical descent?

This is no rock garden. Mountain bike trails don’t come much tougher than this

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TAGS: TAGS: All-mountain Austria MTB featured Trials

Let Sam Pilgrim loose with a video camera and there's gonna be fireworks. Literally. Picture by Malcolm Mclaws

09:56am November 19 2012

He toned things down for Take Me Out – now Sam Pilgrim is back to his usual mayhem in This Is Colchester #1

Plus watch him score a hot date on prime time TV!

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TAGS: TAGS: Dirt jumping featured Sam Pilgrim

08:00am November 17 2012

Check out 75 way-too-short seconds of Giant’s Ian Killick killing it

Dusty singletrack slaying on a Reign X0

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TAGS: TAGS: British Columbia MTB Canada MTB featured Freeride Kamloops MTB Silvia Films

Hope's new F20 flat pedals look like they've been worth the wait. Picture by James Costley-White

04:13pm November 16 2012

Choice kit: Hope F20 flat pedals

Forget the clones – there’s a new Hope in the flat pedal wars!

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TAGS: TAGS: Choice kit featured Flat pedals Hope F20 Hope Technology

03:25pm November 16 2012

Insider’s Guide: Geebeebee Media on their Aston Hill Surface To Air video

A look at the equipment, the logistics and the creation of this awesome edit

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TAGS: TAGS: Aston Hill MTB Geebeebee Media Insiders Guide Madison-Saracen Surface To Air

Finally, a decent use for these four-legged befoulers of bridleways!

11:01am November 16 2012

Forget heli drops – horse-and-trap uplifts are where’s it at!

Patrick Corpataux saves his legs for some sweet Swiss singletrack

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TAGS: TAGS: Endless Gap Scott Genius LT Switzerland MTB Trail riding

10:57am November 16 2012

Something for the Weekend #22

Kung fu baby, aquaplaning MX bike and possibly the drunkest man ever

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TAGS: TAGS: featured Something for the weekend

If there's a long winter ahead, you've got to make the most of your last few hours on the bike

10:05am November 16 2012

Winter’s coming – just time for one last shred session!

Dylan Sherrard races against the oncoming freeze in snowy Kamloops, BC

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TAGS: TAGS: British Columbia MTB Canada MTB Dan Barham Day in the life Dirt jumping featured Freeride Kamloops MTB Kona Operator

The Lapierre Spicy's already a favourite with the European all-mountain/enduro crew and the 2013 version looks even better. Picture by Sebastian Schieck

02:59pm November 15 2012

Bike porn: Lapierre Spicy 916 SRAM XX1 test bike

Bang-up-to-date enduro/all-mountain ripper dripping with droolworthy kit

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TAGS: TAGS: All-mountain bikes Bike porn Enduro bikes Lapierre SRAM XX1

02:12pm November 15 2012

Dan and Rachel Atherton show off the new ONE Industries mountain bike range

Dodging sheep and drifting berms…

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TAGS: TAGS: Dan Atherton GT GT Factory Racing ONE Industries Rachel Atherton

11:54am November 15 2012

Nastiest crash sound ever? Cam McCaul drops 8ft onto concrete at AT’s Showdown

Slopestyle star has the wind knocked out of him

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TAGS: TAGS: Cam McCaul featured Mountain bike crashes Slopestyle

10:45am November 15 2012

Black Beauty meets mountain biking

The strangest video juxtaposition we’ve seen in a while

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TAGS: TAGS: featured Petr Kraus

Not many bike videos leave us open-mouthed. Nice work Karver!

10:42am November 15 2012

Chris Kovarik is an absolute beast on a bike! Watch him tear up the rulebook at Whistler

Former World Cup racer hits the bike park like a raging bull

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TAGS: TAGS: British Columbia MTB Canada MTB Chris Kovarik Downhill Dylan Forbes featured Freeride Justin Roy Summer of Summit Whistler Bike Park Whistler MTB

02:51pm November 14 2012

Heli drop Whistler – the ultimate mountain bike uplift?

This has to be the best way to the top of the trail

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TAGS: TAGS: Heli drops Pemberton MTB

Atlas say theirs is the world's first non-rigid neck brace. Picture by James Costley-White

02:27pm November 14 2012

The Atlas neck brace – your flexible friend!

Mean, green, neck-saving machine

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TAGS: TAGS: featured

Forest to Fell photography by Sam Needham

11:39am November 14 2012

Insider’s Guide: From Fell to Forest’s Sam Needham talks to ChopMTB

A look at the equipment, the location and the idea behind the Lake District short film

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TAGS: TAGS: All-mountain featured Insiders Guide Lake District MTB Sam Needham UK MTB

10:23am November 14 2012

Control the camera: 360 degree view of downhill racing with Brendan Fairclough

Watch the Scott11 star from all angles at the Hafjell World Cup, thanks to Red Bull

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TAGS: TAGS: Brendan Fairclough Downhill Downhill World Cup Floriane Pugin Hafjell Bike Park Hafjell World Cup Helmet cam videos Norway MTB Red Bull videos Scott11

Brandon Semenuk drops in at Red Bull Rampage. Picture by Christian Pondella/Red Bull Content Pool

09:35am November 14 2012

Life Behind Bars #15: Red Bull Rampage finals and rally racing with Brandon Semenuk

Mixed fortunes for the freeride king

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TAGS: TAGS: Brandon Semenuk Freeride Kyle Norbraten Life Behind Bars Red Bull events Red Bull Rampage Red Bull Rampage 2012 Red Bull videos

SRAM's XX1 adds a new option for trail riders looking to shed weight and improve chain security. Picture by Sebastian Schieck

03:30pm November 13 2012

SRAM XX1 first ride review – black magic or engineering wizardry?

New 11-speed transmission ridden and rated

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TAGS: TAGS: Mountain bike groupsets SRAM SRAM XX1

12:12pm November 13 2012

Red Bull Full Circle: Crazy 16ft BMX full pipe loop in the Wyoming countryside

Can the riders conquer ‘the hell hole’?

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TAGS: TAGS: BMX Red Bull videos Sebastian Keep

11:21am November 13 2012

A season of riding, a world of adventure, the Fastfokus HD highlights

If this video doesn’t make you want to grab your passport and your bike, you’re not watching it correctly…

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TAGS: TAGS: Canada MTB Canary Islands MTB Cedric Gracia Chatel Mountain Style Downhill FASTFOKUS Freeride Geoff Gulevich New Zealand MTB Steve Romaniuk Yannick Granieri

10:24am November 13 2012

Four by Three #3: Gee Atherton smashes into a cliff at Red Bull Rampage

From a tweaked ankle to a massive crash, relive Gee’s Rampage experience

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TAGS: TAGS: Clay Porter featured Four by Three Gee Atherton GT GT Factory Racing GT Fury Red Bull events Red Bull Rampage Red Bull Rampage 2012 Red Bull videos The Athertons USA MTB Utah MTB Virgin Utah MTB

Sam Reynolds - not a fan of taking things easy. Picture by Steve Behr / Stockfile

09:42am November 13 2012

Sam Reynolds is back from the dead and killing it at the dirt jumps!

Ren returns with an explosive edit, four months after breaking his back

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TAGS: TAGS: Dirt jumping featured Sam Reynolds

Channel your inner 1980s BMX racer with the Urge Real Jet enduro helmet. Picture by James Costley-White

03:58pm November 12 2012

Check out the new Urge Real Jet enduro helmet. Are you feeling it?

Burly open-face lid with love-it-or-hate-it styling

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TAGS: TAGS: Mountain bike helmets

Robbie Maddison at RedBull Kluge: Chris Tedesco/Red Bull Content Pool

03:38pm November 12 2012

Red Bull Kluge makes Danny MacAskill a cog in the machine. A lot of effort for a drink? You decide

12 athletes, 100 builders, 17 days of construction, 25 tonnes of material and one mental human powered machine

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TAGS: TAGS: Danny MacAskill featured Red Bull videos

A little bit of mud never harmed anyone!

02:00pm November 12 2012

Watch Joe Smith and Lewis Buchanan surf the winter slop on their Nukeproof Megas

Mud-plugging in Scotland and North Wales

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TAGS: TAGS: CRC-Nukeproof featured Innerleithen MTB Joe Smith Lewis Buchanan MTBcut Nukeproof Nukeproof Mega Scotland MTB Wales MTB

Manuel Ducci finds a route through the roots

01:07pm November 12 2012

Enduro champ Manuel Ducci slices through the clouds over Sanremo on his Ibis Mojo HD

All-mountain blast on the Italian coast

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TAGS: TAGS: All-mountain featured Ibis Mojo HD Italy MTB

Brendan Howey styles it up for the MindSpark cameras

10:46am November 12 2012

Feast your eyes on some cinematic freeride goodness from Green River, Utah

Brendan Howey and Paul Genovese star in Mind Spark Cinema’s debut edit

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TAGS: TAGS: Aaron LaRocque Brendan Howey featured Freeride Green River MTB Mind Spark Cinema Nic Genovese Paul Genovese USA MTB Utah MTB

Jon Odams threads his way through the Australian undergrowth

08:00am November 11 2012

Whyte’s Jon Odams goes for a morning trail ride Down Under

Sun-baked Sydney singletrack

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TAGS: TAGS: Australia MTB Trail riding

08:00am November 10 2012

More dusty berms than you can shake a stick at!

Ryan Van Kampen and Wyatt Griffioen get their downhill shred on in Fraser Valley, BC

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TAGS: TAGS: British Columbia MTB Canada MTB Downhill Specialized Demo 8

Hans Rey was Danny MacAskill's hero as a kid - now they're hanging out in the Alps together

03:41pm November 9 2012

Danny MacAskill and Hans Rey ride trails and trials in Livigno, Italy

Street trickery, all-mountain action and Megaskill scares himself silly

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TAGS: TAGS: All-mountain Danny MacAskill Freeride Hans Rey Italy MTB Trials

12:17pm November 9 2012

Something for the Weekend #21

Wheelie like a boss, Gangnam Style made even worse, a talented toilet and much, much more

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TAGS: TAGS: Something for the weekend

Brendan Fairclough styles it up over one of the many drops

11:13am November 9 2012

Check out Brendan Fairclough’s winning run from the insane Downhill Taxco urban race

Three minutes of drop hucking, bandstand jumping, dog dodging madness!

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TAGS: TAGS: Brendan Fairclough Downhill Taxco featured Mexico MTB Scott Gambler Scott11 Urban downhill Urban racing

He may have missed part of the summer due to injury but Aggy looks determined to make the most of autumn

10:19am November 9 2012

He’s back! Graham Agassiz shreds some sweet loamy singletrack

Looks like Aggy’s broken leg has healed pretty good!

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TAGS: TAGS: British Columbia MTB Canada MTB featured Freeride Graham Agassiz Kamloops MTB Kona Operator Silvia Films

The World Cup series was already decided by the time racers reached Hafjell. Greg Minnaar had to be content with the world champ's rainbow stripes instead. We don't imagine he was too upset about that

09:15am November 9 2012

Pursuing Perfection: World Cup stars Aaron Gwin, Greg Minnaar and Gee Atherton in super slow-motion

Anthill Films cast the spotlight on their battle for downhill supremacy

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TAGS: TAGS: Aaron Gwin Anthill Films Downhill World Cup featured Gee Atherton Greg Minnaar GT GT Factory Racing Hafjell Bike Park Hafjell World Cup Norway MTB Santa Cruz Santa Cruz Syndicate Shimano Saint Thomas Vanderham Trek Trek World Racing

Sinewy singletrack and jaw-dropping views. What more can you want?

02:23pm November 8 2012

St Moritz’s new Corviglia Flow Trail looks like a whole heap of fun

“Curvy and playful” all-mountain goodness in the Swiss Alps

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TAGS: TAGS: All-mountain Switzerland MTB

The new Drift HD Ghost looks good but it's up against some stiff competition

01:19pm November 8 2012

Check out the new Drift HD Ghost – the helmet cam wars just hotted up

But does it have a Ghost of a chance of beating the new GoPro?

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TAGS: TAGS: Drift HD Ghost Drift Innovation Helmet cams

Mark Weir makes the most of his last day on Moroccan soil. Picture by Alex Tyler / Eyesdown Films

11:35am November 8 2012

Video: Mojo Trail Diaries in Morocco, part 3

Fabien Barel, Mark Weir & co tackle a 3,600m peak and explore the delights of Marrakesh

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TAGS: TAGS: Africa MTB All-mountain Chris Porter Eyesdown Films Fabien Barel Freeride Mark Weir Mojo Suspension Mojo Trail Diaries Mojo Trail Diaries in Morocco Morocco MTB Rob Weaver

Ryan Leech was pulling off amazing feats of balance in stunning locations when Danny MacAskill was still a bairn!

09:52am November 8 2012

Think street trials started with Danny MacAskill? Ryan Leech was balancing on railings back in the ’90s!

Canadian pioneer takes a look back at his 16-year career

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TAGS: TAGS: Dan Barham featured Radical Films Trials

Fancy winning this e*thirteen Peaty LG1+ chain guide? 'Like' ChopMTB on Facebook to be entered into the competition

05:47pm November 7 2012

Win a limited edition e*thirteen LG1+ chain device signed by Steve Peat!

Number 5 of just 350 – and it could be yours…

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TAGS: TAGS: chain guide Competitions e*thirteen e*thirteen Peaty LG1+ featured

Dan Milner and Matt Hunter get down to the nitty-gritty

04:40pm November 7 2012

Now that’s what we call an interview! Dan Milner puts Matt Hunter on the spot for EpicTV

How not to photograph a stag, eating dog and the importance of saying ‘eh’

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TAGS: TAGS: Dan Milner featured Freeride Matt Hunter

"The perfect bike for the kind of riding I do.” That's what Mark Weir says about his Cannondale Jekyll. Picture by Alex Tyler/Eyesdown Films

03:38pm November 7 2012

Race Bike: Mark Weir’s Cannondale Jekyll

Burly ride for a burly rider, complete with wonky stem and anti-sweat wax!

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TAGS: TAGS: Cannondale Cannondale Jekyll Mark Weir Mojo Trail Diaries Mojo Trail Diaries in Morocco Race Bikes

Filip Polc is the man to beat when it comes to urban downhill racing. Picture by predragvuckovic.com/Red Bull Content Pool

11:54am November 7 2012

Downhill racers swap chalets and cow bells for chandeliers at Red Bull Ride The Palace 2012

Mountains? So wet and muddy. Mansion biking is where it’s at!

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TAGS: TAGS: Downhill featured Filip Polc Matti Lehikoinen Nejc Rutar Red Bull events Urban racing

The crowd explode as Chris Van Dine lands his wall ride

09:43am November 7 2012

Check out Chris Van Dine’s crazy wall ride at Mexico’s Downhill Taxco urban race. He must be loco!

One big booter, one white house, one local who’ll need to get the painters in

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TAGS: TAGS: Chris Van Dine Downhill Taxco Mexico MTB Urban downhill Urban racing

Foot out, flat out - Gee Atherton hits a turn moto style. Picture by Sven Martin

03:03pm November 6 2012

Why can’t all clothing ads be like this? Athertons and co show off the new ONE Industries MTB kit

Downhill, trail and jump action from Gee, Rach, Dan, Aaron Chase, Marc Beaumont and more

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TAGS: TAGS: Aaron Chase Austin Warren Dan Atherton Gee Atherton GT GT Factory Racing Marc Beaumont ONE Industries Rachel Atherton The Athertons

Emmeline Ragot has won two senior World Championships and two junior ones. That's some pedigree! Picture by Steve Behr/Stockfile

02:28pm November 6 2012

Lapierre International sign Emmeline Ragot for 2013

Blenkinsop and Bruni still on board, along with new rider Loris Vergier. But where’s Cam Cole?

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TAGS: TAGS: Downhill World Cup Emmeline Ragot Lapierre Lapierre International Loic Bruni Loris Vergier Sam Blenkinsop

12:16pm November 6 2012

Summer dirt jump action from Brendan Howey – the perfect antidote to winter gloom!

Effortless style and slick editing make this a must-watch

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TAGS: TAGS: Aaron LaRocque Brendan Howey British Columbia MTB Canada MTB Dirt jumping Pump tracks Victoria MTB

Not a booter or road gap in sight, and none the worse for it

11:17am November 6 2012

Autumnal trail riding in the Arctic Circle

No showboating here, just hypnotic sinewy singletrack

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10:25am November 6 2012

12-year-old Nikolas Nestoroff is another young ripper to watch

He’s got this rocky, dusty downhill run in San Diego nailed

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09:24am November 6 2012

When XC racers attack!

Cross-country riders come to blows in Brazil

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The band are back together. They don't look too pleased about it though

03:22pm November 5 2012

Forget the Blues Brothers – check out the Cotic Soul Brothers!

We’ve got steel hardtails, it’s dark and we’re wearing sunglasses…

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Nico Vink shows his pump track prowess. Picture by Plons Racing

02:31pm November 5 2012

Bikes, beers and barbecues at the Bensink BBB Jam

Nico Vink goes twisting, turning through the Netherlands

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TAGS: TAGS: Dirt jumping Joost Wichman Netherlands MTB Nico Vink Pump tracks Thirty7even

The latest Santa Cruz Chameleon is slimmer and lighter but looks just as much fun as ever. Picture by Dan Milner

12:10pm November 5 2012

Steve Peat and Josh Bryceland give the 2013 Santa Cruz Chameleon a damn good thrashing

Classic hardtail’s been on a diet for 2013

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TAGS: TAGS: Dirt jumping featured Hardtail riding Hardtails Josh Bryceland Pump tracks Santa Cruz Santa Cruz Syndicate Skatepark Steve Peat Trail riding

Andreu Lacondeguy sure knows how to boost a jump

11:15am November 5 2012

How high?! Andreu Lacondeguy gets his boost on at La Poma bike park

Amplitude is his middle name! Maybe

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Brendog styles it up for the spectators during practice

10:21am November 5 2012

More urban racing insanity – Brendan Fairclough wins Mexico’s Downhill Taxco 2012

Watch the World Cup star take on steep steps, tight hairpins and a crowd baying for crashes!

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TAGS: TAGS: Bernardo Cruz Brendan Fairclough Chris Van Dine Dante Harmony Downhill Taxco Jacqueline Harmony Katie Holden Luana Oliveira Mauricio Acuna Mexico MTB Neko Mulally Urban downhill Urban racing Wil White

Whether he's on a downhill sled, trail bike or dirt jumper, Brendog's got style for miles. Picture by Steve Behr

08:00am November 3 2012

Interview: Brendan Fairclough on Red Bull Rampage, his washout World Cup season and 650b wheels

Plus winter plans, future goals and why he’s such a ‘loose unit’!

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TAGS: TAGS: 650b Brendan Fairclough Downhill Interviews Red Bull Rampage Red Bull Rampage 2012 Scott Gambler Scott Genius Scott11

Leatt pretty much created the market for downhill neck braces. Now they want to corner the body armour market. This is the new Leatt Body Protector 3DF. Picture by James Costley-White

03:30pm November 2 2012

Leatt are taking mountain bike body armour to the next level. Literally

New Body Protector 3DF said to offer the best protection of any soft-but-hard armour jacket

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Just what the world needs - another fixie rider

12:35pm November 2 2012

Something for the Weekend #20

Cycling robots, extreme shopping, Chewie Rae Jepsen and some Halloween horrors

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TAGS: TAGS: Rich Thomas Something for the weekend

11:19am November 2 2012

More awesome hardtail action from Chromag, in Whistler’s mossy Westside woods

Jinya Nishiwaki and Cortland Thibodeau take on the Green Monster

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TAGS: TAGS: British Columbia MTB Canada MTB Chromag Chromag Stylus Cortland Thibodeau Hardtail riding Jinya Nishiwaki Whistler MTB

Rose Bikes' Adam Williams styles it up at Van Road

10:06am November 2 2012

Rose Bikes’ Adam Williams and Katy Curd put the GoPro HERO3 to the test at Wales’s Van Road trails

Dirt jump and pump track action

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The 2013 World Cup season kicks off in Fort William, Scotland in June. Picture by Steve Behr/Stockfile

09:32am November 2 2012

2013 Downhill World Cup to be squeezed into four months, and no sign of mooted China round

Six-race series, starting with Fort William in June

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TAGS: TAGS: Downhill World Championships Downhill World Cup featured Fort William World Cup Hafjell World Cup Leogang World Cup Mont-Sainte-Anne World Cup UCI Val di Sole World Cup

A little slice of Whistler, just north-west of London - this is the new Surface To Air trail at Aston Hill

04:07pm November 1 2012

Here comes the train! UK pinners style it up down Aston Hill’s new Surface To Air jump trail

‘A little piece of Whistler in the UK’

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TAGS: TAGS: Aston Hill MTB Chilterns MTB Downhill featured Freeride Geebeebee Media Harry Molloy Josh Lowe Madison-Saracen Matt Wakefield Phil Atwill Saracen Myst Surface To Air

There's no good having a glow-in-the-dark bike if there are no lights around to 'charge' the paint with!

12:22pm November 1 2012

Brett Tippie goes night riding on his glow-in-the-dark downhill bike

This Halloween special’s low on the scare factor, but it’ll make you want to grab your lights

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TAGS: TAGS: Brett Tippie Connor Macleod Downhill featured Margus Riga Night riding Rocky Mountain Flatline

The new Oakley Airwave goggles are designed for skiing and snowboarding but we reckon they could work for riding too

10:50am November 1 2012

Play out your Top Gun fantasies with the new Oakley Airwave goggles!

Built-in heads-up display shows maps and ride data

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TAGS: TAGS: Mountain bike goggles Oakley

The sun set on Suzuki Nine Knights months ago but the edits are still flooding in

09:51am November 1 2012

Explosive slopestyle action from Nine Knights 2012. Plus a peeing dog

Once the arty sunset shots are out of the way, you’re in for a full-on, multi-rider freeride frenzy!

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TAGS: TAGS: Austria MTB Nine Knights Slopestyle Suzuki Nine Knights MTB

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