13 November 2006
As reported last week mountain biking in the North of Scotland is shifting up a gear with the opening of a new mountain bike trail in Golspie, Sutherland. Here is the press release from the Forestry commission up the new trails.
9 November 2006
Everything maybe getting very frosty and damn cold, but this has not stopped progress up on the Haldon. The building at Haldon is shifting into a new gear. They have started adding some new shore to the Freeride Trail. All the building from here on in will be constructed with Western Red Cedar, split by hand using traditional methods wherever possible.
8 November 2006
Mexico City recently rescheduled its rush hour to midnight: in the world's first Dual Downhill Race in a subway station, 32 mountain bikers demonstrated how to make line jumpers at ticket counters and escalator rowdies look really old and sedate in the morning crush...
8 November 2006
To celebrate our 20th birthday we have produced a small number of Special Edition RC36 Stealth forks. The forks will be coil sprung and will feature 2007 carbon hollowform sliders, as well as an open bath damping system, external rebound adjustment, hardened chromo/steel stanchions and an updated lockout with blow-off valve.
8 November 2006
DT Swiss has acquired from Pace Cycles Ltd. its suspension and rigid fork business.
With this step DT Swiss will become a full scale, high end suspension product manufacturer.
7 November 2006
The 2006 BBC Sports Personality of the Year award may have prompted critical opinions that British sporting success stories have been a bit thin on the ground this year.
6 November 2006
Just what you wanted! Fenwick's "The Bike Cleaner" and The National Down Hill Points Series have joined forces to provide every racer at the NPS races with a clean and shining bike to race on, all for free!
3 November 2006
When the first snow is falling over Munich and the whole city is busy with preparing for Christmas, the 3rd weekend in advent will be far from peaceful: the Munich Airdrome is going to happen for the first time on December 15th.
3 November 2006
West Wales trails, based at the fantastic fully refurbished Ceridwen centre near Brechfa are now offering a fleet of Orange MTBs for riders who fancy trying out the excellent local riding.
2 November 2006
A £400,000 mountain bike trail which it is anticipated will bring thousands of visitors a year to the Golspie area, has just opened to the public.