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Tracy Moseley Wins Second World Cup in a Row
30 May 2006
Kona 's Tracy Moseley crushed the women's downhill field at the Fort William World Cup in Scotland winning by a huge margin of over seven and a half seconds
Minnaar Returns to World Cup Podium
30 May 2006
Greg Minnaar of Team G Cross Honda finished in third place today at Round Two of the UCI World Cup Downhill Mountain Bike Series in Fort William, Scotland
7 Stanes Trail Development Update
30 May 2006
The 7 Stanes Team have continued their great work with many new mountain bike trails planned, and development already taking place in their latest update
Lost For A Reason To Ride?
24 May 2006
This is the best reason. Come and ride the Wharncliffe Weekender in one of the UK’s best Mountain Biking venues - Wharncliffe Forest.
They are putting on a Charity Mountain Bike Race - in aid of Weston Park Hospital Cancer Appeal, in Sheffield on the weekend of 8th & 9th July 2006. There will be races for all abilities, prizes, camping, live entertainment, BBQ, Fancy Dress n stuff, good proper ‘old school’ mountain bikin fun!! You will also get the chance to meet the one and only Steve Peat – World Cup MTB Hero!!
This is what Steve had to say about the event:
"I am really excited to be involved with the Wharncliffe weekender charity event, it’s been a long time since I have been able to turn up to a non serious event and have some good old fun. I am going to race the fancy dress class and cant wait to see what everyone else turns up in. We are aiming for this to be as fun as possible and I am personally setting out the track so everyone will be able to ride it.
So get those sponsor forms downloaded and lets make some money for the people that really need it, Oh and lets get creative on the fancy dress and be ready for a laugh.
See you all in July.
Cheers...............Steve Peat"
For more info & to download sponsor forms please visit:
www.wharncliffeweekender.co.uk
www.stevepeat.com
Blandford Freeride Park 24 hour uplift event
23 May 2006
To launch the new trails members of the MTB-freeride park near Blandford Forum, Dorset are holding a 24 hour uplift using our army transporter on June 24th to the 25th.
The format is as follows:
Riding commences at midday 24th June until Sunday 17.00 25th June
Night riding will be possible so bring your lights !
Hot and cold food will be available
toilets and camping are also included in the cost of the event
£40 for members
£50 for non members but this includes 6 months free membership to the freeride park
Raffle with Norco Big foot 06 frame up for grabs-supplied by Torico- all proceeds to the freeride park
Event is limited to 100 riders so book your space early
Local bands and DJs to be announced
All money raised from the event goes into building new trails
For more information www.mtb-freeride.com.
Tamsin Dunwoody opens Llandegla Forest Visitor Centre
22 May 2006
Coed Llandegla Forest, in North Wales and the UK's first mountain bike centre to receive IMBA accreditation, was officially opened on Thursday 4th May
The CUT Slopestyle, Round #2 Ilmenau Germany!
22 May 2006
The rain came down, but it certainly didn't dampen the spirits of all those attending Round #2 of the CUT Mountain Bike Slopestyle! event in Ilmenau Germany
Gee wins Red Bull Gold Mine
21 May 2006
Red Bull’s UK mountain biking ace, Gee Atherton, has taken gold – literally - winning the very first Red Bull Gold Mine event in Brazil!
To win this unique downhill race, starting at the surface, and finishing deep inside a real gold mine, Gee overcame some of the world’s greatest international riders, completing the 650-metre downhill in blistering time, less than 60 seconds!
A confident Gee got off to a great start in what he said he knew was going to be ‘his weekend’, coming out top in the qualifying round. This gave Gee the advantage of going down the track last, although he chose to ignore his opponents’ times: "From the moment I started the downhill I knew I was going to win. Yesterday, after the qualifying rounds, I was almost sure nobody would beat me". Not even his biggest rival, two-time world champion, Nathan Rennie (AUS), although it was a close call, with less than a second between their times.
"Nathan is a strong, big guy and usually pedals more than I do", admitted Gee, "But today when I got in there, I did my best, used all my strength". And this paid off, leaving Nathan in second place.
Local hero Markolf Berchtold, a regular competitor of Gee on the World Cup circuit, was also happy with his result, finishing in third, in front of his home crowd.
The event, held in the "Mina de Passagem" gold mine, in Mariana, Brazil, was truly ‘one of a kind’, as the first downhill mountain bike contest in history, to take place inside a goldmine.
Congratulations to Gee for his amazing race, confirming his position as one of the best mountain bikers in the world.
You can see Gee's Gold Mine victory on Freesports on 4 (Channel 4) at the following times:
Saturday 7th May, 8am
Sunday 30th July, 8.30am
www.redbull.co.uk
Latest news from new Coed Y Brenin visitor centre
18 May 2006
After years of being centred round the wooden sheds at Maesgwm, Coed Y Brenin finally gets a brand new visitor centre this summer, and it's nearly ready!
If you haven't been to Coed Y Brenin recently, here are some sneak preview pictures of the almost completed visitor centre, cafe and shop in it`s distinctive new 'rotunda' home. It's been designed complete with a first floor balcony for qoufing and troughing while gazing at local mountain Cader Idris, or watching people make a fool of themselves on the final / first parts of the new trails.
The centre has also had the go ahead to construct the 5 new sections of mountain bike trails in and around the new visitor centre and work on them is now under way. Improvements to existing tracks, exciting new sections of single track and an "all age friendly" family route are also being built.
www.mbwales.com
Ride with Shaums March
18 May 2006
This is your chance to win exclusive personal tuition from the legendary Shaums March, one of the world's greatest mountain bike professionals and founder of Mad March Racing Camps, widely regarded as the best hands-on mountain biking instruction available.
You'd normally have to travel to the USA to take part in one of these camps. But for one weekend only Marin are offering TWELVE lucky riders the chance to be coached by Shaums March at two venues in the UK.
Shaums, world championship contender for both the downhill and cross country crowns, is well-known for being one of the nicest personalities in mountain biking today as well as one of the most technically skilled - and he will be imparting his knowledge at two exclusive UK RIDE CAMPS this month. The first near Bristol and the second near Leeds.
The lucky winners will be given the opportunity to ride the new QUAKE before anyone else in the UK alongside Shaums in a masterclass that will improve their skills and become a once in a lifetime session with an all-time-great MTB hero.
The ride camps will take place on Saturday 27 and Sunday 28 May. The Saturday camp will be based at The Bike Park, Churchill, near Bristol and the Sunday camp will be based at The Boulder Trail, Stainburn Forest near Leeds.
Places are strictly limited to six riders per day so make sure you enter now for the chance to win the ride of your life. Go to www.marin.co.uk, answer a simple question and you could be in with great chance of winning a day you will never forget...
www.marin.co.uk
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