Mountain Bike News

Cyclist has lucky escape after mountain bike track sabotaged
A CYCLIST was fortunate to escape serious injury when he was “clotheslined” by a piece of rope tied between two trees on a North-East mountain bike track.
How to Enter Your First Mountain Bike Race
Spring is on the horizon and those of you who ride bicycles know what that means; racing season will soon be upon us. Every year there are those brave souls that decide to try their hand at local grass roots mountain bike racing for the first time.
Rope trap horror on mountain bike trail
A REWARD is being offered for information leading to the arrest of whoever sabotaged a North-East mountain bike track by tying a rope across one of its main runs.
Fort William Mountain Bike World Cup 2012
The Fort William Mountain Bike World Cup 2012 returns to the Scottish Highlands on 9 th and 10 th June 2012 following an epic battle on the slopes of Aonach Mor at the 2011 event.
Mountain bike trails are not 'adopted' for others
Gabriel Mazoret, in his April 24 letter to the editor Giving Credit Where Due, clearly does not understand the real purpose behind the North Shore Mountain Bike Association's "new" trail adoption program (TAP). Unlike the many trail adoption programs initiated by the Federation of Mountain Clubs B.C. and others upstanding groups, the NSMBA has started its TAP for purely selfish purposes.
Ballarat to host Mountain Bike Victoria endurance event
BALLARAT will host the opening round of the Victorian Endurance Mountain Bike Series in a first for the city.
South Africa scoops 2013 Masters Mountain Bike Worlds
Do you like this? Tweet Cycling South Africa clinched another coup by winning the rights to stage the 2013 UCI Mountain Bike Masters World Championships in Pietermaritzburg, a week before the 2013 UCI Mountain Bike World Championships will take place at the same venue.
OPC Tongariro appoints passionate new Centre Manager
A career outdoor instructor and UK champion in mountain-bike orienteering has been appointed Centre Manager at OPC’s Tongariro base.
Mountain bike night planned for Fort William Mountain Festival
Do you like this? Tweet Stu Thomson will present his latest film collaboration "Industrial Revolutions" with street trials riding star Danny Mackaskill. This time out, Macaskill will show off his bike skills in an industrial train yard and some derelict buildings.
US Gravity Mountain Bike Nationals awarded to New Mexico in 2013
Do you like this? Tweet Angel Fire Bike Park in Angel Fire, New Mexico, will host the USA Cycling Gravity Mountain Bike National Championships in 2013 and 2014. Exact dates will be announced later.