Camille Balanche is the current downhill mountain bike world champion and is also leading the 2021 world cup series. Camille is a fairly recent convert to mountain biking but has an incredible background in other…
Ella Conolly has been one of the breakthrough Enduro World Series racers in recent years. Coming from a cross country mountain bike background, Ella took the Under 21 World Enduro title in 2018 and has…
The Most Important Mountain Bike Component? Talking Tyres with Maxxis’ Aaron Chamberlain
- June 15, 2021
- Tagged as: technical, Tyres
A mountain bike’s tyres are the only part of the bike in contact with the ground and they are the first part of your suspension system, so they are super important. Modern tyres are pretty…
The mountain bike world cup season has started in Leogang, Austria and what a race it was. I’m joined by Eliot Jackson and Neko Mulally to go behind the scenes in Leogang and get stuck…
Greg Williamson is one of the riders who is looking to step onto the podium this weekend in Leogang. I stopped in to see Greg while I was on my Scotland road trip last month…
Mikayla Parton was one of 2020’s breakthrough riders. Mikayla made waves with a 5th place at World Champs which she backed up with two top 10s in Maribor, before sustaining a nasty concussion at the…
Pete Scullion is a photographer, writer and adventurer who lives in Aberfoyle, Scotland. Pete spent the last 20 years involved with bikes in some shape or form, but he’s been on a winding path to…
With the first downhill World Cup in Leogang rapidly approaching, I thought it would be a good time to catch up with Eliot and Neko. We sat down to find out what they’ve been up…
Do Bike Designers and Bike Testers Actually Get On?
- May 11, 2021
- Tagged as: Bike Designer, Bike Tester
This week we’re continuing the mountain bike testing theme. I recently got invited to a ride with MBUK and BikeRadar Tech Editor, Rob Weaver, and owner and designer of Cotic Bikes, Cy Turner. Cy wanted…
Guy Kesteven is one of the most experienced mountain bike testers in the industry. Having tested literally thousands of bikes over nearly 25 years, there aren’t many people who know more about bikes and kit…
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