In brief: Enduro World Cup 2025 R1

It's the first 2025 EDR this weekend and riders face a beast of a course over two days of practice and two of racing. Read all about it inside.

Vali Höll: Heart Of Gold

A great insight into the racer, mind and person that is Vali Höll. This follows Vali through the 2024 race season—great storytelling and filmmaking by Louis Citadelle.

“The Highs, The Lows & Everything In Between. Came into 2024 chasing the Read the rest

Forgotten Depths – Trail Tales

If you don’t know Orbea’s video series ‘Trail Tales’ you should, they tell stories of places, people and bikes.

“Lake Resia: A Sunken History, Endless Trails. A village lost beneath the water, a bell tower that defies time, and the Read the rest

WHAT’S IN A NUMBER?

INTRODUCTION OF ‘CAREER NUMBERS’ IN DOWNHILL WORLD CUP

Words by Mike Rose

I love the idea of ‘career numbers’ in downhill racing that is being brought in for the 2025 season onwards. I’m a sucker for this kind of thing. … Read the rest

BIKE NEWS 05/03/25

NEWS 05.03.25

TV GUIDE SPECIAL: Many mountain bike superfans (and riders, companies, etc) were very vocally disappointed by the recent announcement that the MTB World Cup broadcast by Warner Bros Discovery is rocketing in price for UK audiences wanting to … Read the rest

Poise – Corey Watson

“Take a frozen Glassie Bike Park sitting above Aberfeldy, Scotland, a humble kid from the Scottish Borders and add in some Creme Brulee Flame throwers……and you get explosive style.

Corey Watson is a humble shredder who is poised to go Read the rest

La La Land – Brandon Semenuk

A little slice of dreamy summers past at home with Brandon Semenuk in his latest film, ‘La La Land’

 

Welcome to La La Land, a dreamlike ripple in reality—a personal paradise built from the ground up, where imagination knows Read the rest

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