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BikePark Wales, Redefining the UK Trail Centre

With mountain biking booming in the UK, over the last fifteen years trail centres have been sprouting up left, right, and centre, with varied success. Some burned bright like a firework then faded into overgrown singletrack memory whilst others have boomed, none more so than BikePark Wales, which with its differing approach has pioneered a new way of thinking which has revolutionised the concept of a UK Trail Centre.

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The Syncronicles – Van Life of Rob J and his VW T3

„It must have been around 1991 when I first sat in a VW T3. After my mom died I grew up in an orphanage and there we had two white VW T3 transporter vans we used to get around. Back then the orphanage was led by Christian nuns so they were driving these things – not really well – so it was always an adventure.

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Rumble in the Jungle: The Bike Adventure in Sri Lanka

You get exactly what it says on the tin at Sri Lanka’s annual ‘Rumble in the Jungle’: four days riding through the sultry mugginess of the jungle, across mountainous tea plantations and the central plateau right through to the holy city of Kandy. But the 37 participating riders from 15 different nations weren’t in Sri Lanka just to get up-close and personal with the country and its residents, they were here to do battle on the bikes in the aptly named and hotly contested Rumble in the Jungle.

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Nine essentials for your next mountain bike adventure

Summer is the time for adventure, for leaving home trails and venturing out into the real mountains to discover new trails. High mountains have always been a beautiful nirvana for mountain bikers, an exciting playground, but like a kid poking a dog with a stick occasionally you will get bitten. Here are 9 things to carry with you to make sure your next mountain bike adventure is uneventful.

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David Cachon rides along the 100m high cliff of El Caminito del Rey

David Cachon is becoming known for doing the extraordinary on a bike, and now he was given a one-off opportunity to take on El Caminito del Rey.

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