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The British Downhill Series (BDS) is the world’s leading national downhill mountain bike series and attracts 320 of the world’s fastest racers to Great Britain. The series is affiliated with both British Cycling and the UCI, offering a wealth of UCI points, Schwalbe Tyres are offering £10,000 in prize money with other sponsors delivering £20,000 […]

British National Champs were in Bala this year, a brand new track greeted riders. The track had it all, from big jumps to fast and loose corners, the riders were clearly excited to start racing on such a track. Despite the excellent forecast the sun did finally decided to come out for racing, meaning the […]

The Adventure Series documents a range of unique characters and people across various locations in the UK and Europe and of course a combination of mountain biking and other action sports. In the third installment Rachel and Dan Atherton take on a mountain from their childhood: Snowdon. There’s a first time for everything and this […]

GT Bicycles unveiled the next generation of GT full suspension mountain bikes this weekend in Park City, Utah. The GT fleet has been completely reworked with three new models for 2014: the all-around capable Force for All-Mountain riding, the Sensor for the aggressive Trail rider, and the revolutionized Fury for the Gravity rider. Equipped with a […]

GT Bicycles have just launched the new Fury for 2014, built from the ground up in collaboration with the Athertons and Marc Beaumont it is a real step forward in the development process. This is the bike that the GT Team have been using at the BDS Events this year, and it is the sled […]