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Hot off the slopes of Les Deux Alpes is the news that Gee Atherton has potentially torn his ACL. If the news is true it’s a massive shame for Gee as it’ll surely mean that he’s out for the next round of the World Cup in Val d’Isere, and possibly even the rest of the […]

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Mother Nature’s continual deluge of water has meant that the 4X National Champs will now be held at Harthill instead of Bridgnorth. An inspection of the Bridgnorth venue earlier this week revealed that there was no way the race was going to be able to take place there this weekend, it was just too waterlogged. […]

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Race report and photos courtesy of Chris Roberts and Andy Fricker… 661 Mini Downhill – Chicksands Steve Simms wins Pro Am testing out his new for the Mega Avalanche next week. The 661 Mini Downhill returned to its birth place of the idea at Chicksands Bike Park in Bedfordshire. The track is by most people standards […]

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Big winning margins for the Atherton duo at the Cranky AirDH event in Les 2 Alpes. Rachel took the win by a whopping 14 seconds (there was only 0.15 between them during qualifying so maybe Hannah had a problem). Gee smoked the mens race by 5 seconds from Sam Blenkinsop and 9 secs up on […]

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A heads up for a very worthwhile race this September at the Descend Bike Park, Hamsterley Forest. The weekend of the 29th/30th of September 2012 will play host to a charity race organised to raise funds for the UK charity Help for Heroes (H4H). The charity supports injured and seriously wounded soldiers who have been […]

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