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Trans Provence 2 Years on…

Trans Provence 2 Years on…

Back in 2009 Andrew Dodds and few others took part in a little French enduro event in the South of France, known as the Trans Provence. See here for his repo from 2009. Nowadays that little event has gone all big time…here’s a few clips [...]

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Fab’s Schoolin’

Fab’s Schoolin’

I travelled down to the Fabien Barel Training Skool at Cwmcarn in South Wales organised by Mojo Suspension last weekend. I knew Fabien by reputation – a guy who does nothing by accident. I thought I might learn something, although I have been riding for [...]

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Calling all owners of Fox equipped, Mondraker Summums

Calling all owners of Fox equipped, Mondraker Summums

How do you fancy spending 3 days riding and learning set-up, technical, riding and racing tips from Monsieur Fabien Barel? Fabien will be coming over to the UK in November to host the first edition of what he plans will be a twice (or more) [...]

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Enter Coach Dan Yeomans – Newmountainrider.com

Enter Coach Dan Yeomans – Newmountainrider.com

“New Mountain Rider’s coaching is designed to be fun and innovative. Guaranteed to really get you thinking about your riding in completely new ways that will change your riding for the better. Whether you are completely new to riding off road or whether you want [...]

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4 Skins Things

4 Skins Things

Skins as we all know are taking this compression thing very seriously with a range that’s expanding in size quicker than my middle age body. We were lucky enough to get to sample some of their latest wares…here’s the round up of our time with [...]

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SKINS C400 Men’s Compression Bib Shorts

SKINS C400 Men’s Compression Bib Shorts

Mid ‘first’ week of the 2010 Tour de France and it’s been a feast of ripped Lycra as the top roadies in the world, slide backwards into the hedge, topped with road rash a plenty. That’s one of the reasons that Lycra was a complete [...]