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Alpine Bikes Winter Series Rd 1, Innerleithen

Alpine Bikes Winter Series Rd 1, Innerleithen

This weekend was to see the first round of the Alpine Bikes Winter Series but due to the weather, the frost that is, and not the huge amounts of snow that was still around a week ago, still piled high in the car park courtesy [...]

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Was BMX and MTB invented in Holland?

Was BMX and MTB invented in Holland?

Seems quite a few folk, have been flapping, all over the world about the true origins of anything “off road” on a bicycle which can point to the origins of the sports of BMX and MTB. Our good friend and old drinking buddy Bart De [...]

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Geoff Waugh – He’s a rite Ol’Bastard!

Geoff Waugh – He’s a rite Ol’Bastard!

I first met Geoff back in the early nineties, he used to race downhill then; mounted on one of the first Foes Racing frames in the UK, he could pin it with the best of them. Then somehow he got all mixed up with this [...]

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Stompin’ Stu – The Story of BMX Legend Stu Thomsen

Stompin’ Stu – The Story of BMX Legend Stu Thomsen

We all know that the roots of downhill are steeped in BMX nostalgia and well their’s nothing more nostalgic than watching Stu Thomsen ride a Redline on any race track from back in the ’80′s. In fact Stu Thomsen had probably won more bicycle races, [...]