Over 100 young racers were entered into the last of the mini downhill series run by Innerleithen MTB and supported by I-Cycles, Grease Monkey Cycles and Tweeddale Sports Council. The track this weekend started with a bit the Gold run from the middle road then [...]
For the weekend of the 22nd/23rd October, Northern Downhill takes us to Hamsterley for the North East Championships and also the final round of the series. To mix things up a little bit the track included the whole 4 cross track, not a universally popular [...]
It has been 4 years since I raced overseas. The time flew by like a rocket launcher… not! I didn’t have anything to do with racing; it was either on, or off! If I thought about it, I’d be obsessed, but that hasn’t been a [...]
At the north foot of the city of Innsbruck in western Austria is so vast, huge and intimidating it determines the lifestyle of a city. Rising from the river Inn, the rock face towers all the way up to the horizon. Whenever an Innsbruck local [...]
Blue Skies and sunshine at Glencoe – who would have thought? Unfortunately, this was post-race and was a case of too little, too late. Yup, it was another wet SDA race in the Highlands. Many had seen the forecast and had stayed at home with [...]
For this fifth round in the Northern Series we return to Alwinton in Northumberland, the venue that also hosted the first round. Carl and the Northern Downhill have earned a reputation for providing us with varied and often technical tracks, Alwinton definitely lives up to [...]
