Darren should need no introduction but for anyone who does’t know he is a free-ride pioneer, bike handler extraordinaire and is one of the riders who made doing tricks on a mountain bike look better than good. DW: Darren, how is Crankworx going for you [...]
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 [...]
Lapierre Spicy 316 Test – Winter brought me a few good things this year, lots of snow, a new house and a Lapierre Spicy 316, which was hot enough to see me through to spring. Downhill gave way to Big Mountain, single ring to triple [...]
The suns out the snows gone and the trails are looking sweet again so you’re thinking about buying yourself a new bike, well pop into Alpinebikes at Innerleithen and take up their extra special Demo day deal. Demo price for the day is normally £50, [...]
It took me a while to realise that spare rear drop-outs and mech hangers are a necessity in everyone’s toolbox. A couple of years ago I ripped a caliper mount off a frame, being in France at the time and with no way of getting [...]
How many times have you removed you rear shock, only to feel your rear end grind and move? That basically means your bearings are goosed. So what do you do, you head straight to the internet to search for a replacement bearing kit…but you can’t [...]
