It was supposed to be here back around the time that the World Cup circus rolled into Fort William but one thing lead to another and drib and drabs came though and were quickly snapped up. Right now we know where there’s a few boxes of them…right now there’s a limited and mean limited number of “Chronology” books available at Bikelove, Glasgow. Priced at £24.99 (+£5 P&P), get one by giving Carl a ring on 0141 945 0999 and he’ll [...]
Is there a better place to unveil your new product line than at the mecca of mountain biking, Whistler Canada? Is there a better time to do it than during Crankworx, probably the biggest mountain bike festival in the world? The answer to both these questions is undoubtedly “No” and I was lucky enough to have been invited by Specialized to the launch of their 2011 Long Travel line up during the Crankworx festival. For Decent World readers the two [...]
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 this year so far? DB: It?s been pretty good, the scene here is sweet, there was some rain earlier in the week so the trails are super good right now. Everybody has been having fun [...]
After the slop and slog of qualifying, race day could only be better. With no real rain to speak of, the track started to dry out – getting gloopier, stickier and slower. A lot of riders were coming off line and coming off their bikes- for example Justin Leov and Andrew Neethling were both nursing limps as they hobbled through the Trek tent. At Fort William the British fans love racing from the second they arrive for the weekend – [...]
Jacob Gibbins is out in Maribor just now, covering the world cup for descent-world. Here’s his first taster for us all in 2010, keep an eye out over the next few days for JG’s updates.
TWR are now getting in on the act of capturing their globetrotting on film, with a 10 episode series over the course of 2010. Here’s number 1! Follow the Trek World Racing MTB team around the world from race to race.
Back for 2010 see Gee, Dan, Rach, Dan, Steve and blah blah blah get up to no good as well as a bit of racing here and there… 2009 Episodes 1-5 and Episodes 6-10
Just in from Ed at Great Rock….”Get your summer sorted and make 2010 the year to progress with 6 days of riding, training & tips with Nigel Page and Ed Oxley. Riding 13 – 18th July. Staying at St Jean d’Aulps, near Morzine in the Portes du Soleil area (arrive 12th depart 19th July). Nigel Page Former World Cup rider, 2007 World DH Masters Champion and current ChainReactionCycles/Intense team manager is on hand to ‘show and tell’ how much fun [...]
The first Scottish screening of Ronan Taylor’s “Beyond the Threshold” and we’re also showing Andy Yoong’s “Break the Cycle“. It’s too cold and wet to get out on the bike at the moment, so why not head over to Edinburgh’s Bongo Club on March 11th to watch to of the newest mountain bike films to hit our screens this year. We’ll be kicking off the evening with Beyond The Threshold which showcases some of the year’s best downhill action in [...]
Twelve months, twelve short documentaries on a long way to success. Trainings. Races. Travelling. Life. This is TWELVE – a new project of the mountain biker and BMXer Michal Prokop. Not only by its coarse visual interpretation TWELVE picks up the threads of michal.prokop09 calendar, however it uses a wider potential of video technologies. Rob Trnka’s camera takes the past month of Michal Prokop, just as he has actually spent it. Without any adornments and planning. It doesn’t aim to [...]