Seems to be a bit of an enigma, often talked about but not often done, it's a relatively small race for such a big noise, although not undeserved of its reputation for 'ardness as we discovered.A few ... [more]

While not wanting to appear disrespectful to high profile organisers like Pat Adams or Martyn Salt, for many riders dusk till dawn is the endurance event of the year. It’s laid-back, the riders are ... [more]

Most of this downhill race thing is pretty new to us but at least the venue for the fourth and final round of the Pearce Cycles Summer Series was familiar. Bringewood was the scene of several cross co... [more]

Aviemore is a pretty much perfect venue for a Singlespeed World Championships, it's miles from anywhere, has big mountains and a very tough race course along with an excellent bike shop in Bothy Bikes... [more]

We're back from the mega enduro and it was a bit of an epic, more XC than DH and if you entered Expert was more or less two laps of the black route at Glentress, not something I enjoy much anyway. I d... [more]

Surprisingly perhaps we'd never seen Le Tour before so having it start in London Village, though quite a long way to travel, was too good an opportunity to miss and it turned out to be an impressive e... [more]

As if there hasn't already been enough endurance-style torture dished out to mountain bikers by the time Mountain Mayhem, Sleepless, and numerous smaller events have been and gone, up pops Dusk till D... [more]

The Enduro 6 continues to get more popular every year, and rightly so. It's held in early May each year over a superb 8-ish mile course with 1000 ft climbing per lap, in the grounds of the stately hom... [more]

I'd been taking a keen interest in the weather report since Monday, and the huge rain cloud and low pressures lingering in the north Atlantic kept delaying their arrival with each new day's report, un... [more]

Enduros are great; in how many other cycling races can you end up on the start line next to a man dressed as a chicken? 63 lined up for the start of the 7-lap category, on a beautiful sunny morning... [more]

As I drove down the M3 the rain reduced the visibility drastically and the traffic slowed to 60 mph. If I had not pre-entered the SAMS I would have considered turning round, in fact I still considered... [more]

Race reports from the Sunday 14th March 2004 by Crankslave (aka James Hill if you want to check the results at www.timelaps.co.uk) and Pearl (Phil Earl) at the bottom. Crowthorne by Crankslave Its a... [more]

Crazy mad fools, Dan and Dom decided to ride the Transalp, the toughest mountainbike stage race in Europe. Several hundred competitors ride the 8 day race from Mittenwald in Germany to Lake Garda in I... [more]