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Calgary Freeride MTB Film Fest
The Calgary Freeride Mountainbike film festival is taking place this year on 10th – 11th June.  The film festival will screen four of this years hottest releases including a pre-release version of ...

Final Group Shoot
t finally arrived – Break the Cycle’s final shoot, and we definitely finished off the shooting in style.  Andy and I met up with all the Break The Cycle riders (minus two) this morning bright and e...

Meave Baxter Shoot 2
esterday Andy and I headed to Ravensdale, Co Down where we filmed Masters World silver medallist Meave Baxter for her second Break The Cycle shoot.  She has got a very cool house where she is lucky...

Fireman ?Glyn O?Brien? Shoot
With filming for Break The Cycle almost finished, and the editing process already begun, we still have a couple of exciting shoots to go.  Yesterday was no exception as Andy and I were lucky enough...

Ben Reid Session 2
fter months of waiting for new sponsors to come on board for his 2009 team, we finally got a session with Ben Reid on his downhill bike.  We hit the trails near Rostrevor in County Down to soak up ...

IMBA Selects Rod Judd as Membership Manager
Concluding a national search, IMBA has selected Rod Judd as its new Membership Manager. An active figure in the cycling and outdoor industry, Judd has worked with several sports-oriented magazines ...

Augusta to Host 2010 IMBA World Mountain Bike Summit
The International Mountain Bicycling Association (IMBA) has announced that Augusta, Georgia, will host the 2010 IMBA World Summit (May 5-8).

Historic Opportunity for New Mountain Bike Access in Marin County, California
California State Parks has announced a proposal to open a singletrack trail for mountain biking in Marin County, on the shoulders of Mt. Tamalpais. The agency plans to allow bicycle use on the 4-mi...

Crested Butte and Gunnison Trails Need Your Help
IMBA urges mountain bikers to protect and enhance the legendary trail system of Gunnison and Crested Butte, Colorado. The Forest Service and BLM are in the process of designating all trails as eith...

Take Action to Save Singletrack at Key California State Parks
A state Wilderness bill threatening popular singletrack at three state parks is back in the California legislature, despite last year?s veto from Governor Schwarzenegger. The bill has been re-intro...

U.S. to host 2010 UCI Mountain Bike World Cup finals
The UCI Mountain Bike World Cup is set to return to the U.S. next year for the first time since 2005 as Windham Mountain Resort in New York has been chosen to host the series finale August 28-29, 2...

Plaxton and Pendrel win at Sand Creek; take Pro XCT lead
Max Plaxton topped a field packed with nearly 100 of the continent's best male mountain bikers on Saturday while fellow Canadian Catharine Pendrel won the pro women's race at the CTS Sand Creek Int...

Colorado Springs welcomes 4th Pro XCT stop this weekend
The fourth stop on the USA Cycling Pro Mountain Bike Cross Country Tour presented by Sho-Air (Pro XCT) is set to get underway this Saturday with the Carmichael Training Systems Sand Creek Internati...

UCI mountain bike inscription forms due June 22
The UCI 2010 mountain bike inscription period is now open with a deadline of July 3, 2009. All inscriptions are submitted to the UCI through national federations, therefore the completed forms need...

Taberlay and Pendrel win Pro XCT #3 Bump and Grind
Sid Taberlay outsprinted Jeremy Horban-Kobelski to take the victory at the third event on the USA Cycling Pro Cross Country Tour presented by Sho-air (Pro XCT) by a two seconds. In the women's even...