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The tech, riders and events that helped make mountain biking the best sport ever

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This month, we ask the question, ‘Can mountain bike suspension get any better?’ You’ll find our tech experts’ responses on p20. But what I want to know is, ‘Can mountain bikes get any better?’. We see

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Chris porter

“I loved bikes as soon as I could ride. When I was a teenager, I ended up with a Puch Murray BMX, which we used to go and ride at ‘The Batch’ (a local Somerset coal tip). Nothing grows on them, so you

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From hate to great

Some of the most common mountain bike technologies today were once written off as gimmicks, fads or outright failures. But while the initial backlash was often loud, many of these so-called bad ideas

Cycling Weekly

The complete collection of non-silly bike races consists of a scratch race and a time trial

The Doc decides that most cycling disciplines are all a little bit unusual

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Longterm rides

There are some good eggs in the bike industry, and Jake Ireland from Sprung Suspension is one of them. He’s always keen to help with my suspension-related woes, working his magic on my longtermers’ fo

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Why downhill racers are now adding grams to their bikes, not trying to lighten them

Creating the lightest bikes possible has always been the goal in road and cross-country racing, and that tradition managed to seep its way into downhill too. Does anyone else remember pro racers runni

Some of the most common mountain bike technologies today were once written off as gimmicks, fads or outright failures. But while the initial backlash was often loud, many of these so-called bad ideas

Cycling Weekly

The complete collection of non-silly bike races consists of a scratch race and a time trial

The Doc decides that most cycling disciplines are all a little bit unusual

Mountain Biking UK

Longterm rides

Mountain Biking UK

Why downhill racers are now adding grams to their bikes, not trying to lighten them

Mtb milestones

Mountain Biking UK Magazine

06 July, 2023

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