MTB skills coaching days MTB skills coaching gives you more for your money than shiny new bike parts! A bike
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Bicycle Wheel Building The Chasing Trails wheel building service gives you a build that allows your hubs, spokes & rims
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Bike maintenance courses Gain the skills and confidence to service and repair your own bike. A well maintained bike is
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Guided mountain biking on the North Yorkshire Moors A North Yorkshire holiday is even better with a day or two's
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Bicycle wheel building courses There’s something satisfying about riding a set of wheels you’ve created yourself, especially when they're substantially
More InfoFirst Impressions of the Satmap Active 10 GPS unit Just received one of these through the post by Special Delivery this morning from Satmap. They were after feedback about the unit from a mountain biker’s point of view. I’ve only had a quick look so far as I’m waiting for a map-card to show up. First impressions in no…
Ruth Schofield’s 1:1 skills day Look out for a Bikeradar article by Ruth Schofield on a day of 1:1 skills coaching with Chasing Trails. Ruth is doing a series from a beginner’s point of view where the final aim is to ride Snowdon later in the year. Ruth’s Plan When Ruth arrived at Dalby for the day, she’d missed…
Welsh Cakes – a great post ride snack I took a supply on a 7stanes trip the other week & they were liked by all. So here’s the recipe. Click the link for a pdf or right click & ‘save target as’ if you want a copy. As with all cakes, best eaten warm, although that might prevent them…
‘Ghetto Tubeless’ – some hints I tweeted a more compact version of these instructions the other day after fitting some new tyres using the ghetto tubeless method. Thought I’d put it in order, add a bit more info, & post it up here for reference Why ‘Ghetto Tubeless’ instead of buying a kit? I prefer this method to the…
The Godfather of Freeride 51 & Freeriding. A bit of inspiration to get out & ride, whatever your age… The Old Man – More Mountain Bike Videos
How has Middleburn’s RS7 stood up to the abuse? There’s a lot of talk about how stiff various cranks are. These ones are stiff, although I can’t say that cheap ones feel flexy. The Middleburn RS7 crankset is also on the light side. They’re made out of quality alloy in the UK. They’re a little bit pricey, with a…
howies NBL base layer howies description: “Superfine Merino that can be worn on its own or as part of a layering system when it’s cold. Wicks naturally, resists build-up of odours, regulates temperature and is itch-free so it feels real nice next to your skin. 100% Zque accredited Merino wool”. Brands generally want you to believe their products will…
Orange Five – How Well does it Last? This isn’t so much a detailed review, you just need to Google for tons of reviews & info on how it rides & handles. This is more about how it stands up to long term use. This one’s an ’08 model – not so much has changed for 2010; a slightly…
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