Born and bred cross country racer Katy Winton shares her top five spots to ride.
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Katy Winton’s top off-road riding spots
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Event to do: Stilettos on wheels
It’s great to hear that Stilettos On Wheels are returning this year with another two races in Sheffield and Brighton, after all what could be more fun than mountain biking with a bunch of other enthusiastic women?
Mountain biking: Annie Last finishes creditable 8th
Julie Bresset of France in her first Olympics, rode a commanding race at Hadleigh Farm, taking the lead after two laps before breaking away to lead for over an hour. Team GB’s Annie last finished eighth.
Reader event: Mountain biking
Following on from last year’s successful events we have joined forces with Get Mountain Biking again to launch two one-day courses in Bedfordshire.
London 2012: Bluffer’s guide to mountain biking
Cross-country mountain biking made its Olympic debut in Atlanta 1996, and in London riders will race against each other across a 4.7km lap of rocky paths, tricky climbs and technical descents.
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Video: Girls can ride bikes too
As a response to the success of last year’s women’s events and, more importantly, a reflection of the huge increase in popularity of women’s mountain biking and cycling, TweedLove have included a grand total of seven women only events at their Bike Festival this year.
Down a black run… on a bike
Thought green, blue, red and black runs were just for skiers and boarders? Think again. Helen Keeling reveals that, come summer, the slopes gear up for another type of rider.
Mountain Biking – trail centre guide
Since the first one opened over ten years ago trail centres have sprung up around the UK, making it easier than ever to go mountain biking. These centres usually provide you with a bike hire/shop, a bike wash, a café and marked trails – sometimes man-made, sometimes natural. It may have taken some of the [...]
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Annie Last’s mountain bike masterclass
Annie Last, a 2012 Olympic mountain biking hopeful, will be going to train at the Adrenaline Gateway, Rossendale, this Saturday 3 March and will lead a skills masterclass workshop with local women to help to encourage more people to become involved with her sport.
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Cycling: TweedLove’s January Sale
For the first two weeks of January, the 10 day bike festival TweedLove, sponsored by Alpine Bikes, are offering bargain price entries for The Glentress Seven (GT7). The offer ends 14 January so there are only four days left to snap up this great offer!
