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Obsessed with bikes?

A friend joked to me about spending too much time on a bike, laughing that if I spent any more time on my fat tyred bikes that I’d start morphing in to one. It drew all kinds of weird images- Continue reading

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Keep it safe

It’s that time of year when friends and families start planning their travelling options for the Christmas period- which inevitably will mean empty homes here and there. It’s the perfect time for opportunist thieves to make the most of empty Continue reading

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The reasons why Mountain Biking kicks ass: Part 2

Part two You can do it virtually anywhere The key to mountain biking is that it can be done almost anywhere- it doesn’t have to involve a mountain bike to happen. Far from it in fact- urban riding can be Continue reading

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Crafty mountain bike trail tricks

Over the last couple of weekends, I’ve noticed a distinct fun aspect of my mountain biking come back- the trails are dry and grippy when they need to be, slippery when I want them to be and there’s no more Continue reading

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Mountain Bikes – Tricks and Techniques

I was so excited when the opportunity to write this book presented itself. I couldn’t see a single ‘skills’ book out there that looked at the fun element of riding bikes – it’s so often about fitness, better performance or Continue reading

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