Mountain Bike News

Team ChainReactionCycles.com/Nukeproof are excited to welcome Alex Bond to the downhill roster for 2012 alongside our strong line-up of Matti Lehikoinen, Matt Simmonds, Joe Smith and Lewis Buchanan. "Al is an amazing talent on two wheels; from downhill to BMX riding," Team Manager Nigel Page said. "He had a great 2011 season, winning the Elite title in the UK British Downhill Series. Al is so dedicated to training and reaching his goals in downhill, we hope that giving him a factory ride will make things easier for him at World Cup level.” "I'm really excited to be riding for Team [...] Read More

The Athertons aren't the only racing siblings out there. When it was announced they would be joining the GT race team there was no mention as to what would be happening to Australian Rider Mick Hannah. Today we can announce that both Mick and his sister Tracey will be a part of the Hutchinson United Ride Team. Here's the official word from the team. Starting out as a conversation in the Morewood Bikes factory some years ago, the United Ride team was created and has come a long way since then. A diverse race team with riders hailing from France, South Africa and now Australia. For the 20 [...] Read More

Marzocchi is proud to announce our support of the MS Mondraker team for the 2012 season. The team’s DH athletes have been able to climb to the top of the world ranking list and are no strangers to the podiums of UCI World Cups and UCI World Championships. Team MS Mondraker will be riding our DH flagship, the 888 RC3 EVO TITANIUM and Roco RC World Cup rear suspension. The team delivered a particularly impressive performance at the World Championships in Champery (SUI) last year. Emmeline Ragot climbed to the top of the podium at the most important event in the mountain bike world and [...] Read More

Just a few miles down the road from Silverstone, and in equally impressive surroundings you'll find Core Bike, one of the biggest trade shows in the UK. Here are some of our highlights from this years show. Yeti Scott Beaumont has got to be one of the hardest working people in the UK bike industry. As well as a busy race schedule and work with the Fourcross Alliance, Scott also attends all the major shows and enthusiastically promotes his sponsors. This year Scott has worked with Silverfish to create Yeti Racing UK. The team will take along its full pit set-up to all races it attends th [...] Read More

A trade show within the UK's best known race track? Genius! Politely ask the security guard for directions, calmly drive past then as soon as he's out of sight drop a gear and hoon it round the course before walking into the show as if nothing's happened. Welcome to the 2012 Bike Place Show! Without any doubt the buzzword of the show had to be "29er". Every exhibitor either had a 29er on their stand or had plans to start making one. 29ers it seems, are here to stay. Orange  It's almost impossible to go to a bike show in the UK and not see an Orange bike, and that'd got to be a good t [...] Read More

Well, that's another @teamrumours prediction that's come true. After an eight year long partnership together,  the Santa Cruz Syndicate will no longer be running Sram/Rockshox products. It may seem hard to believe that SCS has been going strong for eight years now, but even more astounding is that Steve Peat has been running RockShox forks for the past 16 years! We look forward to bringing you details of the new SCS setup, but for now here's the official word from team manager Kathy Sessler: The Santa Cruz Syndicate and SRAM/RockShox brands have been synonymous with one another for e [...] Read More