Maxine Filby's VFTP: UCI XCO Round 3, Nove Mesto na Morave, Czech Republic
Published: 15th May, 2012Round 3 of the UCI XCO World Cup Series took us to Nove Mesto na Morave in the Czech Republic. As the current Men's World Champion hails from this part of the world we were promised a crowd of epic pr... read more >>
Spin Up In A Brewery!
Published: 14th May, 2012And now for something a little different... If you are not already in the know then this event will be great fun and is just two weeks away - Spin Up In A Brewery – promoted by Kinesis-Morvelo-Pr... read more >>
2012 British Mountain Bike Regional Championships
Published: 12th May, 2012A stacked weekend of racing lies in store as for the 2nd year running, the Northern, Midland, Eastern, Southern and South West Mtb Cross Country Regional Champs all take place this Sunday (13th May).W... read more >>
Bucks Off-Road Sportive 2012 Preview
Published: 9th May, 2012West Drayton Mountain Bike Club (WDMBC), one of the UK’s biggest mountain bike clubs, Bucks Off-road Sportive (BORS) multi-distance event will be held this Sunday coming the 13th May 2012. ... read more >>
First Look: Yeti SB-95A 29er
Published: 9th May, 2012Colorado based manufacturer Yeti Cycles have a long and iconic history within the sport of mountain biking and are famed for creating high performance bicycles. 2012 sees the company release its... read more >>
Sally Bigham Won't be Defending her title for 2012 at National Marathon Champs
Published: 7th May, 2012It’s not easy explaining something that’s so important to me in writing; talking about it is so much easier: I won’t be defending my title at the National Marathon Championships in Selkirk in a couple... read more >>
Erlestoke Twelve 2012 - Preview
Published: 7th May, 2012There's now less than a month to go to this year's SPAM Biking Erlestoke Twelve on 26th May 2012.Things are taking shape nicely with a great course, a wide range of prizes and some great facilities,... read more >>
First Look: Yeti SB-95A 29er
Colorado based manufacturer Yeti Cycles have a long and iconic history within the sport of mountain biking and are famed for creating high performance bicycles. 2012 sees the company release its... read more >>CompressSport Trail Sock Review
I am something of an oddity when it comes to socks; eschewing traditional race socks for something more traditionally orientated with hill walking. I like the woolly warmth, comfort and that m... read more >>MSC Koncept Carbon RR - SHINING A LIGHT ON AN ELITE RACER’S BIKE
After coming off a strong 2011 first season in Elite Category XC racing, Tom Bell is gearing up for the National XC Championships in July and is supported by MSC bikes amongst his other sponsors, Mt... read more >>Santa Cruz 2012 Blur-XC Carbon first look review
I have always tried to choose the healthier options, whether that be organic eating, riding my bike to work instead of driving, ending the evening before the night clubs open or even giving birth to... read more >>JUST ADDED:
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19th May 2012MBUK Royal Rumble 4 hour Enduro
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RACE RESULTS
Fully Sussed SW Series - R3
13th May 2012Midlands XC - Round 4
13th May 2012Mud Sweat and Gears Round 3
13th May 2012Gorrick 100 Enduro
6th May 2012BLOGS
2nd place at Southern Regional Champs
15th May, 2012Southern Champs was a big target of mine, last year I won the elite title. Sunday morning my focus and determination was sky high, I wasn
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by: Ben Thomas
Snapper Chick @ SW Championships
14th May, 2012There was so much action it’s hard to know where to begin. Before the race even started I had managed to fall down the Bear Pit and up the Minesha
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by: Janet Burroughes
Southern XC - Wasing
13th May, 2012Ever do something completely innocuous before a race and live to regret it? I should have never spent Saturday afternoon pumping up the kid’s inflatables – this morning my forearms felt like I ha
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by: Louise Robinson
Belgacom International RD 1 – Stoumont, Belgium
9th May, 2012As the race for Olympic places heats up and with every athlete searching for those all-important last minute points the team made their way over to Belgium for a category 1 UCI race with our two Olymp
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by: Will Cooper
Dyfi Enduro 2012
8th May, 2012Last Sunday (6th May 2012) took me to the 12th Dyfi Enduro held at Machynlleth.
It was a glorious day compared to the weather of the previous week with perfect riding conditions, not b
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by: James Nixon
Gorrick 100 Win!
8th May, 2012This past weekend was the Gorrick 100 enduro at Swinley Forest. Last year I won the big 7 lap distance and this year I was returning to reta
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by: Ben Thomas
SXC Rd 2, Glennifer Braes
7th May, 2012Racing is never straightforward. Dalby takes longer than you think to get there. Alan Clarke, Rab Wardell and I drove down in a van and I took my new Ghost 29er. Big thanks to Next Level Bikes in Cast
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by: Robert Friel
Enduro 6 Bikes stolen!!!
6th May, 2012Ok Looks like a very bad weekend for the XCracer.com team!!
The Plan this weekend was to race enduro 6 but due to the scum of the earth, instead I have had a trip too catton park and ba
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by: Phil Morris
STRAVA WARNING - PLEASE READ
6th May, 2012Following on from the second bike theft of mine in 2 months - the first one might have been a bit careless, this one was outrageous. It was one of those scary moments where you realise, **** someone
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by: Robert Friel
Wet Worcester
1st May, 2012It's such a thankless task standing in a saturated, muddy field in what has turned out to be the wettest April since 1910 or something silly like that. So hats off to the Back on Track bunch for pu
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by: Matthew Lewis




