A welcome return to Taff Buggy for my first race of the year and I was looking forward to riding my Supreme after a winter split between the trail bike and (whisper it) road bike! Would all those road miles help me on the pedally bits?After trying to suss out the course on my first run on Saturday, I had a grin...
Trail building with soil requires a certain amount of moisture to allow the trails to be sculpted in a way that will stand up to the riggers of mountain biking. If the soil is too dry and dusty nothing can be done that will not be blown away and eroded within days.
Dust was not an issue during the NSMBA organised...
Three weeks after racing the SDA Round 1 I was back up to Ae for the inaugural round of the new UK Gravity Enduro Series. Similar to the long running European Avalanche Cup format, this would be a test of stamina as it involved having to ride up the hills prior to being timed down them. Penalties would...
MIJ Downhill South Wales Championship Round 2
A belated start to the season saw me entering my first race as a Vet – you’d think I’d know better by now! Taff Buggy was the chosen venue because the boys from MIJ always arrange good weather…
True to form, Saturday was sunny and dry with only a moderate wind....
Well it took a lot of digging from the crews to open the first set of trails for the opening weekend, but as you can see from this video they succeeded and the Whistler Bike Park is now open for the season with more trails opening daily. So don't delay, book your trip to Whistler today. We have some awesome deals on...
It was that time of the year again. The winter was over and the spring had begun. There was a lot of anticipation and excitement in the air, especially from guide director Dan, who had been looking forward to this day since the beginning of winter. What am I talking about? Well it is May the 1st , which is the first...
A half hour drive North of Whistler is the historic prospecting town of Pemberton, home to some amazing mountain biking trails, which considering it’s closeness to Whistler has amazingly different to the trails there, in terms of the terrain and soil that the trails are built out of.
For the past few years...
Here is a short 'webisode' by resident T2R guests and retained webisode creators Mark and George who joined the T2R Team trail building in Pemberton at McKenzie Cruise and also at the SORCA dig day on Lowdown. Enjoy.
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