Category: Mountain Biking
HARDCORE CYCLISTS TAKE ON BRISTOL’S PARK STREET IN RED BULL CHASERS
Britain’s Dual Up Hill Bike Challenge Returned to Park Street, Bristol on Saturday, 18 February, with 32 hardcore cyclists battling it out for the top spot. Red Bull Hill Chasers saw 16 elite level bike athletes and 16 bike enthusiasts from BMX, mountain bike, road cycling and fixed-gear compete in a series of gruelling head-to-head [...]
RED BULL HILL CHASERS RETURNS TO BRISTOL
Britain’s Dual Up Hill Bike Challenge Returns to Park Street, Bristol on 18 February. Red Bull Hill Chasers will see 16 elite and 16 amateur cyclists from BMX, mountain bike, road cycling and fixed-gear compete in a series of gruelling head-to-head knockout rounds on the unforgiving incline. Riders will be paired randomly giving amateur riders [...]
ROWAN SORRELL WINS RED BULL DOWNFORCE
Thirty two of the UK’s top Downhill Mountain Bike riders hit Swansea city centre for Red Bull Downforce 2011 on Sunday 4 December The city centre course took riders overlooking Swansea Bay, down cliff-like steps, terraces, high speed narrow archways and some of the steepest cobbled streets in the UK. Riders jumped over specially made [...]
RED BULL STREET TRIALS COMES TO BRISTOL
Street Trials legend and YouTube sensation, Danny Macaskill, will be going back on the road this September for the Red Bull Street Light Sessions and this time he wants company. First hitting Castle Park in Bristol on Sat 17 September before heading north to Manchester, Danny is openly inviting fellow trials bike riders from across [...]
SHRED RACING SERIES SUCCESS
After a really successful event at Newnham Park back in May the team at Shred Events were expecting a drop in entries for round five of the RaceFace Circus of Dirt. A manic season of mountain bike events paired with perfect beach and BBQ weather can usually spell disaster for local races in the British [...]
BARNSTORMING MOUNTAIN BIKE RACING IN DEVON
Aside from a love of music and going out partying, some of us here at 247 are the active, sporty types, with an adventurous streak throw in for good measure too. Amongst other things, we play around on mountain bikes quite a bit, getting muddy whilst exploring the offroad delights of the Dartmoor, The Quantocks, [...]
REVIEW: RED BULL HILL CHASERS
On Saturday, January 29, 2011, the city centre of Bristol was brought to a standstill as Britain’s first dual uphill bike challenge came to town. Check out all the action from Red Bull Hill Chasers here, with comments from event guest, Danny MacAskill.
WINNERS OF NATIONAL CYCLE NETWORK FILM COMPETITION ANNOUNCED
Three amateur movie makers have won the top prizes in a UK-wide film competition about the National Cycle Network run by UK charity Sustrans. The charity that has developed 12,600 miles of this walking and cycling network across the UK, asked people to make a short film about why they love the network and what [...]
RED BULL HILL CHASERS COMES TO BRISTOL
Britain’s First Dual Up Hill Bike Challenge hits Park Street, Bristol on Sat 29 January. Red Bull Hill Chasers takes place on the famous Bristol street starting at 7pm on Saturday January 29, when 32 cyclists from BMX, mountain bike, road cycling and fixed-gear compete in a series of gruelling head-to-head rounds on the unforgiving [...]
NATIONAL TRUST LINKS UP WITH SHRED RACE TEAM
The National Trust has chosen Plymouth based mountain bike magazine, Shred as a partner to generate wider awareness of its cycle routes in across the UK. The partnership will see the National Trust supporting the editorial team’s activities in 2011 with a full line up of events and roadtrips along the way. Jim Pascoe from [...]
COBBLE WOBBLE SUCCESS
More than 1,000 people gathered on Catherine Hill in Frome to watch bikers take part in the second Cobble Wobble – with organisers hailing it a huge success. The event saw 200 cyclists take on the challenge of climbing the one-in-seven ascent up the 179-yard cobbled medieval street in the town centre. Organiser Andrew Denham [...]
MTB: WATCH THE ATHERTON PROJECT
The Atherton family – originally from Cheddar in Somerset and now living in North Wales are the fastest family in the world of Mountain biking (MTB). The two brothers, Dan and Gee, and sister Rachel compete in Downhill and 4X racing all over the world. Competing against the clock in Downhill, to be the fastest [...]
GEAR UP FOR THE FIRST EVER BRISTOL CYCLE FESTIVAL
Bristol Cycle Festival (which takes place 11 and 26 September) is the product of a collaboration between Shambala Festival, Bristol’s Neighbourhood Arts team, Spoke n Chain, Team Rubber, The Bike Forum and many others. The emerging coalition will populate the city with events over the two weeks, and show the city of Bristol the wonderful [...]
COBBLE WOBBLE IN FROME
The Frome Cobble Wobble is a cycling time-trail consisting of individually timed 179 yard sprints up a steep cobbled street (St Catherine’s Hill) in the heart of Frome’s arts and craft quarter. Taking place on Sun 19 Sept, the Cobble Wobble participants will be will be split into categories, with the winner of each being ‘crowned’ [...]
