Mountain Bike Rider (MBR)

2 days ago | mbr.co.uk | Rebecca Bland

Forestry England hopes that more mountain biking events will come to the area after the upgrades, with former DH World Champ Manon Carpenter and Adam Brayton at the opening last week A new red trail and upgraded black trails have opened at Kielder Forest, built by Forestry England the intention is eventually to make the UK’s largest forest a proper mountain bike destination.

2 days ago | mbr.co.uk | Rebecca Bland

Everyone's worried about potential changes to e-bike legislation. But what does the CEO of Bosch eBike Systems, Claus Fleischer, think about them? Maximum power, type approval, banning e-bikes from trails. It’s the hot topic at the moment, and rightly so. Imagine not being able to take your eeb to the bike park? Or having to apply for registration, insurance, and maybe even get an MoT certificate every year.

3 days ago | mbr.co.uk | Alan Muldoon

Last week was the turn of the Bosch Performance CX motor with the latest power update firmware, this week I'm range testing Specialized's hot new Turbo Levo. So far I’ve range tested a stack of the latest e-bikes, including the hot Amflow PL Carbon and the Whyte Kado with the boosted gen 5 Performance CX motor.

4 days ago | mbr.co.uk | Rebecca Bland

Pivot teammate Ryan Griffith also crashed in the same spot just moments before Kerr, whose crash was posted on social media Pivot Factory Racing will have to do without two of its riders for the opening weekend of the downhill World Cup season in Bielsko-Biała, after both Bernard Kerr and Ryan Griffith crashed over the weekend. Kerr has suffered a broken left wrist and right hand, while Griffith was knocked out for 40 seconds after his impact.

4 days ago | mbr.co.uk | Rebecca Bland

Runway and Cannonball trails are back open in Carron Valley following improvements Carron Valley trails have reopened in Scotland after major works forced a temporary closure. Forestry and Land Scotland (FLS) has announced the site near Glasgow has undergone resurfacing as well as improvements to trail features. The two red grade trails to reopen are Runway and Cannonball, with Eas Dubh remaining closed for a further few weeks.