Today Red Bull Media House releases “Danny MacAskill’s Wee Day Out” – the next fascinating and entertaining riding clip from Danny MacAskill. The latest blockbuster clip sees the world-renowned street trials rider take a rare day off and go for a spin on his mountain bike in the glorious Scottish countryside. Only two weeks after launching his first autobiography, Danny is already adding to his legacy with his next unreal two-wheeled expedition. Unique from anything he’s released before, Danny jumps on his Santa Cruz 5010 CC this time and takes mountain biking to another level. This time the 30-year-old takes…
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This weekend in Istria, Croatia: sixth and final round of SloEnduro mountain bike series. Only 70 points between top five for the overall title. The SloEnduro final is coming up this weekend, the last round of international enduro series uniting events in Italy, Slovenia and Croatia. For third year in a row the venue of the last confrontation of the year will be the old and scenic town of Grožnjan in the hills of Istria peninsula in Croatia. The Enduro Grozni event is organized by BBK Grožnjan. It is also the last round of the inaugural season of EndCro series.…
The last race of the season and being back in Italy is always a great place to finish the series. The Italian atmosphere, top notch trails, summer like weather combined with the food and coffee really make it a riders favorite for sure. Arriving a few days before practice kicked off we were able to walk a few of the stages and get an idea of the terrain for this years race. The quality of the stages was great, I have to credit the effort by the trail builders. The trails were freshly prepared and covering a lot of virgin…
The 2016 Enduro World Series drew to a close in its traditional home of Finale Ligure – and the Bluegrass Finale Enduro powered by SRAM will go down in the history books for a myriad of reasons. Cecile Ravanel (Commencal Vallnord Enduro) won her first Enduro World Champion title, Richie Rude (Yeti/Fox Shox) became the first man to be crowned World Champion back to back and two legends of the sport Nico Vouilloz (Lapierre Gravity Republic) and Anne Caroline Chausson (Ibis Cycles Enduro Race Team) announced their retirement from the sport. And if that wasn’t enough, Martin Maes (GT Factory…
The Enduro World Series will crown its World Champions in Finale this weekend at the last race of the year, the Bluegrass Finale Enduro powered by SRAM. Finale Outdoor Resort will once again host the closing race of the season, as 500 riders take to the iconic trails of this Italian resort against the backdrop of the Mediterranean sea. Starting high in the Ligurian mountains, competitors will encounter the region’s famously diverse trails as they tackle seven stages over two days of racing. With 3250m of climbing and descent taking place over 100km, racers are in for long days in…
With just six months to go until Crankworx unleashes nine days of mountain biking madness on Rotorua, organizers of the Crankworx World Tour can confirm the festival will run March 25 – April 2, 2017. Two weeks later than the dates for 2016, and a full nine days in length, the festival is expected to transform the first few weeks of fall in Rotorua to make mountain biking the focal point of the season. Tak Mutu, event organizer: Having nine days of Crankworx Rotorua in 2017 is massive. We will still have five days of ticketed operations on site at…
Last weekend was an exciting one in Saalfelden Leogang! The big season finale in the disciplines downhill, enduro and crosscountry took place at Biketember Festival. Due to the rainy weather, the athletes fought through the weathered track giving everything at the season’s final iXS European Downhill Cup, at the last stop of the Specialized-SRAM Enduro Series and at the Cross Country Europacup. What a finale! The weathered iXS European Downhill Cup track added even more adrenaline into the intense race. Slawomir Lukasik (POL – NS Bikes FroPro) and Veronika Widmann (ITA – Bike Club Egna Neumarkt) dominated the field of…
Valberg is one of those venues that just surprise you when you arrive. A few hours from Nice and the landscape changes rapidly, you find yourself in high mountains and incredible rocky scenery. Coming into this event I knew we would be climbing the most of any race so far in the season and it was quite evident arriving into the town with the valleys showing off some superb exposure. With 8 stages over the two days of racing and a prologue on Friday night it was going to be a busy week-end. The forecast was not looking too promising…
The seventh round of the Enduro World Series will be remembered as the race where Sam Hill earned his enduro stripes. In a race that promised drama from the start thanks to an apocalyptic weather forecast, forcing the cancellation of the prologue on Friday and stage two on Saturday, the stage was set for an epic showdown. The promised storms never emerged but even with the cancelled stages, riders faced a huge day on Saturday featuring 1600m of climbing and 2500m of descent over 51 km. Race day 1 But in the end the Enduro des Portes du Mercantour driven…
Slawomir Lukasik and Veronika Widmann dominated the field of 300 riders from 24 different nations in an incredibly exciting last round of the European series this weekend and took this year’s title as the iXS European Downhill Champions 2016. Leogang has been a part of the iXS European Downhill Cup right from the start of the series and, hence, played host for the EDC already for the ninth time this season. The bike park belongs to the favorite downhill spots of many riders, which is why the races in Leogang are typically extremely crowded and lure especially the downhill elite…
We are currently racing towards the end of the downhill season and the different iXS series will come to an end with the finals. And, almost as a tradition, the finals of the EDC once more invite you all to Leogang, where more than 300 riders from 23 different nations will fight for this year’s title one last time. By now, Leogang is probably well-known by downhill riders all over the world, especially since in became an integral part of both the iXS European Downhill Cup and the World Cup. This year, the bike park once more opens its gates…
The Enduro World Series heads back to France and the sport’s spiritual home this weekend for round 7 – the Enduro Des Portes du Mercantour driven by URGE Bike Products. The penultimate round of the series will take to the famous trails of Valberg-Guillaumes, an area that is no stranger to enduro races thanks to its association with the iconic Portes du Mercantour event, now in its twelfth year. The 380 riders competing face a big weekend in the saddle – they’re up against long, physical stages that compromise over 4000m of climbing and more than 5000m of descent. But…
With the season-long points race of the 2016 UCI Mountain Bike World Cup presented by Shimano behind them, elite downhill racers prepare for the biggest race of the year when Val di Sole, Italy hosts the 2016 UCI Mountain Bike World Championships, live on Red Bull TV September 11. Rachel Atherton (GBR) heads to Italy with a perfect season, the 2016 overall World Cup title, and an unprecedented 13 consecutive victories to her name (including wins from last season). For Aaron Gwin (USA), the 2016 men’s elite overall world cup winner, Val di Sole is a chance to claim his…
One of WTB’s most popular saddles, the women’s specific Deva, will be relaunched at Eurobike with updated graphics to make it more consistent with the current line of WTB saddles. The Deva will retain the same shape and all of its previous features as when it was originally designed by Mark Slate, WTB’s founder and the designer behind many WTB products. As a saddle that developed a considerable following, WTB is bringing it back in all its previous glory with an updated look that will appeal to a wide range of riders. WTB Deva Team As WTB’s performance-focused women’s saddle,…