Lee Quarry – A Sort of Review

Why a sort of review? Cos I only "sort of" rode there. Being a little pushed for time but also being in the neighbourhood of one of the first "trail centres" I heard of when I started mountain biking a few years ago, meant that I had to give it some sort of a visit....

We’ve come a long long way together… (Vitus Escarpe VRX Long Term Review)

Its been two years since I decided it was time to change my full sus bike (Giant Trance X2) and after much research I decided on the Vitus Escarpe VRX. Longer and beefier forks. Wider bars. Bigger wheels (650b). I was excited! Vitus Escarpe VRX Long Term Review My riding had out grown the Giant,...

Drone filming and jumping

My mate Gary has a drone. A DJI Mavic drone. And now I want one! I've found my wings again this last few weeks at a local spot and we had a great time on Saturday hitting the singletrack and the jumps in the woods.  When the woods opened out a little we thought the...

Throw Back Thursday – Antur Stiniog

https://youtu.be/17q1INdmlpE I've been thinking about doing a mashup video edit from some old footage and have just been looking at some clips from last year's trip to North Wales and found this run from Antur Stiniog. Such an amazing place and remarkably more rideable than I thought it would be. Its definitely quite intimidating to...

Ride Through Winter The Hard Way

There are many reasons to own and of course ride a hardtail. As a second bike (assuming your first is a full suspension MTB of some description) it makes perfect sense. We all know the N+1 rule - so why not get a hardtail as your second bike? They are very fashionable at the moment...