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Bike Packing South Downs Day One
Bike Packing with a Toddler. After weeks of planning, re planning and more planning it was finally here - the day we would set off on our three-day bike packing adventure with our little girl Ffion. We had no idea how our 19-month-old would cope over three days and...
Happy World Bicycle Day!
Happy World Bicycle Day! We hope you got out on your bikes today wherever you were! After our 100 mile South Downs bike packing trip this week and mountain bike camps for kids, we actually went to recce new ride routes on two feet! Cycling UK have a 100 mile...
British Cycling Nationals Round 3
On a bleak May day Hannah, Emyr and Ffion headed to Winchester for the third round in the British Cycling cross country series. This race was part of the national series which travels across the UK and attracts the best riders in every age category. The racing started...
Easter Mountain Bike Camps
Over the Easter holidays we were delighted to welcome over 50 children to our camps. Using the new ITAG framework which we helped design each group from beginners to advance level riders worked on their trail skills and bike handling working towards the new ITAG...
Burn Series Adventure Race Bath
On Saturday I stepped way out of my comfort zone and did an adventure race. The Burn Series in Bath was made up of mountain biking, trail running and kayaking. All whilst navigating to check points marked on a map! This was my first race since having Ffion and the...
Get on your bike this summer, join our mountain bike camps
Hit the trails this summer with our highly qualified and passionate coaches. Ready to take your young mountain bikers skills to the next level. We have camps for all abilities and our aim is to deliver a fun filled session which builds confidence and ability riding...
Meet our newest team member – Rafe
Hey everyone! My name is Rafe, I have been riding bikes since I was 10 years old, I started racing at 15 with Pedal Hounds, then Southern Enduro, British and Welsh National enduros and the Megavalanche in 2019. I love coaching and getting people out on their bikes to...
5 Tips to Keep Progressing Through Bad Weather
There are times in UK winters when you think, could this get any colder/wetter/more miserable? Will the trails ever be anything other than slop again? Ok, riding in the wet can be fun and sliding around or just getting down some tracks may be an achievement. But there...
5 Essential Foods Every Mountain Biker Should be Eating
There are barely a handful of sporting activities which come as close to mountain biking for physical demand. Since mountain biking joined the Olympics in 1996, riders have since chosen to specialise in either cross-country or downhill disciplines. Both downhill and...
How to Improve Nutrition & Recovery – Insights from Elite Cycling Coach, Scott Bugden
In this video, Coach, Scott Bugden from Swiss Cycling Track Team explains to Michael how you can use nutrition and recovery to optimise your cycling performance. Michael is a Level 3 British Cycling coach who works with cyclists across a range of disciplines,...