Posts by: Ross Wildman

You think the Tokyo Olympic course was good? Wait until you see the courses for this year’s Soggy Bottom series.

  Original post: We've been lucky enough for the 2 months to be testing the Vittoria Mezcal 29 at our local summer series soggy bottom at Newnham park, Dartmoor National park and summer Sunday spins to the cafe with the other half. Installing the tyre was pretty uneventful, with the...

The Specialized ERA Carbon Comp is an awesome piece of women’s specific kit. Specialized have done an excellent job making a high spec women’s racing machine. With its low stand over height, rear shock brain technology and FACT9m carbon frame this women’s bike packs a lot of features into a...

We caught up with Max for a quick Q&A in relation to his two recent wins! Max, for our readers who don’t know much about you, tell us about yourself and your background? I'm from Newton Abbot in South Devon, and work for my local bike shop Hot Pursuit Cycles. I've lived in Devon and...

I had the pleasure of manning the pits for Complete Cycle works at Piviot twentyfour12, Sharrow Carvell was along riding with her other half Nick Kent, She has only recently taken up Mountain bike riding and won her category, She was kind enough to share her thoughts and encourages you all to give...

When Hadleigh Park re-opened to much fanfare post 2012 Olympics it really looked like we were going to be blessed with a tremendous facility for mountain biking for the foreseeable future. Sadly, it appears that after relatively short space of time that legacy is drifting away on a cloud of...

UKXCNews are pleased to announce than Jon from E3coaching will be joining the team here at UKXCNews as deputy editor. Jon carried out our winter coaching series coaching, he also coaches a lots of the riders you find on the podium. Jon will bring a great range of skills, sports knowledge to the...

Anyone who's ridden or pitted for someone at a 24 hour race knows that they are complete roller coasters of highs, lows, disasters and moments of elation. The World Championships in Finale Ligure, Italy definitely delivered a Big Dipper of emotions for the Brits who made the journey with the...

Back in 2015 I was riding a KTM Aera 29er HT built up from the frame but as my focus was drawn to longer marathon and solo endurance events, coupled with being rear-ended in my car moving over to a short travel XC orientated full suspension bike made a lot of sense. Being a brand ambassador for...

The 2nd round of the series travelled to the Midlands and the MTB XC stomping ground of Sherwood Pines.  This venue has hosted many national and regional MTB XC events.  The round was organised by Cpl James Hodson supported by his 16th Signal Regiment.  The Forestry Commission had assisted...

Specialized Sworks Epic WC is the second Race focus review we've received from Sam Humphreys, He's piloted the bike to multiple wins already this season! Words By Sam. My love affair with the epic started way back in 2003 when I took delivery of my very first Sworks bike……back when everyone...

The first round of the Army MTB XC Race Series took place at Erlestoke Camp on Salisbury Plain 10 May 2017.  The event is one of 5 that will take place throughout the season.  The day was organised by the Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers (REME) Cycling Association. The Army series is set...