Kielder Chiller - A licence to Chill!

06-01-2019  Max Suttie   XC Race News 

24hr racing in the depths of winter takes a special kind of outlook, and those who have it will likely be returning to the infamous Kielder Forest next month for a seasonal dose of "chilled" racing.

Lap Of My Mind - Lap of the UK anyone?

11-11-2018  Max Suttie   XC Race News 

Lap of My Mind challenge is an epic relay of 10 riders cycling a non-stop lap round the UK in just 20 days. 4500 miles and over 230,000 feet of climbing, with almost guaranteed bad weather. Starting on the Clifton Suspension Bridge, a recognised suicide blackspot, on 1st December 2018 and finishing...

WEMBO World 24hr Solo Championships 2018 - Race Preview

04-11-2018  Max Suttie   XC Race News 

It's just a little over a month before the worlds best endurance mountain bikers grace the slopes of the Nevis Range in Fort William in a return of the WEMBO World Solo Championships to (one of) its birthplace. And we're excited for some great caffeine fuelled racing. Riders will be venturing...

Whats happening with Hadleigh?

15-08-2017  Ross Wildman   XC Race News 

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 Festive Gift Guide #1

07-12-2014  Andy Mawer   XC Race News  Reviews 

So you've all been really good this year and finished your Christmas shop in August... What's that? You haven't even started?!? Oh well (neither have I), but not to fear, UKXCNews.com is here to help you with a few last-minute gift ideas for the Cross Country Mountain bike racer in your...

Review: Young racer - Dawes Academy 20

25-11-2014  Andy Mawer   XC Race News  Reviews 

Warm-up… A few weeks back, a bike box landed at the gateway to Castel de UKXCNews.com that was a little smaller than usual... What lay inside this little (actually, not really that much smaller) box was the 2015 Dawes Academy 20 MTB; part of the Dawes 'premium' range of kids bikes aimed at the...