The 2010 UCI World Cup – if I had to describe it in one word it would have to be ‘wow’! After a bullish start to the season by Greg Minnaar, Gee Atherton clawed his way back after a disappointing 2009 to take his maiden World Cup overall crown.
In the first of our new video blogs, Ric talks you through the remains of his Giant Glory downhill bike after an action/crash-packed trip to Malaga with Switchbacks DH. He’s also got some interesting stuff going on with his suspension at the minute so take a gander.
Happily leaving MBUK towers in a rainy Bath yesterday, Rob Weaver and I headed up to North Wales to have a blast round the latest offerings at Llandegla…
Round 4 of the Halo British Downhill Series returned to Moelfre at the weekend so I took a trip in the MBUK Vito to check out the action.
Evening all, apologies for the delay and lack of blogs from Spain but our apartment’s wifi was more hit and miss than an amateur darts tournament!
Gee Atherton wins World Cup downhill in Champery
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On Friday I had a day off booked and with the weather man predicting sun, sun, sun there was only one place I wanted to go – the Forest of Dean with FlyUp DH.
With all this XC business I’ve been at over the last month, the Glory has been lurking around the back of my shed like some sort of malnurished urban fox. Of sorts. writes Ric McLaughlin…
Suspension is big business and one of the most crucial factors in making bikes go fast….er. Distribution giants Silverfish UK have taken on Elka shocks this year so we went down to sunny Cornwall to find out more.
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