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Tips & How-to's - 21 Sep, 2018

How to prepare for an all-day epic

Failure to prepare is preparing to fail. The 'train hard; fight easy' mantra is never more apt than when the all-day ride, that's been in the diary for months, ...

Tips & How-to's - 29 Nov, 2017

How to plan a long-distance touring tripâ€¦

A tour guarantees a succession of mornings spent breakfasting in new, beautiful locations, days riding through an endless variety of landscapes filled with frie...

Tips & How-to's - 10 Feb, 2017

Women's evenings at Specialized Concept Stores

Designed with a view to getting more women cycling, the â€˜Where it Beginsâ€™ event series from Specialized is a month-long series of events that will ...

Tips & How-to's - 02 Jan, 2017

New year fitness drive

2017 is achingly close now, a new chapter is waiting for our reformed selves. Hopeful lifestyle changes and good intentions are just around the corner, weâ€�...

Tips & How-to's - 17 Jun, 2016

Our Five Favourite Things About Summer Riding

There are so many good aspects to summer riding but here are our top five favourites The undisputed highlight of the cycling calendar is the summer, and â€�...

Tips & How-to's - 11 Jun, 2015

Target Your Weaknesses To Ride Faster

Ben returns to offer some valuable advice on strength training Every rider has physical strengths and weaknesses. In fact every mountain biker has strengths an...

Tips & How-to's - 19 Mar, 2015

The Top Five Bike Maintenance Tasks You Should Be Performing

Top Five Bike Maintenance tips to keep your bikes performing their best It would be great to be able to ride our bikes throughout the British winter, and then t...

Tips & How-to's - 24 Oct, 2014

Local Mountain Bike trails: Bristol

â€‹There arenâ€™t many cities where good singletrack can be found within a short ride from the city centre, Bristol, however, does offer such riding T...