Trek – what a bag of old shite! Perhaps not the best start to a TDL post given that three-quarters of us have paid our money to “The Man” & own Treks. However, my lovely Trek Fuel EX8 was clearly built by a one-handed, blind Mexican immigrant last thing on a Friday afternoon before he [...]
Greetings, pop pickers. It’s funny how you associate music with different things in life; holidays, birthdays, Christmas, that sort of thing. I’ve noticed, however, that many, many of my favourite songs are somehow linked with mountain biking. Now, I don’t ride with music, preferring to be able to hear the sound of impending doom, or [...]
StumpyRider turns to ‘tinterweb to subtly influence his Christmas present but doesn’t quite recall posting about a bottle of Hai Karate last year… “Superb quality and flawless attention to period detail in pure merino wool,” slavered Cycling Plus about one of the best known jerseys of all time. But this really is a bit special. [...]
While Scotland might be the UK’s premier mtb destination, this is largely on the basis of the many excellent trail centres which provide the bread-and-butter of our regular riding. Carron Valley on a Thursday night, any particular Stane you choose on those all-too-infrequent weekends when Real Life briefly subsides and understanding spouses and partners say [...]