Oops If you’ve been riding bikes for any length of time, especially with a group, you’ve probably encountered an almost-terminal mechanical failure by now. And if...
If you’re the kind of person who frequents internet bike forums (and if you’re reading this we guess that you probably are) you may be...
Sunday morning, the wife’s away and I’ve promised to take my son to Bracknell Forrest, so just time for a quick run around my local...
Dave Barter reflects on night riding The night rider’s friends We all have our rituals, from the priest laying out his altar on a Sunday to a...
Bit nippy out The three of us, my brother Peter and a friend Tony regularly ride around Petersfield in Hampshire on Sunday mornings. On this occasion...
It’s 9:30am and fractionally above zero degrees. I arrive early to meet up with the 1st XV only to find that they’re not nearly as...
We’d just like to point out that in the absence of decent photos from Alex, we had to make our own. I used to be able...
“The way of the singlespeed.” “It’s more of a lifestyle definition than a way of riding.” These are often the kinds of quotes you hear when folk...
Having rashly promised combustible bacon sandwiches for Driver Beckley, I stumbled out of the warm and comforting pit to be met by a heavy frost...
The first weekend of 2003 was a snowy one for the Peak District. And we had the great idea of riding/pushing through what was to...
The cast of Tron reunited Watching from the office as the first snow in a decade to settle in London was falling, the email frenzy started...
Building bikes up from bits is often a frustrating experience. There’s always some insignificant yet vital part that you’ve forgotten to get, or something doesn’t...
Nearly there… Some weeks ago we embarked on Project Inbred. The aim was to take one of On-One‘s Inbred frames and build it into a UK...
A sequel to an article we haven’t yet published. Crazy, huh? I’m not going to fall over… “A little cheeky one won’t hurt”. “Stop mincing about and...
Claire Kendrick and friends Pete D and Pete L travelled to British Columbia to check out the legendary trails and find out how the North...
If our grasp of the seasons is anything like correct, 21/22 September was the last weekend of the summer. We wondered what BIKEmagic members were...
Thomas Frischknecht scored a bronze in last weekend’s World Championship XC race, and in doing so amassed a record-number of World Champ medals for himself....
The first climb’s blooming tough It’s hard to imagine, as I spin up the first climb of the Twrch trail in Cwmcarn, that just over two...
Desolation and a whole lotta danger After a brief spell of forest road ascending, you peak at the highest point of the trail. From here the...
Kaboom in action Photo: © Kona Team Kona rider, Geoff Kabush, made his mark on the international cross-country scene by taking ninth in the 2000 Olympics....
Sunday – Riding Frankenstein’s monster and Doc falls in love Dead Bike hangs resplendent, decorated in a tradtional sash Even riding to the start, the shortcomings of...
Saturday – Pinecone dynamics and the realisation of a dream Saturday arrived like a bus: randomly late. None of us were ready, but clearly it wasn’t...
Friday – Meeting, drinking and the pants of wrath The ‘Dead Bike’ idea had come about some six months earlier on a dull February Friday. To...
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