Shimano has just announced details of a new range of Carbon fibre trail components under its PRO brand named Tharsis.

PRO Tharsis Stem

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With the XC National Championships over with for 2010 attention now turns to the longer Marathon distances with the Marathon Nationals in September and what better way to get ready for this than to race a 12 hour on the weekend of the 7th of August.  Below is a video showing some of the singletrack that riders will negotiate.

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With all this Tour de France nonsense you would be forgiven for thinking that there were no other events on.  Last weekend the Worlds best Downhillers headed to Champery for what is typically one of the most demanding races of the year on a course with an amazingly steep gradient.  To add insult to injury it rained….

Footage courtesy mtbcut.tv

After three weeks of one of the toughest Tours in history, Alberto Contador rode into Paris with the yellow jersey on his back for the third time.

It has been a Tour of many different faces with drama and controversy a feature from start to finish.  The opening prologue when Armstrong beat Contador, the big crash and subsequent stage nullification, the cobbles of Paris-Roubaix, Cavendish finding form, the Alps, the Pyrenees, chaingate - it’s been a great ride. [Read more →]

Bike legend Hans Ray, World Champion Downhiller Steve Peat and Trials master Danny MacAskill recently went for a bike ride in Scotland.  This little film shows you what they got up to…

Hans Peaty MacAskill Highlands from ResetFilms.co.uk on Vimeo.

Off to Leogang for some World Cup action after the excitement of Fort William…

Round 3 of the Kippure Challenge XC Development Series takes place this weekend in the grounds of Kippure Estate.  The course is a spectators dream with a short 3km loop featuring loads of singletrack and one nice fireroad climb that is not too hard.  For the riders it is also a great course  and after the success of the XC Nationals last weekend there will be many riders looking for another challenge and this is it (there are of course more events to come this year, more news soon). [Read more →]

After yesterdays rest day and several days of high drama the Tour takes on its toughest day with the Pyreneean climb to the top of the Tourmalet on today’s final mountain stage.  With Contador in yellow and a furious Schleck in second vowing to attack, attack, attack this will be the day that should decide the yellow jersey.

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Giro have just released details of a new helmet, the Xar, a replacement for the Zen.

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On Sunday  Djouce woods was transformed into a heaving mass of MTB magic as 250 riders took part in a fantastic Cross Country National Championship.

Richie Felle on his way to 5th in Elites

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This weekend is one of the highlights of the Irish XC racing scene as EPIC MTB club host the National Championships in Djouce Woods, Co.Wicklow.

Djouce woods is known for its fantastic trails and the race course will not disappoint.  All those who have had a sneak peak have proclaimed it as a real mountain bikers course with tons of technical singletrack, tough kicker climbs and interesting problems that will keep the racing hard and furious for the duration. [Read more →]

Stage 9 of the Tour de France saw a major shake up on GC again as the yellow jersey cracked and the two main contenders for the overall showed they are head and shoulders above the rest.

Following the rest day the peloton headed further into the Alps with a fearsome stage taking in several tough 1st category climbs before finally heading up the hors category Col de la Madeleine, a 2000 metre high beast that goes up for 25km.

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An information evening concerning the proposed mountain bike trail system in Coillte Ticknock and Ballyedmonduff forests.  Plans have been in motion on this for a while and it is great to see the proposed trails becoming a reality.

Details of the routes and plans for the area will be on show and managers will be available to discuss the project.

Date: Thursday 22nd July 2010
Time: 4.00 - 7.30pm
Location: Ticknock forest car park

www.dublinmountains.ie
www.coillteoutdoors.ie

One week in and the riders have ridden a time trial, flats, mountains and cobbles and we know a lot about who is in form and who is not.

Saturday and Sunday saw the peloton into the mountains for the first time and disaster for one rider in particular.  Lance Armstrong has seemed on form but suffered under lady luck. [Read more →]

Stages 3 & 4 of the Tour de France are behind us and after a breakneck day on Tuesday the riders had a break on Wednesday as they cruised into Reims. [Read more →]

Sproc kids makes a return at the National Championships on Sunday week with a specially designed course to give kids the feel of a real mtb course.  Richie Byrne will be coordinating the event with things kicking off from 9.30am.  Don’t forget the event will be like no other in Irish MTB history with a full race village, tv footage beamed to the start-finish from around the course, bouncy castles and face painting and a million and other things to keep you entertained and that’s before we even mention the racing!  See below for more details. [Read more →]

Yesterdays stage into Spa was marred by a multitude of crashes that saw many of the favourites on the deck and a change in the yellow jersey.

Garmin-Transitions Christian VandeVelde limps to the finish in Spa

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And we’re off…  The 2010 Tour de France has started and what a start!

The Prologue was held amid heavy rain on the streets of Rotterdam. [Read more →]

3 rock is the spiritual home of Irish mountain biking and the oldest Irish club hosted the final round of the XC NPS on its flanks today.

Despite rain showers in the city in the morning, the  mountain remained dry as the riders began to arrive to pre-ride the course and what a course!  Fast flowy technical singletrack made up the vast majority of the course, some in forestry and some on the open mountain.  Frenetic racing was to follow especially in the large Sports and Masters fields.  Full results are below click on - 2010-xc-league-tables to download the overall final standings. [Read more →]

We are just hours away from the start of the 2010 Tour de France with the prologue stage around the streets of Rotterdam.  Tour fever is at its peak as we await one of the most hotly contested Tours in years - or is it?  Lets take a look at the teams and favourites for this years Tour.

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