Details have just reached us of the new Trek full-suspension cross country race bikes, the Top Fuel 9.9SSL, Top Fuel 9.8, Fuel EX 9.9 and EX9.

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Over the weekend of the 11th October over 400 racers will take part in the Relentless 24 hour race in Fort William, Scotland.

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Magura, the German suspension and brake company, have recently announced the new products for their 2009 lineup. Some models have been improved, lightened and revamped and some new products appear too. Here we take a look at the new editions to the suspension fork range.

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Peter Riis Anderson, Denmark’s cross country MTB champion and Olympic rider has tested positive for EPO.

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The Mountain Bike World Cup returned this weekend to Mont Saint Anne in Quebec, Canada.

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CSC-Saxo bank capped of a fantastic Tour on Sunday when Carlos Sastre claimed the yellow jersey and Andy Schleck took the white young riders jersey.

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Carlos Sastre surprisingly held on to the yellow jersey in a tight and tense final time trial today. Pre-Tour favourite Cadel Evans couldn’t overcome Sastre’s lead despite being on paper the better time trailer.

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This was the first documentary film from Gripped Films (makers of 24 Solo – review to follow) and follows the selection process for the US Olympic team for the 2004 Athens Games.

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Christoph Sauser’s appeal to the UCI over his relegation to second place at the Marathon World Championships on the 6th July, has failed.

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Todays stage ended at the summit of one of the most feared and famous mountains in the Tour lexicon - L’Alpe d’Huez.

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Sunday saw Robin Seymour add another green Irish national jersey to a collection that now numbers 15 strong.

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Sundays 15th stage of the Tour saw the favourites jockey for position on the mountain top finish to Prato Nevoso.

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A possible source of the new form of EPO used by one of the riders who tested non-negative (why not just positive?) has been revealed.

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The Irish mountain bike XC national championships take place this weekend in the spiritual home of cross country racing – Kilruddery. The circuit is one of the best in the country

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Shimano have redesigned their top selling gravity group set Saint for 2008. While sharing some of the features from the original group, much of it has been redesigned from the ground up as Shimano have listened to their sponsored riders. Increased rigidity combined with lighter weight are the watch word for this group which has [...]

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Details have just emerged of the new 2009 Commencal range of mountain bikes. For those of you who don’t know, Commencal is based in Andorra and is owned and run by Max Commencal who previously ran the Sunn bycicle group. Formed in 2000 Commencal was immediately succesful when the first bike it produced (the Supernormal) [...]

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Italian rider and double stage winner in this years Tour Riccardo Ricco has tested positive for EPO.

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Troubled Italian manufacturer Marzocchi has estimated debts of $15 million in its suspension division.

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In yet another team revamp, Tinkoff owner Oleg Tinkov will try to do what Garmin-Chipotle is attempting to do and create a new super team.

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Cadel Evans finally dragged on the yellow jersey on Sunday on stage 10 to Hautacam. Evans stands 1 second ahead of Luxemberger Frank Schleck on General Classification.

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The death knell sounded for the Pro-Tour today as 17 teams announced that they would not be renewing their Pro-Tour licenses and would instead be setting up some new structure with the 3 Grand Tour organisers.

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The day before the Tour enters the real mountains for the first time most of the favourites are primed for attack, particularly last year’s runner up Cadel Evans.

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Okay so it’s not much like Summer at the moment but glasses in mountain biking serve two purposes- to keep sun out of your eyes and to keep crud out of your eyes. Both of the brands I tested are available with clear or daylight boosting lenses and the Adidas glasses actually come with a [...]

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Not content with merely taking a stage, French riders managed a break, stage win and the coveted yellow jersey on todays stage between Saint Malo and Nantes.

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Wow, the first Tour in over 40 years to start without a prologue and we get all the main players (bar one) fighting it out until the finish line

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With the start of the 2008 Tour de France tomorrow, I thought I would take a look at some of the contenders for this year’s crown.

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M50 congestion, rush hour(s) madness etc.etc. Maybe this is the way forward for Dublin? Here is a You tube video I came accross the other day.  It features an innovative bike storage solution for Tokyo.  Its in Japanese but you get the idea pretty quick. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wE4fvwTBtno">Japanese space saving]

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South African downhiller Greg Minaar has joined the UCI MTB commission as the rider representative.  The Fort William World Cup winner and former two-time World Champ will have imput into rule changes and policy decisions which affect downhill and 4-cross.  Formerly of the now defunct G-Cross Honda team, Minaar now rides for the Santa Cruz [...]

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The fifth round of the Irish cross country NPS series will take place this coming weekend in Tymon Park in Tallagh. Promoted by the IMBRC club, the race returns to this excellant park style venue for a fast and

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