The new Off Road Commission has made changes to the way that the Sports MTB category is to be reorganised to reflect the beginners nature of it.  Sports riders will no longer be included in the League, rather each race will operate as a stand alone event for the category.  Below is the press release [...]

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Details have emerged concerning the third round of the Downhill Winter League, taking place on the 8th of February.  The race venue is the popular Cloon Woods in Wicklow and the event is run by Epic.

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The second round of the Downhill Winter League took place this past weekend at Ballinascorney Woods.  A fantastic course yielded close racing in some categories with a fantastic turnout with 118 riders throwing themselves down the track at breakneck speed.

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The first major race of the UCI Pro-Tour calendar has just ended in Adelaide, Australia and it was Quick-Step rider Allan Davis who was crowned champion at the finish.

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Well 2009 is here and January has flown by in a mix of organising and planning for the coming MTB year.  We thought we would give you a quick glimpse of what is coming up over the next while…

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All Mountain Experience have released some of the details of their 2009 holidays in picturesque Lake Garda in Italy.  The company is run by top International Mountain bike riders Tarja Owens and Niall Davis who can see to your every whim.  Packages are available for all levels and this weekend the dynamic duo are manning [...]

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American frame manufacturer Santa Cruz have just released images of their new carbon fibre full suspension Blur XC.

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The races second day was marked by a difficult finish and plenty of combative racing from most of the teams. 

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MTB component manufacturer Syncros has unveiled a new style to add to its range of excellent products.  The Canadian based company produces a large range of Free Ride, All Mountain and FL (F*#king Light) components.

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Female Downhill World Champion, Rachel Atherton has been injured in a training ride crash in Santa Cruz, California. 

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The first major stage race of the year kicked off this morning in Adelaide, Australia amid blistering heat.  Three hours forty-five minutes later the peloton rolled across the finish line with last years defending champion leading the pack.

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Lance Armstrong emerged from retirement yesterday, Sunday, to return to the peloton in Adelaide Australia.  Racing in the Tour Down Under’s Cancer Council Classic (a criterium which decides who will wear the leaders jersey on stage 1),  Armstrong rode to a solid 64th place finish riding in Astana team kit on a special Trek Madone [...]

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Irish Olympian David O’Loughlin rode to a fine third place at the Beijing track World Cup round on Saturday.

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Shimano has addressed one of the biggest causes of rear mech failure - it getting ripped off by a passing bush, branch or rock, by reducing the profile of the mech.

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The second round of the Irish Winter League will take place on Sunday 25th of January, two weeks after the first round at Moneyscalp.  A venue on the circuit 10 years ago, Ballinascorney has been rediscovered and redesigned with a formidable track facing riders on Sunday week designed by Darren Cox ,Gav Carroll [...]

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Below are the minutes from the Off road commission Annual General Meeting that was held in December.  The commission are tasked with running the sport in this country both competitively and non-competitively and there are a number of interesting initiatives this year.

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Weighing in at 3.08 pounds or 1400grams this is one of the lightest forks on the market with only one other fork coming in at a lower weight.  It is a thing of beauty with a gorgeous finish and simple setup.  This was one of the most eagerly awaited test we have done and [...]

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Richie Byrne is running a series of his excellant kids days in January at various venues.  These days are designed to introduce children to the sport of mountain biking in a safe controlled manner and are very successful.  This month for the first time the program includes a downhill intro day on the 31st of [...]

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It’s that time of the year again when bikes that have haven’t turned a wheel in competitive anger in months are brought out of mothballs, dusted down and given some TLC in anticipation of the now legendary Winter Series. No doubt there’ll also be some dusting down of some ill prepared bodies, creaks and groans [...]

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In the same week that Trek has announced the end of its domestic Trek-Volkswagon team in the US, young Irish international Connor McConvey has been signed to the Felt-International racing team.

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The first details are beginning to emerge concerning Ireland’s elite level cross country racer sponsorship deals for next year.  We thought we would start by looking at one of the youngest Richie Felle.  The dubliner has signed for 2009 with Rathmines bike shop ThinkBike (formerly Commuting Solutions) and Trek bikes USA.

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