2711 miles and with over 200,000 feet of climbing this is a unique mountain bike race running from Banff in Canada to the Mexican border.  The Great Divide Ride is only for a hardy few and this is their story.

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Over 1,800 cyclists took part in Ireland’s first ever closed road mass participation cycling event in County Clare on Sunday.

The inaugural Sky Ride Etape Hibernia attracted cyclists from all over Ireland and the UK, as well as from throughout Europe and USA. Participants cycled 82 miles of traffic free roads in some of West of [...]

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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 [...]

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The Beast of Ballyhoura takes place from 30th July - 1st August and is a uniquely Irish 36 hour non-stop adventure race across the ancient & magical surroundings of counties Cork, Limerick & Tipperary.

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Taking place in the Nephin Beg mountain range just outside Newport, Co Mayo, the Gaelforce 24-hour Cycle Challenge involves a 24hr mountain bike event and a 24hr road bike event, as well as a recently added 8hr challenge.

Irish adventure racer & 2009 Female solo champion, Fiola Foley
For the truly hard core you can compete as [...]

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On 22nd May 2010 up to 100 mountain bike riders will gather in the Scottish border village of Newcastleton to take part in the only 24 hour mtb race just for solo riders in Europe, incorporating the UK and Ireland championships and an official qualifier for the World Solo 24hr Championships.

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Our female tester declared this the most versatile outdoor product she has ever used.  What ever your passion be it MTB, trail running, hiking, mountaineering etc. and then slipping down the pub afterwards for a quick drink, this is the garment for you.

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WAR have just announced an extra 20 places in both the full event and the sorter WAR-Sport option.  You’ll need to be quick though as there are only 20 of each!
Go to the events website here to register.

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The Mobex is a new backpack aimed at the adventure racer from gear manufacturer Columbia.

Columbia is a company that is reinvigorating itself.

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This is a great time of year to set your goals for the season. The recession seems to have brought out the outdoors in lots of people and looking ahead there are lots of great events coming up, including a lot based around the challenge idea and away from simply a pure race.  That’s [...]

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The Sky Ride Etape Hibernia will take place over an 80-mile (approx) closed road course in scenic County Clare on Sunday, August 22nd 2010.

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A race which was considered the poorer brother to the Trans-Alp, the Trans Germany has sold out in record time for this year.  Organisers were overwhelmed with applications showing the popularity that these multi-day stage races have to offer.  1,200 riders are now registered with a waiting list system now in place.  The organisers also [...]

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Dromara Cycling Club are organising a Winter Trailquest league due to kick off on the 8th of November.  Trailquest is orienteering on a bike and it is up to the riders to decide their route, collecting as many checkpoints as they can within a time frame.

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News has just reached us that Ireland will host the Masters European Championships in both DH & XC in 2011 & 2015 and if that was not enough we also have the European Elite Marathon Champs in 2014.

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The Leadville 100 is one of the classic endurance MTB races, held annually in Colorado since 1994.

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At a loss for something to do this weekend?  Racing season over but you wish it wasn’t?  Relentless is a 24 hour race with a difference, not many courses can claim to utilise a World Championship and multiple World Cup course but this one does.

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Over the weekend the final round of the K-Cup took place around Kippure house.  The series has been a great success with large fields lining up for an XC race with a difference.

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It’s the final round of the 2009 K Capital Challenge.  If you haven’t done the other rounds don’t worry you can still come along and enjoy the fantastic trails which have been purposely built for this event.

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Ryan Sherlock has had something of a tumultuous season.  A broken collar bone early on hampered things greatly but following surgery he has been have something of a renaissance, finishing 2nd in the National Champs on one of his first MTB rides back fromt the op and riding in the Mountain bike World Marathon Champs.  [...]

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Yes its back, ‘Da Cooley Thriller’ is about to peddle off once more on Saturday 19th, September 2009. Set in the Cooley Mountains just outside Carlingford, Co. Louth the route, approx. 45kmm, will take riders on a complete traverse of the Cooley Mountains, taking in some of the Táin Trail and forest tracks to [...]

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It seems the weather gods are not smiling on the K-Capital challenge this year as once again rain soaked the course prior to the start forcing the organisers to shorten the course to 30kms.  Despite this 128 riders braved a great challenging course. Well done to all who took part. 

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The countdown has begun to the start of Gael Force Cycle West in Westport on the 19/20th of September. Ahead of the start we talked to the organisers about how things are stacking up.

Teams will compete in solo, 2, 3, 4, 5 and 10 rider categories.

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This is footage from the Hope endurance Downhill in Fort William.  If you haven’t heard of it yet take a look.

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Round 2 of this years K Capital Challenge takes place this Sunday in Carrick Mountain, Co.Wicklow. Race HQ is based just outside Glenealy and will see riders being truly tested on a totally new fantastic 30km loop.

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Round 1 of the new KCapital Challenge takes place this Sunday at Killruddery.

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Gael Force Cycle West is a new 24 hour race to be held in Westport over the weekend of the 19th/20th of September.  24 hour racing has been a huge success around the world and is now reaching our shores for the first time.  Unusually this race has two different events, not only a 24hour [...]

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No Fuss events are the masterminds behind a series of three 10 hour endurance events held around Scotland every summer.  This, the second round, is held in the singletrack mecca that is Kirroughtree, part of the Scottish Forrestry Commissions legendary 7Stanes network on Saturday the 11th of July.
We had the pleasure of a behind the [...]

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No Fuss Events, organisers of the Endurance Downhill mountain bike race at Nevis Range, Fort William, have just unveiled Hope Technology, manufacturers of cycle parts for more than 20 years, as headline sponsor for the 2009 event.

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Last Thursday we were in London for the Cycle Show and we thought we should bring you some of the highlights.

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On Saturday the 11th of October racers will take to the lower slopes of the Uk’s highest mountain, Ben Nevis, for 24 hours of mountain bike racing.

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