Mountain Bike Beginners – The Tips and tribulations
I had a good day out at Glentress (7 Stanes favourite in the east of Scotland) at the weekend and thought it worth writing about because it wasn’t with my usual biking buddies. I...
Author: Colin
Carron Valley Mountain Bike Trail – Guide and review
I’ve been to Carron Valley a couple of times in the past year. The first visit was on a blazing sunny day without a breath of wind, one of those days you count yourself...
Manitou Minute Suspension Fork – Broken Rebound Knob!
It’s slightly less an informational post today and more an opportunity for me to vent my spleen about some pretty shoddy components in my supposed high-end fork! I got a Manitou Minute One fork...
Customising your Bike Gear and Brake Cables
Just a quick post to point you at a little article I read over on NSMBe magazine about a cheap and easy way to customise your bike cables, both gears and brakes. I’ve always...
Mountain Bike Trail Difficulty – Measuring it exactly?
At the moment in mountain biking there are just four classifications of trails; green, blue, red and black (some places have double-black but it doesn’t seem to be used very often…). Anyone that’s ridden...
7 Stanes Glentress Trail Guide – Pt 2 – The Climb
So, part 2 of the 7 Stanes Glentress trail guide and it’s time to start climbing. You’ve got a choice here that determines exactly how much climbing you’re going to do and what sections...
Girls on Bikes – Better trail riders than me!
I just read a post on the ‘What Mountain Bike’ blog about girls in biking which made me remember a trip out to Glentress last weekend. You can see the article here. I’m ashamed...
7 Stanes Glentress Mountain Bike Trail Review – Intro
Glentress is a mountain biking centre just outside of Peebles that has the largest and arguably the best network of trails in the 7 Stanes collection. It has the full range of terrain on...
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