XXC: CROSS COUNTRY XTRA

LONGER SHORTCUTS.

Out in the car, running errands on a Saturday lunchtime…

THERE BE DRAGONS HERE… PROBABLY.

In search of trail treasure, Sanny and chums tackle what is reputed to be ‘the worst trail in the Lakes’. Do they find a hidden gem or should they have heeded the warnings?

Jason Miles

YOUR BIG RIDE. IS IT PURE?

THE CLWYDIAN HILLS

Tom Hutton dodges the sheep but feels the heat at one of the lesser-known mountain bike hotspots in North Wales.

JUST WHEN IT WAS GOING SO WELL

Jason Miles headed to Valencia for a multi-day stage race armed with his race shoes, a positive attitude and, well, that was about it, actually.

SIMON GALLUP: THERE IS NO CURE.

He plays in a world-famous band and has toured the globe for the last 40 years. And yet, all he really wants to do is ride bikes. And if he can’t, then he likes nothing better than to talk about them.

BUILD IT AND THEY WILL COME.

Are ‘pirate trails’ breathing new life into our trail networks, or threatening their very existence?

MIPS: YOU’RE TWISTING MY MELON, MAN.

MIPS invited us to Sweden to explain its in-helmet safety system in words that non-neuroscientists can understand. Luckily we have our own actual PhD neuroscientist, so we sent Barney to translate.

INTENSE SNIPER XC ELITE

Thee first of our trio is the Intense Sniper. While

SARACEN TRAVERSE

Saracen’s rebirth has been covered well-enough in these

YETI SB100

Yeti’s SB100 is a 120mm forked, 100mm rear travel crosscountry

THE VERDICT

If you only want to go fast, everywhere, just get the

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THE NOT SO NUTTY PROFESSOR

Sanny takes a step into the alternative bike world of Ben Cooper. What he finds is that it isn’t just about the bike. Not even close.

LEY LINES - DON’T DO IT!

Barney takes a good hard look at whether the legend of ley lines might hold spectacular secrets of sumptuous singletrack.

CRESTED BUTTE 40 YEARS ON

Charlie Kelly and Joe Breeze retrace one of the most important rides in mountain bike history, 1978’s Pearl Pass tour.

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