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Bell Eliminator – Gear Guide

I haven’t had a new helmet in a little while but seeing as Bell are supporting the Bike Shed show this… »

Remember that smug and satisfying feeling you got when you handed in your schoolwork early? Nope, me neither. But I just… »

I’ve been following flat track in the USA for decades, perhaps not really closely at first but in the last few… »

I won my first ever flat track heat, and my first race meeting. And that was the beginning of the end… »

Last weekend we hosted one of our favourite annual events – the Dirt Track Riders Association flat track season launch party…. »

For me 2018 was the year where I finally stopped talking about off-roading and started doing more of it. My soul… »

The revival of the scrambler as a style, a genre even, has brought with it some ambiguity as to what scrambling… »

No wonder my case nearly blew the scales at the BA check-in, there’s a lot of gear to review here. Thankfully… »

This year I realised a dream, or silenced a multi-decade procrastination at least, and bought an enduro bike. However, the visions… »

Off-roading the UK is getting more and more difficult, especially in the South of England. Fantasies of green lane wanderlust are… »

After what seemed like three lifetimes worth of procrastinating I decided to shit rather than get off the pot, and bought… »

OK, time to let the cat out of the bag, step out of the closet and come clean – I don’t… »