Features

Can you survive?

By Shaun Kinna

Let's get this straight from the start: endurance MTB events are not normal. Mountain biking is meant to be fun, a wild bumpy ride in great places and sucking on fresh mountain air: but you're not meant to do this for six, eight, 12 or, heaven forbid, 24 hours. Just so you know, enduros are not about a love of riding: that's like saying you became a butcher because you love cows. Enduros are about survival, about a challenge and about discovery. Are you ready?

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Gear Guide

  Flying start: Bikes on a plane!

Stephen Colquitt

An innocent cyclist just wants to take his bike away for a riding holiday but dark forces await. Trapped inside the airport, ticket in hand and a long queue pressing him forward, he gets the terrible news: "Sorry sir, we can't take your bike."

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My Place

  The uphills (and downhills) are alive

Jeremy and Natalie Howes

A friend didn't turn up for her planned 50th birthday celebration in Sound of Music country, but Jeremy and Natalie Howes had a wonderful time anyway.

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My Ride

  Paris Dakar by bike

Rob van der Geest

It's described as the world's toughest race, and that's when you have an engine doing the work. So what's it like when you have to pedal? Rob van der Geest finds out.

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