Websites you may find useful
These are the sites that I use on a regular basis to keep me up to date with the fast moving world of cross country mountain biking.
My club and sponsors
- West Drayton Mountain Bike Club - My club
- Beyond Mountain Bikes - WDMBC main sponsor, friendly bike shop providing excellent service
- Specialized - WDMBC secondary sponsor, you've probably heard of these guys
- Rapid Racer Products - a new WDMBC sponsor, a nice selection of handy tools and products to blling out your bike and workshop
Blogs
- Chris Andrews - Very interesting and well written blog by an Elite Birmingham Based Mountain bike rider riding for the Orange Monkey Cannondale Racing Team
- Jason Richardson - Very tidy blog about an XC racer trying to make his name and build a team
- Fat Cyclist - Excellent cycling blog
- Shoestring Racing - Blog of a UK XC racer
- UK Biking - Collection of UK based cross country mountain bike racers, nice site, lots of different perspectives on racing
News
- British Cycling - Governing body of cycling in Great Britian
- Bike Radar - Cycling reviews, reports and news
Racing
- XC Racer - UK racing news including diary of races
- British Mountain Bike Race Series - Home of the British National XC Series
- Thetford MTB Racing - Thetford based race series, one running in Winter, the other running through Summer
- Twenty Four/12 - Much loved UK 24 hour event
- Bucks Off Road Sportive - Excellent event organised by West Drayton MBC
- Gisburn 12 hour MTB Enduro - Another new Northern race, this time a 12 hour Enduro
- SPAM Biking - Salisbury Plain mountain bike club which hosts a number of excellent events throughout the year
- Brownbacks Racing - New race promoters hosting a race series in Lee Quarry near Rossendale. A brand new Northern race series!
Racing Photography
- www.liamgrantphotography.com - covers races at Thetford Forest and the vicinity
Routes
- Gisburn Forest - New trail in the Forest of Bowland, Lancashire
- Dalby Forest - Dalby Forest in North Yorkshire. Plenty of trails to go at including the 36km red route.
- Grizedale Forest - Grizedale Forest in the centre of the Lake District. Home of the North Face Trail and the Silurian Way which has one of the best downhill singletrack sections in the Lake District apparently.
- Timber MTB Website - Thetford Improved Mountain Biking EnviRonment. Excellent site which acts as a hub for mountain bikers in the Thetford, Rendlesham and Tunstall Forest areas. Site also has a very useful 'trail conditions' indicator for the local routes.
Manafacturers
Shopping
- Wiggle - Massive online retailer
- On One - Single speed specialists
- Racix - Trainers and other useful kit for the bike, workshop and your wardrobe
Please feel free to contact me and send me suggestions of good sites I can add to this list.