 | Mike Davis: Editor Bikemagic.comMike is our resident "forwarding address". We don’t see him much, as he is always on his bike testing some new bling for the MTB. Age: Chronologically 33, mentally 19, physically 45
Loves: Bikes, boats, boards, sunny days
Hates: Waste, know-it-alls, that sludge that collects in the washing machine.
Lives: Somerset
Sporting injuries: Broken collar bone, various pizza knees, scrapes and bruises. I'm too cowardly to crash, though.
Favourite places to ride: Peak District, Quantocks, anywhere with rocks.
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 | Richard Hallett: Editor RoadCyclingUK.comRichard loves his road bikes and talking about them, all of them. He has a lifetime of cycling experiences and stories, often heard of talking about how good the "good old days" were. Age: Forty Six
Loves: Touring, time trialing, track racing, descending & pub stops
Hates: Heavy traffic, posing, wheel suckers
Lives: The end of the world (aka Sutton)
Sporting injuries: Torn hamstring, innumerable scars, missing teeth
Favourite places to ride: Country lanes, anywhere away from traffic, France, Italy, Belgium
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 | David Arthur: Editorial Dave is a born mountain biker; in fact he has mud running through his veins. However, you’ll have just as much chance of spotting him in a road or track race as you will riding around a muddy field these days. Living in South East London he makes a lot of use of the excellent Herne Hill Velodrome on his doorstep. Apart from the occasional 12hr MTB race, you will often see him around the roadie haunts of London. Age: Still clinging onto to the younger edge of his twenties
Loves: Big long MTB rides in the country side, endurance events, crit and track racing, racing scooters riding to work.
Hates: England in the winter, dog walkers getting in the way
Lives: South East London
Sporting injuries: He never crashes… much. Except for the time he snapped tendon in his pinky & crashed at Newport Velodrome.
Favourite places to ride: Love Wales and Scotland for the man-made singletrack. Santa Cruz was a blast too, how much dust!
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 | Bex Hopkins: Editor SheCycles.com Bex started racing XC mountain bikes in 1993 for her University team and then for the Mud Dock Trek team in 1995 for 4 years, racking up a number of podium places at National and Regional level. Since then she’s been racing DH mountain bikes in Europe, free-riding in the Alps and road racing. Beware of Bex at a shecycles.com event - she makes the worlds biggest morning tea look like a barbie tea party! Age: 34 years
Loves: travelling, snowboarding, skiing, rowing, daytime naps, and chocolate
Hates: wind, horizontal rain, lazy people, pollution, 4WD’s
Lives: Oxfordshire
Sporting injuries: fractures – ankle, wrist x2, scapular, dislocated collar bone, torn ligaments, several concussions, torn ear, missing 1 tooth, + other usual biking gashes and scrapes
Favourite places to ride: Alp D’Huez for road riding, Northern California for MTB. Manchester Velodrome for track |
 | Michal Tuszynski: Design Michal is Polish, although don't hold that against him. He is a crazy mountainbiker often seen on 4x courses, singletracks & loads of other "close to London" crazy people hangouts. As he lives for adrenaline rush he loves his fixed gear bike for ‘street play’ and commuting. Age: still 23 – young and fresh
Loves: Bikes, bikes and bikes again…travelling, jaffa cakes, ice creams, and Chinese (not all at the same time)
Hates: RAIN
Lives: South West London
Sporting injuries: The most recent is open fracture of my right ankle…they put so much metal inside it, that now I feel like a robot ;)
Favourite places to ride: All 4X tracks, Brockwell BMX track, Danbury, P.O.R.C…and all tracks where I don’t need to ride up the hill ;) hahaha
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Offers, Competitions and Promotions
2009 UK Mountain Bike Events Calendar 2009 is well under way, and now is the time to plan your assault on the fresh new events season. With that in mind, and following the "keep it simple" approach, here's our at-a-glance list of 2009 MTB events.
2009 Mountain Bike Events Calendar
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