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Recommended 13. 4. 2021

Steel is real

Original, no ready-made bikes have their fans on most continents. Customized production of frames, designs, and groupsets has many forms and approaches. We interviewed the creators of “steel brands” operating in the Czech Republic on how they are doing before the new biking season. It’s no secret…

Mountain biking

Recommended 3. 10. 2020 2

CRANKWORX 2020 Innsbruck

CANKWORX Innsbruck launched in June of 2017, being part of the CRANKWORX World Tour. Since then Innsbruck has been the home of some of the most exciting and visually stunning moments in CRANKWORX history. The festival is the most urban of the stops on the CRANKWORX World Tour, bringing the best in…

Mountain biking

23. 8. 2020 7

SCOTT-SRAM Wrap-Up Swiss Epic Title in Style

Nino Schurter and Lars Forster wrapped up the 2020 Swiss Epic title in fine style. The SCOTT-SRAM combination had no need to win the final stage, in Davos, but they did so regardless; ensuring that they put an exclamation point on an emphatic victory.

Mountain biking

Recommended 19. 8. 2020 2

Swiss Epic 2020

The SWISS EPIC is a five-day mountain bike stage race held annually in the Graubünden region of Switzerland. Founded in 2014, this year sees the seventh edition, running from 18 to 22 August 2020. Professional and dedicated amateur athletes alike take on the challenge of conquering the Alps in teams…

Mountain biking

6. 3. 2020 3

2020 Absa Cape Epic Route starts 15th of March? CANCELED!

The toughest mountainbike race of the world starts Sunday, 15th! The eight-day race is often referred to as the "Tour de France of mountain biking" and it‘s the most prestigious MTB stage race in the world. Especially with a view to the Olympic Games in summer, the Cape Epic is gaining in importance…

Mountain biking

Recommended 2. 3. 2020 1

European Downtown Cup at Lago di Garda is coming

Wooden obstacles, steps, narrow streets, cobblestones, natural sections. A variety of surfaces, unique atmosphere, cheering spectators, merciless clock. All of those can be found in downtown.

Mountain biking

13. 9. 2018

Dačice Sparkasse Downtown. Street, heart – you are not on your own. Just hold your breath and... WOW!

The fourth event of the Czech Downtown Series was held on Saturday, September 8, in a pictoresque town of Dačice. This spectacular event in Lord Alexander Sidor’s territory had been in the grapevine for a while. Did Alex and his crew meet the high expectations?

Mountain biking

25. 8. 2018

UL-LET 2018, with Ben Moore

Traditionally, the first event of the downtown series known as Czech Downtown Series will be UL-LET. The eighth year will be held in Ústí nad Labem on 18th and 19th May.

Mountain biking

25. 8. 2018 1

PRULET – DOWNTOWN PRAHA is coming

It has been in the grapevine for a long time. All that time it has been finetuned and improved. And now it is coming. The last downtown of the season, this year, after a five-year break, back in Prague. In Riegrovy sady (Rieger Gardens), one of the places frequently visited both by locals and by…

Mountain biking

2. 5. 2018

Downtown at Lake Garda with breath-taking views

Last weekend, a group of Czech downtown biking junkies took a trip to Italy. The little town Toscolano Maderno hosted MAD OF LAKE, the first of the five events in Italian National Downhill Series.

Mountain biking

1. 5. 2018

Left or right, it's alright

The opening event of this year's downtown season was held in Cieszyn, Poland. It was a city center dual slalom, including more than ten Czech racers.

Mountain biking

1. 5. 2018

Cape Epic 2018 Stages Reports

Toughest mountain bike race in the world is over. The Cape Epic 2018 started on 19th of March. The 2018 Cape Epic took riders through 658 km of South Africa’s Western Cape countryside and up a lot of hills: the accumulated vertical gain was 13,530 m.

Mountain biking

Recommended 1. 5. 2018

Hin Lek Fai Downhill Tracks, Hua Hin, Thailand

Khao Hin Lek Fai (sometimes also mentioned as Flintstone Hill or Mount Radar by locals) is a mountain of Hua Hin town, Thailand. Known primarily as a lookout point for both tourists and city inhabitants, the hill, which is just a bit over 200 metres above sea level, provides a perfect venue for MTB…

Mountain biking

24. 1. 2018

Ways to Improve Your Mountain Biking Endurance

Mountain biking has always been hugely popular, but never more so than in recent years with so many people focusing on health and green living. While some still hit the gym, others love the thrill of biking their way through nature, but is your endurance…

Mountain biking

8. 9. 2017

Leták takes gold in Dačice

On the first Saturday in September, narrow-tyre-wide-handlebar buffs gathered at the last but one event of this year’s Czech Downtown Tour. So far, the town of Dačice had contributed the first cube-shaped sugar lump ever to the world’s history. And it was…

Mountain biking

8. 9. 2017

Downtown Dačice invitation

The fourth event of the Czech Downtown Tour, about a thousand spectators, around a hundred riders, the most technical track in the Czech Republic. That is the second year of the Dačice downtown race in short.This year, there will be a few changes to the…

Mountain biking

26. 8. 2017

Michal Prokop won Downtown Rakovník

The third race of the Czech Downtown Tour. The ninth year. Scorching hot. Mellow time. Rakovník. You can bet riders are the kings here.This year’s race was held on the same day as the top DH race in the Czech Republic. The question is – how many riders…

Mountain biking

4. 8. 2017

Downtown Rakovník 2017

After the successful races in Jáchymov and Ústí nad Labem, the third race of the Czech Downtown Tour is coming. This part will take place in Rakovník, a picturesque town in Central Bohemia. This is already the ninth year. As usual, Downtown Rakovník is…

Mountain biking

21. 7. 2017

How to Choose a Bike, According to Science – 10 Factors to Consider

When it’s time for an upgrade, choosing the perfect bike can get confusing for some of you. But that doesn’t mean you pick the first bike you find, especially when it’s your first bike. Looking for professional bikes with a solid design and additional…

Mountain biking

18. 7. 2017

UL-LET 2017? Nicolas’s Town

Though the seventh year of UL-LET downtown is over, riders and spectators are going to remember this event for a long time. Friday’s night Dual was thrilling, giving a great opening to Saturday full of things never seen before in the centre of this city…

Mountain biking

27. 5. 2017

UL-LET - Czech Downtown Tour 2017

UL-LET in the city centre for the first timeThe seventh annual race in downhill mountain biking takes place on May 20, 2017, in the city of Ústí nad Labem. To accommodate the tradition, bikers start their race in the open-air cinema, yet, for the first…