Mountain Bike Skills

Kendal mountain bike festival

THIS year's mountain biking festival is set to round off an awesome season here in Cumbria with the announcement that Mark Beaumont will be on the list. The record-breaking round the world cyclist will be speaking on Saturday 22 November as part of the mountain film and lecture festival which runs from the 20-23 November.

The man who cycled the world: Mark Beaumont on Sat 22 November at 11am at the Leisure Centre £12.00

Mark Beaumont tackled the 1038 miles from John O'Groats to Lands End and completed his first solo ride when he was 15. After graduating from Glasgow University in Economics and Politics Mark decided to follow his dream and spent a year planning and training to become the fastest person to cycle round the world. On Friday 15th February at 1530, he completed his 18,000 miles circumnavigation of the globe by bicycle and arrived back at the Arc de Triomphe 194 days and 17 hours after leaving there on 5th August 2007.

The total distance cycled was 18,297 miles through 20 countries. Mark broke the standing Guinness World Record by a margin of 81 days.

Bike Night is also selling out fast. It will feature all the tears from the trails of Tracy Moseley, Andy Hopkins and Pauline Sanderson.

Kendal Bike Night Tracy Moseley, Andy Hopkins and Pauline Sanderson on Thu 20 November at 7.30pm at the Town Hall tickets priced £11.00. Tickets for the Kendal Mountain Festival Bike Night are £11, and £12 for Mark Beaumont's talk.

Full Festival details (and online booking) at www.mountainfilm.co.uk, or call Kendal's Brewery Arts box office on 01539 725133.

Trail development must know

TRAIL building and rights of way were high on the agenda for the CTC - the UK's national cyclist association

The National Mountain Bike Conference was well attended with delegates from across the country. The CTC is the country’s largest group of people on bikes.

Their mission is to make cycling enjoyable, safe and welcoming for all. Their work includes high-profile campaigning on behalf of all cyclists. There were presentations from an inspirational and international line up of speakers including Mike Van Abel and Mike Nelson.

Reading not to miss...

Here's a round up of some of the news that's out there this week:

The final leg of the Gorrick series of mountain bike races takes place in Crowthorne, Berkshire, on Sunday (November 2nd).

Kozo Shimano, grandson of company founder Shozaburo Shimano, has left Shimano American, the California-based division he led from 2000 until December 2006.

 

Tips for taking a mountain biking holiday. As for us, we are busy building the roof on our barn with the hope of one day having a mountain biking centre of some sort in the Howgills.