Midwales Mountain Biking at Caersws

Big thanks to Ian and crew at Midwales Mountain Biking for the awesome uplift day at Caersws yesterday. It was a top notch day with short queues, quick rides up and (of course) 4 amazing tracks. Loads of riders turned up, including Tom Brathwaite and Mojo new guy Julien Camellini.

With uplifts getting a tough deal at the moment it's great to see people working hard to keep us all riding... much appreciated folks, can't wait for the next one.

'Between the Tape' premiere

Word up from Rachel Atherton, fresh from her NPS triumph (congrats), check out the premiere of "Between the tape".
Date: this saturday, 28th April.
Venue: Walkabout Pub, Broad Street, Birmingham.
Time: 8pm.
Bring ID, or you'll not be getting in! Beers, premiere's and more beers aren't for the under age.



Further news with Rachel soon in wideopen. Watch out for that.

More NPS...

Round 1 is all over and first reports sound positive! I managed to get a few updates from Justin by text over the weekend...

"Track is steep and tight as fresh meat up top with big loose rocks in the turns. Emyr Davies KO'd himself in practice and can't remember a thing! Big jumps and fast bus stops middle to bottom. Uplift went tits up this morning but is sorted now!... Fair play that Kovarik isn't slow is he?"

Also got a call to say they were treated to the Super8 2 premier on Saturday night,

We'll be dragging all the random nonesense into a repo for Issue 2. Stay tuned, due out start of next month.

MORE Chain Reaction Cycles NPS 2007 Updates

Racing the NPS at Inners this weekend? Read on...

This weekend is almost upon us already so hopefully all that training and new bike set up will pay off for you this weekend?

Big names already confirmed include Steve Peat, Athertons, Honda, Mojo, MBUK and Rob Warner!

Please bring your 2007 race license to sign on (no license, no race!) along with your deposit for your number board £2.00.

Make sure your bike has bar plugs inserted and you have a full face lid.

Please respect the Marshalls and the environment and to make sure you are fully aware of what is going on attend the riders meeting at 18:15 on Saturday.

On entering the site the hard standing car park on the right is for trade / team pitches only. Spectators and camping is in the flat green grassy field to the left.
Toilets and running water are available throughout the weekend.

The caterers will be fired up all weekend and offering an "Italian" themed menu Saturday night.
We will also be showing some films Sat night as well.

Camping at all of this years NPS will be £3 per tent/van/caravan or camper, if you have 2 tents it is £3 each tent etc.. 100% of this money is going to the Air Ambulance. This service run completely by donations and could save your life so no ducking for cover when we come around!

Above all else have a wicked time and thanks for being part of the NPS and make sure you get your entries in for round 3 at Rugog ASAP. Note Santa Cruz's Nathan Rennie has confirmed he is racing Round 2 at Ae Forest which has already sold out!

All the very best.

Steve Parr and Si Paton..
SPS Events

NPS 2007 - Press Release - NPS Riders to Win Ticket2RideBC Whistler Holidays

Hot off the press from The Superfly...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE..
Ticket2RideBC co-sponsors the 2007 Chain Reaction NPS.
NPSDH.com are delighted to announce that Ticket2RideBC will be giving away a Whistler mountain biking holiday to the 4 overall winners of the Senior Men, Master Men, Junior Men and Senior Women’s categories as official co-sponsors of the Chain Reaction Cycles NPS in 2007.

This amazing prize will give the winners the chance to ride the world-class trails of the mountain biking mecca that is Whistler BC. Staying at Ticket2RideBC’s unique rider centre, they’ll be just minutes away from the biggest & best lift accessed Bike Park in the world today. They’ll also be able to take advantage of Ticket2RideBC’s customised fleet of 4x4’s to hit some of the super technical trails in the Whistler Valley.

The prize includes 1 week’s stay at the luxury T2R rider centre with hearty breakfasts and 3 course evening meals, airport transfers, 3 days guiding, full workshop facilities, local discounts, demo bikes and much more.

Ticket2RideBC boss, Scott Lanzi said "What better way to reward the dedication of the best riders in Britain, than to give them the opportunity to ride out in Whistler, where they can hit the best trails in the world? A week in the Bike Park will be the ideal platform for them to build upon their success as they look to move up a category for 2008."

"I spent the best 3 weeks of my life out there in BC with the guys from T2R so know first hand the opportunity this gives to the winners, a riding holiday of a life time. Just remember, what happens on tour, stays on tour". Si Paton Descent-World..

Check out

www.ticket2ridebc.com for more info on Ticket2RideBC and the huge range of fully guided mountain bike holidays they offer.

from Si "Superfly" Paton.
www.NPSDH.com
www.Descent-Gear.com
www.Descent-World.co.uk

Weekend in the Tweed Valley...

Great fun, sunburnt, tired but happy - back from a weekend of riding and spectating at Glentress and Innerleithen...

Watched round 1 of the SDA at Inners on Sunday.
Rode Glentress, Ae and Inners as well.
Full writeup of the Fearingout roadtrip in Issue 2 out soon! :)

NPS Round 1 - Innerleithen

The all new National Points Series will begin this weekend at Innerleithen.

With the new SPSevents team at the helm, a packed start list and (importantly)a quality venue it's set to be a great weekend. After a dodgy '06 season things are looking really good for the UK's premier race series. There's not much chance of an entry at this stage but if your in the area get over and do some cheering. Check out <>http://www.npsdh.com/ for the full story....

If you've not read it yet, check out Wideopenmag issue 1 for a full interview with NPS front man Si Paton.

Wharncliffe Digging Day This Sunday

News just in from Chris Wood at smart-coaching.co.uk ...

There’s a dig day at Wharncliffe Woods, Sheffield this Sunday.
We meet either at 9:50 in the top Car Park (just off Wortley Road) and then drive down the woods to the top of "Fast Track" and hook up with everyone there about 10.

We have tools. People are welcome to bring their own but it’s not essential.

Cars allowed into the woods will be limited to 5 so please check with me that there is room- otherwise parking is available either in the car park or Station Lane, Oughtbridge. We can take tools in for people to save them carrying them in.

Trail builders should really be members of www.singletraction.org.uk so they are insured. All cash goes into the tracks and you’ll receive discounts from a variety of our sponsors. We will allow people to build without membership as long as they don't make too much of a habit of it… but its vital if you come on regular basis. It also allows us to let you go in and build unsupervised on pre arranged sections.

Contact Chris Wood at c_wood2887AThotmailDOTcom or on 07876013382.

Dragon

Round 1 of the Dragon downhill kicked things off at Abercarn this weekend... Full results can be found on the Dragon Downhill website (or direct here).

Full writeup and possible interview with Jason Carpenter in Issue 2 of Wideopen (out in May).

FoelDHRiders Easter Bonanza

Last Sunday was the traditional FoelDHRiders Easter race at Foel Gasnach, North Wales. Was an amazing day with dusty trails, good BBQ and chilled out runs. Winners got Easter Eggs, Fenwicks bike cleaner, gift vouchers for On-Track in Prestatyn and some cheap fizz courtesy of Wideopen.

Top spots went to: Wayne "Sunshine" Appleby (Best Cat), Sean "Young Gun" Davies(Rest Cat) and John Whatsyoursurname? (hardtail)..also Andy Williamson for Best Crash.

Good times had by all - big thanks to everyone at the FoelDHRiders club for putting on a great day, everyone who drove the uplifts, cooked food, sorted the timing, donated prizes or just turned up and had fun. Big thanks also to Dave Liddy and the Forestry for providing such a great spot for DH in North Wales.

Grass roots racing at its absolute bloody finest... Full report and pictures in Wideopen issue#2.

Check out www.foeldhriders.co.uk to get your Foel on. It's 45 minutes from Chester and 15 minutes from Ruthin. There's 3 tracks, top to bottom uplifts and all the roots you could ever want. Get up there and support the cause.

Dragon Rd1 this weekend at Abercarn

It's Dragon time again, with Round 1 this weekend at Abercarn. The weathers looking good here in Bristol so could well be a scorcher come Sunday!

Check out www.dragondownhill.co.uk for info. Good luck to everyone whose racing - pop over and spectate if your at a loose end - guaranteed to be some awesome racing.

Also - enter the Pump competition below!

Pump Urban Wear Competition

Hit up the PUMPurbanwear site(click here) for a chance to win a Flow Drift Frame.

Simply visit the site, register your details and a winner will be chosen at random and notifed by email .

A big thanks to Steve and Tony at Flow Bikes (www.flowbikes.co.uk)

Pump are a homegrown UK clothing company with a decent range of tees, shirts and hoodies. They've even just introduced some organic t's to the line which is never a bad thing. Visit their new-look site for news and bi-monthly comps. Hopefully we'll hear lots more from them in Wideopen.