Red bikes are faster!

Word from Ste@Fearingout regarding the Wideopen longtermer...

Just spent the afternoon at Mabie forest on the freshly built up DialledBikes Holeshot frame (dialledbikes.com) thats on test for Wideopen (wideopenmag.co.uk). First impressions are really good but I'll be putting in as many hours on it as possible over the next few weeks. The 4x track at Mabie is also looking good. Its is a little on the short side but has some killer jumps to keep you on your toes.

There she is all built up then. I did promis some shots of the sidekick in DH mode but in my rush to get this best built up I forgot all about it. so you'll have to make out what you can from this great shot of the Saturday evening slalom race at Pitfichie.

Foot out, flat out, eyes shut in blind fear!

Wideopen Issue 3 - OUT MONDAY!

Yeah guys check back here on Monday for a bumper issue - it'll be worth the wait!

Rugog NPS update - October is the new July!

News just in from the Patonator -

SPS Events can now announce round three at Rugog will be re-scheduled to Innerleithen and a different track from that used at round 1. The new date will be Saturday and Sunday the 13th and 14th of October 2007.


Picture courtesy of Ian Linton

All entries from the cancelled Rugog round will automatically be transferred to the new revised date.

Those riders who can not make the new date and require a refund of your race fees, please do so by contacting Steve Parr with all your details:

steveparr66@yahoo.co.uk

SPS Events. Steve Parr & Si Paton..

http://www.npsdh.com/

Rugog strikes again "NPS DownHill Round 3 CANCELLED"

Bad news again for Rugog and the NPS... tough call but it's gotta be better than a repeat of last year.


image by Rex at foelgasnach.co.uk

SPS Events has taken the tough decision to cancel the next round of the Chain Reaction Cycles NPS this weekend on the 21st and 22nd of July 2007.

With the wettest June on record and July almost looking the same, this has left the pit fields at Rugog inaccessible along with our two back up courses at Caersws and Moelfre.

SPS Events will let you all know by Thursday the 19th of July as to whether we will re-schedule the round or cancel it all together and offer a full refund of race entries.

Again our deepest apologies.

SPS Events.


Steve Parr & Si Paton..
http://www.blogger.com/www.NPSDH.com

Fox Racing National Champs - Beaumont's got it!

Big up to Marc Beaumont... First place at the Nat Champs this weekend! 2nd place to Bryceland with Donny in 3rd. Top 3 females were Tracey Moseley, Helen Gaskell then Fionn Griffiths.

Full results are here

News overload...

Morning folks! I spent last week in Les Gets with Riders Retreat whilst the rest of the WO team were working hard on the mag, having babies, moving house...that kinda thing. Was a great week with amazing tracks but not so amazing weather (pissed it down for 5 of 7 days).

Spent the week mostly sliding down the local Les Gets and Morzine tracks plus a day out to Switzerland, which was really good. We managed a quick photo-shoot one afternoon between downpours... here's Gary on the infamous Les Gets Gully run. Full repo and pics in the mag(obviously).


Anyway the press releases have been mounting up whilst I was away...here's a few of 'em.


Pump Urban Wear New Site The new site will be online 25th July, go check it out at http://www.pumpurbanwear.co.uk/



Caersws Cup From NPS4x.com . The entry for the race is now open on line. The races takes place July 28/29th at the Classic Caersws Downhill Venue nr Newtown Powys. The race is limited to only 300 riders for each day, these normaly fill quickly.

Full details of the event and online entry here



Edge Spring 07 if you've not seen it yet, the latest Edge magazine is out "Showcasing the best of the action from the Spring, the start of the race season and the first good weather we've had this year. " Check it out here


Happy Birthday Howies Howies are 12 years old this month, well done to them. Check out their website and mailing list for some birthday deals here


MRP have just launched their shiny new and improved website! Check it out at http://www.mrpbike.com/


From Matt at Ison
Team Identiti's Glen Coe has been pulling Double Backflips at CorbySkatepark. After a layoff to recover from his hernia op Glen has been back on it in a big way! He has been riding non-stop over the past few weeks and it has definitely paid off - as the video clip proves!!! Glen recently came into Ison to pick up a brand new P45 Pro Bike and it's good to see he is putting it to good use!!! It has held up to his riding with no problems - proof that the bike is strong enough (yet still nimble) for any rider!!!

The footage:

Issue 3 update!

Hey all - just a short note to let people know where Issue 3 is up to... as some of you will be aware last Thursday I became a Dad so things here have been a bit hectic!

However we're nearly there now with this issue - probably 95% complete, over 100 pages of TOP QUALITY content... should be online in the next week. Sign up to our distribution list using the Contact link (on the right) and we'll email you as soon as it's out!

Schladming results...

Without reading too much into the results, Sam Hill is clearly favourite for the overall title this year; he now leads the championship by even further and Peaty finished back in 5th. Strong performance from Gee Atherton with a 2nd to Hill in the race and the practice. All 3 Honda riders in the top 7, so Brendan looks as if he is "On it" and over his hand injury from earlier in the season.

Full results on www.nissan-ucimtbworldcup.com Top 10 below....
1 HILL Samuel IRON HORSE / MONSTER ENERGY 3:51.44
2 ATHERTON Gee ANIMAL COMMENCAL 3:56.58
3 MINNAAR Greg TEAM G-CROSS HONDA 3:56.96
4 LEHIKOINEN Matti TEAM G-CROSS HONDA 3:57.01
5 PEAT Steve SANTA CRUZ SYNDICATE 3:57.81
6 VAZQUEZ LOPEZ David MSC BIKES 3:57.93
7 FAIRCLOUGH Brendan TEAM G-CROSS HONDA 3:58.13
8 RENNIE Nathan SANTA CRUZ SYNDICATE 4:00.27
9 BEAUMONT Marc TEAM MBUK SANTACRUZ 4:01.39
10 REID Ben 4:01.82
Fearingout team rider Matt Simmonds got another good time on the board.
36 SIMMONDS Matthew 3:09.11 4:14.27
All in all, check how many "GBR" names you see on the board....we kick ass!

4X Nationals venue announced...

See BRITISH CYCLING for more information... but at least Forest of Dean isn't too far away!

UK specific Kona...

I quote (from BIKEMAGIC)...

The all-new Five O (top) is a UK-specific "hardtail trail" bike, featuring a new aluminium frame teamed with Marzocchi's 55R 140mm travel fork. The rest of the spec leans towards the burly - FSA Gravity Moto-X cranks, Hayes Stroker Trail brakes and Sun Ditch EQ rims shod with 2.35in Maxxis Minion tyres.

Looks quite interesting to me - quite possibly a good move, since fat full sussers seem to be taking over these days, and tbh are overkill for much of the UK.
Burly hardtails are where its at kids!

Worth taking a shoofty at the translation tho, as the new Coiler geometry adjustment seems really interesting - I can't wait to read a proper English written review!

More pics over here (words only in german tho) - READ THE TRANSLATION.

Les Gets Baby!

Just about to leave for a week in Les Gets with Riders Retreat - First time out so can't wait... I'll try and find an internet cafe mid week and upload some pics!

Au revoir!

Tees have landed...

The first batch of Wideopen tees arrived this morning... a full ad and details on how to get one from us will be in Issue 3.

In the meantime you can order them from the Fearingout shop.

Pump Comp Winner Pics

Got a great email over the weekend from our Pump comp winner Matt... It's really good to hear back from readers, especially when they're stoked on the mag and the competitions. Matt won a Pump t-shirt and a few other goodies, including some of the first batch of Wideopen stickers. We'll let you know in issue 3 how to get hold of some!

"Hi Jamie, t-shirt arrived today, many thanks, its great!

Sticker's were most welcome also, infact i've been after something like this since respraying the bike! I was so excited I even took pics (lucky you, they're attached too!)

Cheers again, I'm more than happy to support the site/mag in any way I can!

Matt"

Some bits and bobs from my inbox...

Just managed to grab 5 minutes to check my emails...Got quite a lot of Wideopen stuff which is always great. Here's a couple of little updates that might interest you all, i'll pop some more stuff up Monday:

From Caroline at TF Tuned Shox:

"Hi guys and dolls,
Just a quickie to let you know that RockShox, both parts and forks, are back in stock. Finally! We're busy today prepping the back-ordered forks, so if you've been waiting for a new toy, then this weekend you get to play in the rain. You lucky, lucky people.

Also, as most of you know by now, we no longer service Scott shocks. If you have a Genius in need of lovin', the nice people at Scott UK will be pleased to help - the number is +44 1670 712129. We will of course continue to honour our three-month warranty on TF-serviced Genius shocks - after all, a day without Genius is for Tim a day not lived to the full. No, really, honest!
He's soooooo sad to see them go. Ahem."

Also... Howies are having a summer sale. They've managed to completely outgrow the warehouse so have gotta shift some stuff before they can take any new deliveries. Click here for men's sale and here for ladies. Sounds like business is good in Cardigan Bay.

Welsh Downhill Championships

Folks, it may well seem that the DH season is not long started, but time flies and Championships need winning. This weekend (23rd/24th June) sees the Welsh Downhill Championships at Rheola.

See www.dragondownhill.co.uk for details. You can even watch a preview of the course which will also be featured for the British Championships (route to be changed a bit though), on the Dragon website, check it out.

Should be a good course and a top weekend of riding, racing and spectating. So if you're too scared, injured, bored or fed up of boring weekends, get yourself along and cheer the racers down that hill. Rheola...where champions are made.

Point to note, direct quote from Dragondownhill, "Midges up at Rheola are quite bad so bring some insect repellant."

So, take a horn to drum up some atmosphere, shout random chants and rub that insect repellant on liberally :D

Mountain Sessions at The Factory Skatepark in Dundee

Just spotted this on the Descent-World forum...

The Factory Skate Park in Dundee are running MTB only sessions from July to August. If your up that way, go check it out. Support your local skatepark folks!

Dear industry...can we have more Freeride parks please...

Another early morning at home in Scotland and I rose excited like a child to get to Glentress FR park...the met office yet again pulled a blinder and claimed rain, but it never came, so GT FR park it was (was gonna hit Inners if it had rained!). The stinky was on form, and I reinstated big time!

Whips, hips, tweaks and ultimate development for me...one handers and then no handers. The top section was getting dialled all day, and I had a different trick on every table. One run had a one hander, a no hander, whip, hip and tweak all in one. Absolutley f@*#ing mint and development for moi :D

Good craic as usual with random park chat. Also met up with Robin again, he was throwing some nice one hander-no hander-then one hander landings, bar spins, opposite whips and all. His bike still sounds like it needs some TLC tho, clunkety, clunk...LOL!

Just a few pics, and tbh I could have taken these in my car boot anywhere, but trust me, I'm buzzing from the FR park as usual, build more in the UK plllllllllllllllllease! Nice shot of the wideopen sticker on my giro remedy, as above, lol...

Empire of dirt cancelled...

EVENT CANCELLED DUE TO SERIOUS DAMAGE TO COURSE BY HEAVY RAIN
LINK HERE

Newton Abbot, 15th June, 3pm - Kye Forte and organisers of Red Bull Empire of Dirt, are incredibly disappointed to announce that the event has had to completely cancelled for 2007.

Unusually heavy rain throughout Thursday night, and most of Friday, has damaged the course so extensively, that the hard working course crew will be unable to complete repairs in time.

Naturally, everyone involved, including Kye, Red Bull, the course shapers, event crew, and of course the world class riders, who have travelled from far and wide, are very disappointed. However, spirits are high, as planning for Red Bull Empire 2008 has already begun!

Milky will be heading down to the course in the next week to get some snaps for Wideopen. Check out Issue 3 out soon.

Final Pump Urban Wear comp winner!

Looks like the Pump Urban Wear comp is about to come to a close! We hooked up with PUW after issue 2 and we've given away a shirt every week for the last 3 weeks.... time to announce our 4th and final winner...

The weeks shirt will be winging its way over to yet another Bath local... Matt Miller. Well done mate, your shirt and some other goodies will be on the way asap!

MASSIVE shout out to Rick at Pump Urban Wear for being super bloody cool and sorting us out with lots of shirts to give away. He liked what he saw in Wideopen and took a chance in hooking up with us. It's much appreciated.

You can check out a feature on Pump in Wideopen issue3. If you like what you see, drop by their site and think about buying some of their threads.

Look out for another comp in Wideopen issue3 - out July.

Whistler baby!

Just got this from my mate Trev. He's normally a spanner monkey from Coventry but has escaped the UK for a year with Ticket2ridebc in Whistler. With a bit of luck he might make these a regular thing...


"Finally got my self into gear and decided to write a bit of a weekly/bi weekly blog about the season in Whistler!!! So here goes part 1…

Been a very mixed few weeks in the Bikepark from the swamp we had on opening day to dry dusty 30 degrees of last weekend to the torrential rain floods of the past few days. The bone yard is coming along well with lots of lines, a funky curved wall ride on to the Giro box, and lots of smaller trail type jumps packed in.

Crankworx is set for the 21st to 29th July and is going to be the year of the hardtail (could this be Lance McDermott’s year??). It looks like theirs no big mountain lines except for the drop to step up from last year, which has grown! Expect some huge airs off that one...

The 4x track looks like it might be a bit of a let down. There’s some huge tables and a nice step down, but its got no flow. Lots of berms in strange places and 3 funky ones that send you up hill killing your speed for the jumps! We’ll see how it develops through the season though!

As for the rest of the trails it’s the same old runs. There’s a new bridge on "Schleyer" but we all jump over that anyway! The best thing the trail crew has done this year is resurface the landing from the GLC drops, which was holding up super well till the rain of the last few days and now it’s rutted up big time!! The only bad news really is the trashing of the start of "Lower Joyride", so "Crank It Up" can be linked to "Heart of Darkness"… but hey we are meant to be getting two new tracks over the summer.

Away from the Bikepark, the skate park is seeing lots of action from the bmx crew of Evolution. Bruno, Jared, Sam and me are all killing it in the snake run and wishing that Bruno's trails were not all the way down at function junction and currently flooded!

Away from bikes, I’ve been watching the Stanley Cup and learning all about the finer points of hockey. I still think its just men with sticks but the fights are good, and Ticket2ride head honcho Scott (panzi)Lanzi is currently rocking a Commencial Supreme DH, in long and slack mode, but he might be fettling that! Who let that boy have a bike he can change head angle, wheel base, and bb height?!

PS I’ve also seen the proto Rocky Mountain on the trails but can’t tell u much. I followed him down angry pirate, but couldn’t see much of the bike. Will get more pics soon!! Promise. I’ve also got lots of info on the new Collective video… but I might loose my job if I tell you!"

69 for prizes at the NPS Final

RHUK as official co-sponsors of the Chain Reaction Cycles NPS in 2007 are handing over an Astrix Union hardtail frame to 69th overall at the 2007 NPS Final @ Caersws!

Astrix's Union is at home on the 4X track or down the trails...or anything in between. Available in baby blue or baby blue it's certainly eyecatching.

The ride is like a big boys BMX, so easy to bust out manuals and precise through any turn.
Boasting 24" or 26" wheel, slidey vert dropouts, ISCG, custom tubeset... she won't let you down!
So get your game on...RHUK hopes this awesome prize will make you guys push harder for the rest of the Series!

Steve Parr says, "It's going to be like Christmas at the NPS Final on the Saturday night. We will be flowing a whole list of great prizes including this Astrix Union frame to a worthy rider who has competed hard and fast all year long".

For more information on the Chain Reaction Cycles NPS please checkout http://www.NPSDH.com

22nd July Rugog
12th Aug Moelfre
1st Sept Caersws (Saturday)

Ride the World Champs track at Fort Bill

From Chris Roberts at NPS4X...

This weekend is the big tester event for the World Championships tracks both DH & 4X, this is your only chance to race on this brand new 4X track this weekend.

Saturday night is Super cross, timed seeding runs and straight knockout (world cup format racing)
Sunday is the FSO National 4X race - 4 moto format.

Entry for the race closes online on Tuesday at 11pm, we will take entries on the day for Saturday or Sunday but these may fill up fast.

Full details of these race are on www.nps4x.com

We still have loads of goodies up for grabs, Marzocchi WC 4X Forks for one lucky category winner, FSO sunglasses & ODI grips for the winner of each category and the specially commissioned glass trophies.

Also with the fun of the SDA DH race taking place the atmosphere should be buzzing with excitement, with a few international 4x riders coming to race it going to be an action packed weekend of racing.

Race for free? - if you can supply a marshal for either day we will pay cash or give you a free entry.

Pearce Cycles Summer DH Series 2007 Rd2

Results are up for Bala on the Pearce site.

Sam Dale (Solid/Electric/Nike6.0) took the overall win, beating Hughsey(Syncros/Electric) by over 3 seconds! Top female was Sue Mahoney (Psyclewerx).

Check out ftmb.net for some pics and a repo. Round 3 will be 30th June/1st July at Bringewood - get on it!

Comp Winner, Bristol Bike Fest & Pearce Rd2

Morning all - two quick bits of news for Friday morning...

First up, this weeks Pump Urban Wear competition winner is Dave Blake from Torquay... well done fella! T-shirt will be winging its way over in the next couple of days.... one more shirt to go now. Send us your details using the 'Contact' form on the right to enter.

Also, this weekend is packed with racing..... You've got Round2 of the Pearce Cycles Summer DH Series at Bala, North Wales. Amazing track and an amazing series. If your on the start list your gonna have a blast. Repo in issue#3 obviously....

Check out http://www.pearcecycles.co.uk/Racing/racing.html for info.

For the XC crowd there's the Ritchey Bristol Bikefest at Ashton Court, Bristol. It's a three day XC event with a 12 hour enduro race on Saturday and a 6 hour on Sunday. There's also going to be live bands, boozing and partying from Friday till Sunday. I'll be on the case to do some heckling and getting a repo for issue#3. For more info visit http://www.bike-fest.com/bristol/

The stickers have arrived...

Yeah they've arrived...
How do you get some? Details in Issue 3!!!

Empire of Dirt

Yeah Wideopen contributor Jacob Gibbins (Milky) will be at the event for full coverage in Issue 3!

PRESS RELEASE:
15 & 16 June, 2007
Newton Abbot, Devon, UK

THE WORLD'S FIRST BMX DIRT SLOPESTYLE

FREE TICKETS SNAPPED UP!

Newton Abbot, Devon - With just two weeks to go, there are no more tickets available for Red Bull Empire of Dirt! All car tickets were snapped up within a week, when the applications opened on the MySpace profile on May 14th.

There is strictly no access to Red Bull Empire of Dirt without a ticket. But hope is not lost... Those who missed out on a ticket to see the event in person, can watch the Freesports on 4 program on Sunday 22nd July at 8.30am, on Channel 4, and again on Tuesday 24th July, late night (time TBC).

Empire of Dirt will also be broadcast on the Extreme sports channel.

Meanwhile, the world's first BMX dirt slopestyle course is looking awesome!

RedBull site
Myspace page
Progress photos and course photos

PUW Flow Comp Winner

Remember that Flow Drift frame Pump were giving away...?

Well they've announced a winner - check out their site here to see if it was you...

More good news, there should be another comp running alongside the launch of their new site. Safe!

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Xuberance Weekend

Also...Some disapointing news...The Xuberance weekend festival has been cancelled.

It was due for 9th/10th June in Llangollen, North Wales with Reel Big Fish, Pendulum, GLC and loads of bikes and boards going down all weekend.... sadly, it's no more.

The press release says:

"We are really sorry to announce the cancellation of Xuberance Weekend.

Due to unforeseen circumstances I am left with no option but to cancel the event in its entirety.

I offer my sincerest apologies for the short notice of this announcement and any inconvenience caused but please understand that this has been the hardest decision of my life and one I really didn’t want to have to make.

However the circumstances here are beyond my control, and have left me with no alternative but to cancel the event.

I have invested a vast amount of my time and money into this event over the last 14 months, but unfortunately I have been dealt a last-minute blow.

I fully intend to put on the event in the coming years and with this in mind I hope that you understand and consider supporting future events.

Thanks to everyone who has been involved & worked so hard providing time and expertise and also to those who have supported this event.

Anyone who has purchased a ticket will be contacted individually on Monday morning and will receive a full refund including all booking fees.

Please email any comments you may have to info@xuberanceweekend.co.uk

Kind regards

David Green
Event Director
Xuberance Weekend"

Competition Time

Pump Urban Wear comp - Winner #2!

Winner time again in the Pump Urban Wear comp!

This weeks shirt goes to Sam Birch from London.... well done fella. Shirt in the post this week.

2 more to go - click HERE and fill out the form to enter!

http://www.pumpurbanwear.co.uk
http://www.flowbikes.co.uk/

NPS round 2 results

Top stuff this weekend, with the in-form Gee Atherton coming 1st in seeding and in the main race, ahead of Peaty, Minaar and the Honda G-Cross team. Fearingout team rider Matt also nailed a good 5th in Elite, good efforts.

Preps to Justin at Foel DH riders who got a 16th in the seniors with a time of 2:40.78. Good going.

Great to see the Junior riders nailing some top times in with the Elite riders.

Top 10 times...
1 Gee ATHERTON Elite Animal/Commencal 2:11.82
2 Steve PEAT Elite The Syndicate 2:12.54
3 Matti LEHIKOINEN Elite Team G Cross Honda 2:14.29
4 Josh BRYCELAND Junior Royal/Santa Cruz 2:15.72
5 Greg MINNAAR Elite Team G Cross Honda 2:16.06
6 Matt SIMMONDS Elite Ancillotti UK 2:17.21
7 Marc BEAUMONT Elite MBUK/Santa Cruz 2:17.45
8 Sam DALE Junior Solid Electric 2:17.73
9 Joseph SMITH Junior Ancillotti UK 2:17.83
10 Tom BRAITHWAITE Elite Giant 2:17.99


full results on www.npsdh.com and www.mikrotime.com/mtb/

Full write up and interviews with some of the names above in issue 3 of wideopen.

Chain Reaction Cycles NPS Rd 2 at Ae Forest - Heads Up!

This weekend sees round two of the Chain Reaction Cycles British Downhill Series Rd 2 at Ae Forest, Dumfries in Scotland on Saturday 26th and Sunday the 27th of May 2007.

Round 1 was a massive success with huge crowds never seen before at a British National Downhill Race. This weekend will see an even bigger show of riders and team pits with the addition of Nathan Rennie joining his team mate Steve Peat on the Santa Cruz Syndicate.

The impressive Honda G-Cross Team will be in full attendance with their full factory set up so stop by and stare!

The Ae Forest track is ace for spectating, being pretty open up top with fast straights and dangerous off camber sections the riders will be fighting to stay online. The rock garden will claim lives guaranteed as will the finish section which will offer the best views as riders traverse down to the huge step down and the largest berms on a British DH course before the 25ft near vert drop into the finish!

Bring along you XC bike and hit the famous Ae Forest trails, along the route stop by and watch the Worlds top downhill riders hauling! When you get to the bottom fly by the suspension service centres like those of TF Tuned, Stendec or Mojo and chat one to one regards your suspension set up.

Fenwicks the bike cleaner people will be running a bike wash with free use of their jet washes and cleaner. Roger from WheelPro will be on hand to true your wheels along with our two fully trained Park Tool Mechanics, all free of charge!

Schedule:
Saturday
09:00 - 14:30 Open Practise
15:00 - 18:00 Seeding
18:15 Riders meeting
19:00 Sombrio Film Festival
Sunday
09:00 - 12:30
13:00 - 16:00 Racing
16:30 Podium

What more do you need to know? Parking and spectating is free!

Catch you trackside..

Si "Superfly" Paton.

www.Descent-Gear.com
www.Descent-World.co.uk
www.npsdh.com

Pump Urban Wear comp - Winner #1!

We've got our first T-shirt winner in the Pump Urban Wear comp!

We've sorted through the millions(ish) of entries.... put them in to a hat....picked one at random and.....

A shirt will be winging it's way to Chris Mundle of Bath any minute now. Well done squire. No doubt we'll sort out a pic of him in his new kit for the news page.

Cheers to everyone who entered and especially to Rick at Pump for making it all happen.

Remember.... 3 more shirts to give away. One a week for the next 3. So get signed up!

www.pumpurbanwear.co.uk

http://www.flowbikes.co.uk/

PUW comp

Folks, as detailed in issue 2 and the post a few down, we're drawing one name from all those who sign up each week for the next 5 weeks. Some people seem to be getting error messages when submitting the form, so as an alternative, email me at.... scott@wideopenmag.co.uk
and send your same details... (Name:Email:Address:Town:County:Postcode:Country:Message)

...and we'll put your name in the hat.

Cheers,
Scott|editor

4X postponed this weekend...

PRESS RELEASE

We have taken the decision to postpone this weekend's 4X event.

The track is very wet and muddy and rather then risk running event on what would be a very wet weekend we have taken the decision to postpone until June 2/3rd

We want everyone to enjoy themselves at our events and feel that spending the weekend in a very wet muddy field is not going to be fun for anyone, least of all the all spectators and riders.

I know some would of you would love the race in the rain, but with this being a new track we really want to save it and for it to be an amazing weekend on racing on a really dry and sunny June 3rd!

We are sorry for any inconvenience caused and will transfer or refund any entries already received.

Best Regards
Chris
Europes Biggest 4X Series
Freerange Sports Optics National 4X Series 2007

Series Co-Sponsors
MARZOCCHI - HALO - ODI - BRITISH CYCLING - THE PPC IMAGELAB-DIRT BIKE SUPPLY- RIMOR DIRECT
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Chris Roberts NPS4X 25 Wrekin Walk Stourport-on-Severn
WORCS DY13 0LR UK Direct M 07702 826260 www.nps4x.com

Win PUW Gear!

Good news - We've hooked up with Pump Urban Wear and we've got 5 shirts to give away to readers.

Click 'Contact' on the right and fill out your details. We'll then pick a random winner every week for the next 5 weeks... It's quick and easy so get on it!

(Don't panic if the comments form gives you any funny messages... we're definately getting all your entries!)

Pump are a South West based lifestyle brand. They're all about quality, lifespan, value and choice. Exactly the sort of company we want to work with in the mag.

They work closely with the guys at Flow Bikes and have a real solid line up of team riders. On dirt there’s Rob Newman(team manager), Tom Gethin and Dylan Stone. Also, Kris Janczuk on Wakeboard and a new BMX rider coming soon. They'll be on the road this summer on a shooting their first DVD... we'll definately be all over that. Stay tuned...

Check out the links :

http://www.pumpurbanwear.co.uk

http://www.flowbikes.co.uk/

http://myspace.com/tom_gethin

Freelap at the NPS

Read the latest Dirt?
Seen those fancy Freelap timing devices that Stanny is using...?

Well.... at every round of the NPS in 07 Freelap will be on hand to let riders check out their times.

SPS Events will ensure at the start and finish line of each race one of the Freelap Transmitter Poles will be located as well as an obvious mid-way point for your split times!

Tim Williams from Freelap has also promised one lucky racer at the final of the Chain Reaction Cycles NPS at Caersws a complete Freelap kit of watch and two poles!

Si Paton of SPS Events says, “The Freelap system is the most innovative product of 2007 and will turn every ride into a race. Whenever you start measuring something, it improves, this will be the same for your riding, guaranteed”.

www.npsdh.com
www.freelap.co.uk

Foel-king hell

Headed up to Foel gasnach today for an uplift day with Justin and the boys. See Fearingout report fearingout.co.uk, but photo below says it all really...loving it.

Wideopen Issue 2 - out now!

Yup its out - click on the link to the left to get to the download page. Feedback as usual on the Comments page more than welcome.

PUW competion - you need to click on the 'Contact' link on the right and fill that in for a chance to win a free T-shirt!

Chain Reaction Cycles NPS - Venue Change

News just in from Paton :

Round 4 of the NPS on the 11th and 12th of August 2007 has changed from Kinnerton to Moelfre. Make a note in your diary!

The line up now is: Inners, Ae, Rugog, Moelfre, Caersws. Not bad at all.

TF Tuned Fast Track to summer

Just got an email update from Caroline at TF... good news for folks wanting their shox fettled.

"We are currently booking about a week ahead, and so we have re-introduced the Fast Track service for the summer. There will be a few spaces available for Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday of each week where, for an additional charge of 25GBP, you can effectively queue-jumpa nd get any ultra-urgent jobs turned around quickly, ready for theweekend.

I'd also urge you to plan ahead - those of you lucky enough to be off tothe mountains on holiday, don't leave it to the last minute to get yoursuspension serviced and tuned - book it in well ahead of time please.

On the stock front, we have PUSH parts available for all Fox products,and we have a few RockShox Revelation 426 U-turn Coil forks back instock. We think that these are the best value fork available at themoment at 280GBP, and it seems like the public agree as RockShox have been struggling to meet demand."

tftunedshox.com for more

Issue 2.... SOON!!

Inundated with questions of when Issue 2 is out, all I can do is say SOON!
Its in final proofing now - so I expect we'll have it online on Friday.

Trust me - its worth the wait!

I'm back...

Just back from a weeks holiday - Wideopen Issue 2 is nearing completion, and it'll be worth the wait. Sign up to the mailing list (using the Contact link) and we'll let you know before its publicised elsewhere when the next issue is ready for download.

Dragon Rd2 Mt Ash

Dragon time again this weekend at Mt Ash.... Weathers looking good so should be a fast one. ... don't forget to pack your pedalling legs for that bottom section!

Stay tuned to http://www.dragondownhill.co.uk/ for results next week and repo in WO.

PS.... Do the Dragon Team a favour and car share as much as you can. Parking is a big issue at Mountain Ash that needs your help! Share vehicles, park tidy and try not to roll up in an enormous van! See the site for more info.