In 2006, Leogang acted as the host for the iXS European Downhill Cup for the first time. In the following years it gained more and more attention within the mountain bike scene. After last year’s World Championships, there will be some more highlights in 2013. One of them is already in the books: the first race of the iXS European Cup series. With 415 starters from 29 different nations on the list of participants and even more riders on the waiting list, the perfect conditions for an exciting weekend were already prepared and the list of favourites included more than just a few big names.
This year … Pictures and more
The full extent of how cycling has taken over London can be revealed today.
The biggest ever census of bike use in the city reveals one in four road users during the morning rush hour is a cyclist – and on key routes such as river crossings and roundabouts bikes even outnumber all other vehicles.
The study for City Hall reveals that Theobalds Road, Holborn, is London’s busiest bike street as 64 per cent of vehicles passing along it in the morning peak are bikes, followed by … More
Perfect barreling six-to-eight foot (2 – 2.5 metre) waves kicked in for Round 3 of the Oakley Pro Bali 2013, at Keramas, Indonesia.
Beautiful airs and powerful turns invaded the Keramas wave tracks, as the event’s original 36-man field got reduced to the final 12. Without Gabriel Medina and Jordy Smith.
Joel Parkinson put on a clinic in his morning bout … More