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August 15th sees the return of the fantastic singletrack trails of Stanmer Park in the shape of a fresh and new 6 hour enduro for solos and teams: It's called: "The Brighton Big Dog." The event offers a dedicated pre-95 retro-category sponsored by Retrobike and a pre race retrobike show - winner takes the Retrobike BigDog Trophy home! Local riders have come together to put on a rider organised, not for profit, summer classic at the Stanmer venue. We've taken a course described by many as the best of 2008 and added our own Big Dog flavour. Our dedicated pack have been meticulously combing the park in order to unearth new and hidden gems and we can proudly say that the natural flowing singletrack has been enhanced. Whilst riders are...

The first Old World Mountain Bike Championships are to be held in Bergen (NH), 40 minutes north of Amsterdam, Holland, this September. A group of vintage mountain bike enthusiasts have come together to organise a weekend of retro bike activities, designed to crown the first Old World Mountain Bike Champions. All racers will have to use mountain bikes built before 1995, with extra points gained for original features including cantilever brakes and skinwall tyres! As committed restorers and riders of classic machinery including Klein, Fat Chance, Overbury’s and Orange, the group recognised that, despite the growth of interest in such historic and important brands, there were no activities or races dedicated to the early days of mountain...

June 21st-22nd saw retrobike make their annual pilgrimage to Eastnor Park to take part in Mountain Mayhem. With over 25 riders and various hangers on it was an excellent turnout. Despite the British weather a great weekend was had by all, due in no small part to the excellent organisation of the event. The full aftermath discussion is going ahead in the forum here. The galleries can be seen here. Bring on next year where we'll hopefully have an even bigger and better turnout.

For those who haven't picked up the buzz on the forum retrobike will have a big presence at Mountain Mayhem 2008. As well as 4 teams, 3 solo riders and assorted hangers on we are once again having a stand in the main arena. If at MM this weekend come and say hello!

Retrobike's James Webster recently completed the Isle of Man End to End race in an excellent 25th place. Full report here in the forum.

Ben aka Pace taking on the night canoe stage BlueCrest Capital Management, sponsored by www.retrobike.co.uk, took 5th place in the 2007 Cisco Euro Challenge in Donegal Bay, Ireland. The all male team shone in the 4½ hour mountain biking stage to take 4th place, rising to 7th in the overall classification. BlueCrest continued their rise up the leaderboard in the night-canoeing stage to secure 5th place overall going in to the final day, a position they maintained through the construction stage and the final 10km orienteering stage set on the outstanding beach and precipitous sand dunes surrounding the surf-town of Bundoran, to achieve their best ever finish in the event. BlueCrest’s ladies team, also sponsored by RetroBike...

As the European arm of the Intelligent Sport® World Series, an international programme of high energy, strategic team events, the Cisco Euro Challenge will test competitors to the limit. Over three days and two nights the teams will be faced with a number of mental and physical challenges where stamina, intellectual agility, strategy and decision making ability are vital. RetroBike has teamed up with BlueCrest Capital Management to support their teams in this year's event in Donegal Bay, Ireland, from 13th-15th September. The top teams from the Cisco Euro Challenge will qualify to represent their company and country at the World Team Challenge on the French Riviera in December. It is here that they will compete against some of the...

After a great event in the Mud of Eastnor the RetroBike crew can toast a successful weekend of racing and displaying. Full reports will follow this week but in the meantime check out the threads in the 'Meets' forum here and pictures here.

After months of hard fought negotiation top mtb and road racer Geoffrey L Beetham has agreed to ride for retrobike for the 2007 season. Geoffrey's impressive palmares include numerous top 20 Elite NPS finishes along with the Masters NPS title in 2005. This year Geoffrey will be racing Masters Off Road and Elite On Road. Watch this space to follow his progress throughout the year.

After a muddy race retrobike's #1 team rider Geoffrey B finished a fine second. Full results can be found here.