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Building a British Mountain Bike: Searching for a UK Bike Frame
20 November 2011 12:59 PM | 7 CommentsI’ve had my Specialised Enduro for over 3 years now, having done the first bike build over the Spring of 2008. The bike’s been amazing. I haven’t had to replace...
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Bianchi Mountain Bikes: New 29ers hit the market
19 June 2011 2:33 PM | 1 CommentI’ve just been reading about some new 29er mountain bikes on their way to market. They’re produced by the road biking giant, Bianchi, and it still seems a little strange...
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Build a homemade headset press for bike building
20 June 2008 11:21 AM | 4 CommentsFollowing on from my post earlier in the week about installing a new headset, I’ve come across an article on building your own headset press. Could be the way around...
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Welcome to Mountain Bikes Apart!
This site is all about... you guessed it... Mountain biking! I've been riding my fat tyre steed for a good 8 years now and have built up a bunch of stories and experience over the years. Mountain Bikes Apart is my attempt to log some of it, and hopefully help you lot in your biking endevours along the way.
There's a fair chunk of information on Mountain Bikes Apart about just that, taking mountain bikes apart, maintaining them, and bike building as a hobby. I've been building my own bikes since 2008 and get a ton of satisfaction out of riding my own custom mountain bike, set up just how I like it.
Over the last few years, I've also been doing a fair bit of mountain bike racing, along with a few triathlons. I've been writing a fair bit about that recently and cover some of the bigger bike races in Scotland.
Anyway, enjoy the show and be sure to contact me to let me know what you think, either on the contact page, or in the comments on any of the pages.
Training Archive
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Getting mountain bike motivated – beating winter season stagnation
Posted on May 11, 2011 | 2 CommentsWell, the warm season’s here – no excuse really now not to get out on the bike trail. I’ve found myself becoming a bit soft this year. I’m not sure... -
Road Bike Training for Mountain Bikers
Posted on December 31, 2010 | No CommentsGuest Article by James Anderson Mountain bikers who participate in cross country or endurance events need to build a strong fitness base that can only come from lots of time... -
Getting back in the saddle – mountain bike training programme
Posted on March 29, 2010 | 5 CommentsSince I’ve decided to race in a few legs of the Scottish Cross Country Series this year I suppose I should think about some sort of mountain bike training…. Of... -
The Scottish Cross Country Series – Mountain Bike Race League
Posted on March 15, 2010 | 1 CommentSo, it’s been a bit slow on here recently huh? Well, new decade, new Colin – I’m resolving, right here at the start…. well, near the start…. of 2010 to... -
Illiotibial Band Syndrome – Mountain Biking Knee Injury
Posted on July 1, 2009 | No CommentsAnyone who’s done a lot of cycling throughout their life will almost certainly have come across some kind of recurrent or niggling injury which gets in the way of training,... -
SMBLA Trail Cycle Leader Training – Day 2 – Leading on the TCL
Posted on July 2, 2008 | No CommentsLast weekend I went along to a training weekend for the Scottish Mountain Bike Leader Association’s Trail Cycle Leader award, or the SMBLA TCL. I’ve already talked about the first... -
SMBLA Trail Cycle Leader Training – Hamsterley hijinks on the TCL
Posted on June 30, 2008 | 4 CommentsI mentioned a month or so ago that I was planning to go for my Scottish Mountain Bike Leaders Association Trail Cycle Leader award, or the SMBLA TCL award for... -
SMBLA Mountain Bike Leader Award – Becoming a Bike Guide
Posted on June 3, 2008 | 1 CommentSince about mid last year I’ve been thinking about training towards my Mountain Bike Leader Award. I thought I’d post my progress on the blog to see if anyone has...




