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The BikeRadar video team have been hard at it for two years, and today they’re celebrating the upload of their 500th?YouTube vid with a collection of snippets from the annals. ??

Watch the video below if you want to have a snoop around the Cerv?los in the Garmin-Sharp mechanics’ area, drool over some super-cool bike tech and see someone ride a mountain bike off a waterfall…

The gear testing, rider interviewing, trail blazing, product explaining videos – uploaded to the dedicated BikeRadar YouTube channel (almost) every day – have attracted more than 10m views and nearly 40,000 subscribers. ?

So to be kept up to date with the best bike product news, analysis and star interviews with the likes of Chris Hoy, Chris Boardman and athletes of the Tour de France, subscribe?now.

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The BikeRadar video team have been hard at it for two years, and today they’re celebrating the upload of their 500th?YouTube vid with a collection of snippets from the annals. ??

Watch the video below if you want to have a snoop around the Cerv?los in the Garmin-Sharp mechanics’ area, drool over some super-cool bike tech and see someone ride a mountain bike off a waterfall…

The gear testing, rider interviewing, trail blazing, product explaining videos – uploaded to the dedicated BikeRadar YouTube channel (almost) every day – have attracted more than 10m views and nearly 40,000 subscribers. ?

So to be kept up to date with the best bike product news, analysis and star interviews with the likes of Chris Hoy, Chris Boardman and athletes of the Tour de France, subscribe?now.

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Entries have opened for a pair of gruelling mountain bike events held over a festival weekend near Bristol.

The Ritchey Bikefest on? 8-9 June will give mountain bikers a chance to ride the free-flowing all-weather single track course at Ashton Court in 12-hour and six hour events over a weekend festival of mountain biking. A three hour novice race is also on the cards.

Check out the video below.

The Bike Fest, now in its 12^th year, mixes gruelling racing with a party atmosphere. A DJ and bar will set up in the race village on the grounds of Bristol Cathedral Choir School, next to the course.

The 12-hour event takes place on Saturday 12 June and the six hour race and novices’ event the following day. Races can be ridden solo or as two-up teams. Entry to the 12 and six-hour races cost ?35 per person and the three hour event ?29.

For more information, visit Ritchey Bikefest.?

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Entries have opened for a pair of gruelling mountain bike events held over a festival weekend near Bristol.

The Ritchey Bikefest on? 8-9 June will give mountain bikers a chance to ride the free-flowing all-weather single track course at Ashton Court in 12-hour and six hour events over a weekend festival of mountain biking. A three hour novice race is also on the cards.

Check out the video below.

The Bike Fest, now in its 12^th year, mixes gruelling racing with a party atmosphere. A DJ and bar will set up in the race village on the grounds of Bristol Cathedral Choir School, next to the course.

The 12-hour event takes place on Saturday 12 June and the six hour race and novices’ event the following day. Races can be ridden solo or as two-up teams. Entry to the 12 and six-hour races cost ?35 per person and the three hour event ?29.

For more information, visit Ritchey Bikefest.?

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The first episode?in Danny MacAskill’s six-part Imaginate series of internet stunt videos went live this morning.

Though the 15-minute film is short on footage of stunts, which have made MacAskill an internet star with more than 60m viewings, the episode gives an insight into the toll the inevitable crashes have taken on his body, starting with a back injury.

“I’m not really too sure exactly how I first sustained the back injury,” he says in the video. “It sort of reared its head in different ways, and in the most recent way it’s been affecting my knee, which had been a bit of a problem. And when I start losing power in my leg I’m not in control of the bike.”

The video follows the star of Way Back Home and Industrial Revolutions into the gym with the Atherton mountain bike siblings – clearly a novel and humorous experience for the Scot – and to a back specialist in Newport, California, where he opts to have surgery on the injury.

The Imagine?series follows the Red Bull-sponsored athlete as he prepares to shoot what he claims is his most ambitious film to date. Imaginate will be shown over the summer at?www.redbull.com/imaginate.?

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The first episode?in Danny MacAskill’s six-part Imaginate series of internet stunt videos went live this morning.

Though the 15-minute film is short on footage of stunts, which have made MacAskill an internet star with more than 60m viewings, the episode gives an insight into the toll the inevitable crashes have taken on his body, starting with a back injury.

“I’m not really too sure exactly how I first sustained the back injury,” he says in the video. “It sort of reared its head in different ways, and in the most recent way it’s been affecting my knee, which had been a bit of a problem. And when I start losing power in my leg I’m not in control of the bike.”

The video follows the star of Way Back Home and Industrial Revolutions into the gym with the Atherton mountain bike siblings – clearly a novel and humorous experience for the Scot – and to a back specialist in Newport, California, where he opts to have surgery on the injury.

The Imagine?series follows the Red Bull-sponsored athlete as he prepares to shoot what he claims is his most ambitious film to date. Imaginate will be shown over the summer at?www.redbull.com/imaginate.?

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Drum-biking In The Snow from greg hum on Vimeo.

Once again Greg is having fun with his drum bike and video camera.

SAN FRANCISCO, CA (BRAIN) — A San Francisco man is set to become one of the few bicyclists in the country to face felony manslaughter charges, for running into an elderly pedestrian in a busy intersection last March. The pedestrian, 71-year-old Sutchi Hui, died of head injuries four days after the accident in the Castro neighborhood

Easton has announced a bearing upgrade for its M1-series rear hubs. It will supposedly boost bearing durability up to ten-fold by reducing play and side loading. Easton currently uses these hubs in its EC90 XC, EA90 XC, EC70 Trail, Haven, Haven Carbon, Havoc, and EA90 XD wheelsets.

While Easton has changed the bearing size slightly, the key change is the addition of a support sleeve between the two main hub shell bearings, which will eliminate the possibility of excess preload on the inner races.?

The second modification is a new, fixed-position end cap – meaning users will no longer be able to adjust the bearing preload but won’t be able to get it wrong, either, or find it working itself loose mid-ride.

New wheelsets have already been shipping with the revamped design as of mid-February, with updated-spec boxes marked with a green dot next to the item label. Current M1 hub owners will be offered a retrofit kit free of charge, which will also include new bearings. Affected hubs will be marked directly on the shell with ‘M1-121′, ‘M1-221′, or ‘M1-321′ labels.

Watch the video below to find out how to install an M1 bearing spacer upgrade:

Affected owners should contact wheelinfo@eastonbellsports.com to request an upgrade kit. For more information see the Easton website.

With the action sports world focused (that wasn’t a joke, but thanks anyway) on the GoPro HERO3, Italian unknowns Nilox have launched their own camera – the excellently named Foolish.?

This 1080p HD camera is as ridiculous as it sounds, but only because it packs in many of the top-end features and useful extras of a GoPro for a much more basic price.

There are two buttons for simple usage. One operates the video camera, and the other?does stills of up to 8MP. You do have to open the waterproof?case to turn the device on or switch settings, though.

Using the LCD screen uses up battery life more quickly, and although it’s definitely helpful for checking you’ve got what you wanted (rather than shaky, off-centre rubbish), it isn’t essential as Nilox have attached a laser to help you easily aim the thing correctly in the first place. ?

Our battery also never ran out of juice on our favourite trails, unlike some other cameras we’ve tested.?The UK gets a special package that includes a detachable LCD display, 8GB micro SD memory card and waterproof case.

This article was originally published in What Mountain Bike magazine, available on Apple Newsstand and Zinio.