The Eastgate 8 is an action packed 8 hour cross country mountain bike race set in the heart of the beautiful Wear valley. This is the location of a sneak attack from the notorious Black Douglas. After fighting bravely at Bannockburn and managing to capture...
Planning has been in full-steam-ahead mode since we got the green light to get started with the Chiller 24. We're completely stoked that this endurance event is back on the scene to give riders that quality dose of long distance racing through the night they...
Yes! It feels so good to be typing that the Chiller 24 is now open for entries in 2025. All the ups and downs over the years it's just so right to bring it back to the remote trails of Deadwater. Nov 8th is the...
With the imminent return of the Chiller I found it hard not to think of the original event. A few people have been in touch and we do find ourselves drifting back to that crazy overnight racing in 2017 and can't decide if it was...
The Chiller 24 route for 2025 sticks to the tried and tested trails of previous years as they are pretty much guaranteed to stand up to any kind of beating in any kind of weather. They are all red graded and in fact the two...
Saturday 24th May 2025 is the date set for the return of the Eastgate 8 cross country endurance mountain bike race. The event ran once before and riders had to withstand an absolute deluge of rain to battle through the day and get the job...
We are growing increasingly hopeful that the Chiller 24 can make a comeback in 2025. The date currently under advanced discussions is 8th and 9th November with the host being Kielder campsite as in previous years. Agreements are being made with Forestry England and the...
It's a great day now that the Deadwater 100 is up and running for entries. We were due to open it much earlier but then a whopper storm called Arwen came through and literally blew the plans to pieces. If anyone asks "what's the route?"...
It's with much delight that we bring back the 8 hour xc mountain bike race in the Weardale valley. The Eastgate 8 was held once before when the Hammers 8 planned at Hamserley Forest had to be cancelled due to the pandemic. It turned out...
We get to within a week of the first gravity mtb event of the year and the winds pick up again ad get it cancelled. Damn it! Carl and his team had ben working hard on clearing the remaining damage following Storm Arwen and everything...