The Friday Matinee!

If this is Friday - and it very definitely might well be - then it must be time for the Friday Matinee and this week we're having a bikey sort of day, so we'll have a bikey matinee too...

To kick things off, here's some headcam footage complete with running commentary from top downhiller Greg Minaar riding the Fort William downhill course, renowned as one of the world's top events and properly gnarly track. Astonishingly not only does Minaar ride ridiculously quickly, he still has the breath and spare mental capacity to tell you what's going on and even say thanks to some of the marshalls along the way. Mad....


Of course, if you're not a world class downhiller, you might just want to tackle something a little  more amendable, which is where the new Nevis Red Route comes it. It opens on Wednesday 24 June at Nevis Range and is aimed at more, erm, normal folk. Lots of interesting roller coaster wooden boardwalk in evidence...


And last but very definitely not least, and still on a Scottish theme, we've brought you this YouTube phenomenon already, but it's well worth a second viewing. And a third. And probably a fourth as well. Edinburgh trials rider Danny Macaskill with some extraordinary riding in a beautifully-shot video with some great music thrown in. Enjoy...

And that's it for this week. Have a fantastic weekend and whatever you do, try to resist the tempation to ride off high buildings...