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Mountain Biking UK (often shortened to MBUK) is a British
United Kingdom

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom , the UK or Britain,is a sovereign state located off the northwestern coast of continental Europe....
 mountain biking
Mountain biking

Mountain biking entails the sport of riding bicycles off-road, often over rough terrain, whether riding specially equipped mountain bikes or hybrid road bikes....
 magazine. It is published by Future Publishing
Future Publishing

Future plc is an international special-interest media company. Future Publishing is its UK business, jointly based in Bath and London. The brand produces magazines, websites and events in a range of specialist sectors including games, technology, automotive, cycling, films and photography....
 and is currently the UK's best-selling mountain bike magazine, with a circulation of 45,000 (ABC: Jan - Dec 2005) and an estimated readership of over 120,000. MBUK was established in 1988 by Tym Manley who still edits the magazine. There are currently 13 issues a year, and the magazine has a policy of including 'covermount' gifts such as stickers and DVDs.

MBUK covers all mountain biking disciplines; trials, downhill, cross-country, dirt jumping, free-riding and 4X.






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Mountain Biking UK (often shortened to MBUK) is a British
United Kingdom

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom , the UK or Britain,is a sovereign state located off the northwestern coast of continental Europe....
 mountain biking
Mountain biking

Mountain biking entails the sport of riding bicycles off-road, often over rough terrain, whether riding specially equipped mountain bikes or hybrid road bikes....
 magazine. It is published by Future Publishing
Future Publishing

Future plc is an international special-interest media company. Future Publishing is its UK business, jointly based in Bath and London. The brand produces magazines, websites and events in a range of specialist sectors including games, technology, automotive, cycling, films and photography....
 and is currently the UK's best-selling mountain bike magazine, with a circulation of 45,000 (ABC: Jan - Dec 2005) and an estimated readership of over 120,000. MBUK was established in 1988 by Tym Manley who still edits the magazine. There are currently 13 issues a year, and the magazine has a policy of including 'covermount' gifts such as stickers and DVDs.

MBUK covers all mountain biking disciplines; trials, downhill, cross-country, dirt jumping, free-riding and 4X. Future Publishing's readership demographics research has indicated the magazine's readership to be 98% male, with an average age of 24.5 and an average income of £36,000.

Since 1989 MBUK has carried the ovine-based cartoon strip, 'Mint Sauce
Mint Sauce (cartoon strip)

Mint Sauce is a fictional character in a cartoon strip of the same name, created and drawn by Jo Burt, and published in the monthly magazine MBUK....
', the tales of a mountain-biking sheep and his friends.

In May 2006 MBUK released its 200th edition. To mark the occasion, Cedric Gracia
Cedric Gracia

C?dric Gracia is a France mountain biking.Previously a BMX and freestyle ski pro, Cedric Gracia started his career in mountain bikes in far later years....
 (leading French downhill and 4X racer) was guest editor. In May 2008 MBUK released their 20th anniversary issue, issue #225. It came with 8 free gifts and a fold out front cover of Steve Peat.

Team MBUK

The magazine along with co-sponsors such as Nike
Nike, Inc.

Nike, Inc. is a major Public company sportswear and equipment supplier based in the United States. The company is headquartered in Beaverton, Oregon, near the Portland metropolitan area of Oregon....
, Santa Cruz and Fox Racing Inc. has operated a successful professional mountain bike team since the mid 1990s including riders of the calibre of Steve Peat
Steve Peat

Steve Peat is a professional downhill mountain bike racing, lived in Chapeltown, South Yorkshire, and born in Sheffield, England. Prior to his career as a professional downhill cyclist Peat was employed as a plumber....
, Marc Beaumont, Rob Warner
Rob Warner (mountain biker)

Rob Warner is a professional downhill cycling born in Reading, Berkshire, England.Before turning professional in 1993 Warner worked for 6 months at the Rover Group plant in Oxford on a production line building the Rover 800 car....
 and Will Longden and competing in the UCI Mountain Bike World Cup.