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Mountain Bike Rider

XC Race Bike Test opener

Best cross-country XC mountain bikes: Thoroughbred racing steeds

  • January 10, 2025

The best cross-country mountain bikes are about raw speed, making them lightweight, efficient and ideal for fast, flowing singletrack as well as racing.

Merida one-forty 6000 mtb seen from the side on a trail

I spent a year testing Merida’s One-Forty and it’s one of my favourite trail MTBs – you can now get a third off the usual price in this deal

  • January 10, 2025

Merida’s One-Forty is an excellent mid-travel trail bike that’s seriously capable, has a sorted suspension system, and gives a really user-friendly, planted ride. I used the One-Forty 6000 as my…

Charlie Hatton on the Atherton A.200G prototype DH bike

UPDATE! Is Atherton Bikes working on a downhill race bike with a gearbox and belt drive? Instagram post shows gearbox bike in testing

  • January 10, 2025

A short teaser video has appeared on the Athertons’ YouTube channel offering glimpses of what looks like a gearbox downhill frame project. Entitled ‘A.200G – Something’s cooking!’ the social video…

YT Izzo 2025 Core 3

YT’s new Izzo is done with down-country – gets more fork travel and burlier components, but the weight creeps up

  • January 9, 2025

YT has grown the Izzo into a proper trail bike, increasing fork travel, the burliness of its components and the overall weight of the direct-sales brand’s shortest-travel MTB. At over…

Stacking up the suspension forks for a round of testing

Best mountain bike forks: XC, trail and enduro forks reviewed and rated

  • January 9, 2025

With fork technology evolving, the singletrack is getting faster and faster - our pick of the best mountain bike forks will help you run smoother.

Rapha Trail Gore-Tex Pants

Rapha’s Trail Gore Tex Pants are the best waterproof trousers I’ve tried in twenty years of testing

  • January 9, 2025

If it’s not currently raining, it will be quite soon. This is the reality of winter mountain biking, but get the right kit, including some of the best waterproof mountain…

SRAM AXS Pod controller

I didn’t gel with SRAM’s old AXS shifters, but the new Pod Controller is totally intuitive

  • January 8, 2025

Ever since SRAM first launched its electronic AXS drivetrains for MTB about five years ago, it’s offered a wireless gear shifter. The brand has been through various shapes and designs…

Urtopia Quark DM1.2 motor and solid state battery

Is this the future of lightweight e-bikes? New motor and battery system could build into 14kg e-mtb

  • January 8, 2025

Just when we thought DJI had killed off the mid-power e-bike with its uber powerful, yet compact and lightweight DJI Avinox drive unit, than a new player pops up with…

Endura MT500 jacket

Endura’s MT500 Polartec jacket is cheaper than my favourite cold-weather top, and more practical too

  • January 8, 2025

Endura’s MT500 fleece is a new hooded mountain biking jacket designed to offer ‘incredible temperature regulation’. It uses multiple textures and panels in different zones, along with a swathe of…

Bosch e-bike owners can now lock their batteries through their phone or Kiox displays to deter theft

  • January 7, 2025

Bosch’s Smart System equipped e-bikes just got another security upgrade, in the form of a Battery Lock. Essentially, it’s another digital lock for your Bosch powered e-bike, but this one…

Mathieu van Der Poel (right) and Tom Pidcock (left)

Why Mathieu van Der Poel will take over from Tom Pidcock as the ‘roadie’s mountain biker’ in 2025

  • January 7, 2025

Tom Pidcock won’t win a mountain bike World Cup or even finish on the podium in 2025, largely because he won’t actually be at any of the 10 rounds making…

Hottest trail, enduro, and DH bikes for 2025

12 most exciting new trail, enduro, and DH bikes for 2025

  • January 6, 2025

It’s easy to get blinkered by e-bikes these days, but to do that would be to miss out on a pot pourri of exciting, innovative, and downright sexy new mountain…

Amflow PL Carbon unboxing

Unboxing the £5,999 Amflow PL Carbon – what does it really weigh? And does the geometry match the claimed numbers?

  • January 6, 2025

What did you get for Christmas? I hope it was what you’d asked Santa for. Me? Well, I got the hottest new e-bike on the market – the Amflow PL…

Merida eOne-Sixty SL

Merida’s new ‘lightweight’ eOne-Sixty SL is a gorgeous-looking e-bike, but I think it’s powered by the wrong Bosch motor

  • January 3, 2025

Merida’s new eOne-Sixty SL is exactly the kind of machine that would have made our massive Superlight E-Bike of the Year shootout had it come out in 2024’s sunny season,…

Coed y Brenin

An ode to the trail crews, the dig teams and the volunteers that keep us riding all year round

  • January 2, 2025

Storms, fallen trees and floods. That’s been the reality for many of us over the past month or so. And with that, comes the inevitable damage to our beloved trails…

SIDZ Trail Crew, BPW

Meet the team behind BikePark Wales that repaired 32 trails in three days in the aftermath of Storm Darragh

  • December 31, 2024

With the weather being the way it has over the past few weeks, it’s hard not to think about how it’s impacting our trail network. From fallen trees in Dalby…

2024 a year in review

From the highs of the Olympics and a newly-formed trail advocacy group, to the lows of an industry in financial woes and storm-damaged trails, 2024 was a roller-coaster ride

  • December 30, 2024

2024 has been a tumultuous year, and not only in terms of culture, politics, technology, sport, and climate, but actual interesting stuff like riding bikes. So to remind us of…

Gear of the Year 2024 Mick Kirkman - RockShox Zeb fork, Rapha Gore Tex Trail Pants, e*thirteen Sidekick hub

Three products helped my riding more than anything else in 2024, here’s why they get my vote for Gear of the Year

  • December 30, 2024

Downhill racing drives mountain bike innovation like nothing else, and my Gear of the Year 2024 comes straight off the gnarliest tracks on the circuit. I’m talking about e*thirteen’s revolutionary…

Fox 36 Grip X

I love the support on Fox’s new 36 with Grip X damper, but RockShox’ Charger 3.1 eats it for breakfast

  • December 29, 2024

Boasting class-leading performance and that highly-desirable Kashima gold finish, the Fox 36 Float Factory fork with Grip 2 damper has been the benchmark suspension fork for many years now. So…

Rebecca Bland Gear of the Year 2024

My Gear of the Year: products that helped me progress and improve on the bike in 2024

  • December 28, 2024

2024 has been a pretty epic year of riding for me. There has been a whole host of new, cool stuff from suspension to cameras and of course, plenty of…

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Buyer's guides

Best 160mm suspension forks

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Best mountain bikes around $/£500: capable and affordable MTBs

100% Brisker glove

Best winter gloves for mountain biking: Maximum feel in total comfort

Best women's mountain bike pants

Best women’s mountain bike pants and riding trousers

Best mountain bikes under £1,500

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Reviews

Schwalbe Nobby Nic Super Trail Addix Soft tyre

Schwalbe’s Nobby Nic Soft is a Magic Mary for people who like to pedal, with great all-weather grip, but the range is massively confusing – here are the only options you want

YT Decoy 2026 Core 4

YT’s new Decoy e-bike is make-or-break for the beleaguered brand, and it’s the best Bosch bike I’ve ridden – but will that be enough?

OneUp Wave Pedals

OneUp’s new Wave pedal is great for new riders who need help dropping their heels, but I found the quirky shape less than ideal

Patagonia Dirt Craft Bike Pants

“The lightest, most breathable trousers I’ve tested” – Patagonia’s Dirt Craft Pants are my pick for summer riding

Whyte Kado RSX

I’ve tested all Whyte’s e-bikes, and the new Kado offers the best blend of power, performance and range… I still find the scintillating E-Lyte more fun to ride though

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Hardtail of the Year

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