New year, new team rosters and the biggest signings come from Specialized Factory Racing with Chilean Martin Vidaurre and French Victor Koretzky joining the team for 2023. Cross-country mountain biking: everything you need to know Cross-country mountain bikes: understanding their design and geometry UCI MTB World Cup 2022: Cross-country season recap Vidaurre, despite being only 22 … Read more
Now in its twelfth iteration, the USE Exposure Sixpack MK12 SYNC MK4 clearly exhibits the brand’s wealth of experience in creating lights for off-road riding. It is beautifully built with a well-considered beam pattern. This SYNC model offers handy connectivity that allows the rider to custom-tune this light to their needs. While it’s pricy and not … Read more
The Ass Savers Win Wing Gravel rear mudguard is a lightweight blade that attaches to the seat stays of your bike. It has been designed to prevent your rear end from getting wet while minimising the faff and rattle that comes with a full mudguard. It does a superb job, making it one of the best MTB … Read more
While everyone has been eating its body weight in cheese and chocolate, the off-road cycling world has still been rolling along with a look at two Scott bike checks this week with Kate Courtney’s new sparkly Contessa Scale RC, as well as Dangerhome’s Ransom. Liam Mercer reveals the result of his tech predictions of the … Read more
Similar to Aaron, my riding journey, which has spanned just over 20 years, has crossed the complete spectrum of cycling. I started as a mountain biker before taking up road riding primarily for fitness reasons. Cyclo-cross and even triathlon have formed a big part, and more recently gravel has become a big focus. Despite the variety … Read more
As we approach the New Year (yep, it’s nearly 2023!), we hope it’s been a superb Christmas spent with loved ones and that you got everything you wanted in terms of bike gear. To whet your appetite for the coming year, this week, we’ve got a selection of goodies from Leatt, POC, DMR, and Rapha. Bare … Read more
Gustav Gullholm, better known as Dangerholm, has taken a Scott Ransom and had his way with it. This time the Swede has not focused solely on creating a lightweight bike, but rather looked at reliability. Here’s a deep dive into his latest creation, the Golden Night Scott Ransom. Five reasons why you should have a hardtail … Read more
It’s been a full year since I revealed my tech predictions for 2022. In hindsight, perhaps I wasn’t general enough as I may have been a little too optimistic in some ways. But in others, I was bang on the money. Let’s take a closer look and see whether or not I need to invest in … Read more
As publisher of off.road.cc, I don’t get the time to test anywhere near as much stuff as I would like and 2022 has been a crazy year for me. And that’s okay, that’s not really my job. We have a fantastic team of testers on the site covering a wide range of riding and interest … Read more
[Words by Steve Thomas]Despite only covering a relatively compact area, the idyllic Malvern Hills are deeply rooted in British mountain biking folklore. Not only is it the ancestorial home to one of the biggest and intermittently longest-standing races, the Malverns Classic, it has also produced some of the nation’s greatest off-road racers; including XC racing … Read more
