Pivot’s new carbon 100mm travel cross-country race bike is a lightweight full sus with the DW-Link suspension system that’s been designed for Pivot’s athletes coming into their Olympic year. It’s dropped weight over the previous model while also getting longer and slacker. Buyers Guide to MTB tyres 5 Cool Things from Pinarello, Peruzzo Racks, Cushcore, Hunt … Read more
Hayes has some legendary brands in their lineup, with the likes of Manitou, Pro Taper and SunRingle, but they’ve been somewhat forgotten about in recent years. With their new ‘Enduro Collection’ of wheels, brakes, fork and shock, they aim to get back on top of the mountain bike game. The best mountain bike flat pedals ridden and … Read more
This week we’ve got a new Kinesis Tripster with a new fork and a paint fade for all our gravel adventures. Editor, Jon has also kitted out his monster mobile with a bike rack, on said rack will likely sit his long term test bike, a Mondraker Foxy complete with new Hunt Endurowide wheels. There’s other … Read more
It might be best known for trail and enduro bikes with progressive geometry and their very successful World Cup downhill team, but Mondraker is aiming its sights at the world of top-flight cross-country racing with the new, 100mm travel, full suspension 29er F-Podium range. The best mountain bikes for under £1,000 – the best budget … Read more
If you’ve got £2,000 to spend on a new bike and want a good all-round trail bike, you could do a lot worse than consider Merida’s One-Twenty 600. The 120mm travel 29er is a well-specced option with good geometry and suspension that combines to provide very good trail manners whether grinding up or slashing down. Best … Read more
This is a must watch video! In his latest film Danny Macaskill takes on some child care the only way he knows how… by taking them for a wee bike ride around Scotland! No children were involved in any stunts during the making of Danny Daycare! Please don’t try this at home (obviously!) Five things that weren’t … Read more
We told you all about the new Pinarello Grevil+ on its release back in October last year, we’ve now got our hands on one to test. The new gravel bike come with a full carbon frame and can fit 700c or 650b wheels with correspondingly fat rubber and are designed to be able to take everything … Read more
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No matter how innately competitive (or not) you might be, there’s always a part of you that wonders just how fast you could be on a bike if you put your mind to it. Follow our Jon as he tries to take it seriously for once with a season of enduro racing. In part four, it’s on … Read more
