Canyon’s new aluminium Grail adventure and gravel bike is a huge amount of fun on twisty trails and is able to provide good speed on a wide variety of surfaces, from road to gravel tracks. It’s also great value, as you’d expect from Canyon and is well specced, though I’d prefer to see a sub-compact … Read more
Pirelli has just launched their new range of Scorpion mountain bike tyres. There is a tyre for hard terrain, soft terrain and a rear only option too. Available in the UK from March 2019, we take a look a the brands first mountain bike specific tyre lineup here. Buyer’s guide to mountain bike tyres All the coolest … Read more
Demo season is just around the corner, and we’ve got our popular Bike Live Demo Day at Cannock Chase coming up in April 2019. We thought it’d be a good idea to help you get the best from you day, here are our eight top tips on how to make the most of any demo day … Read more
Billed as the Swiss Army knife of the gravel bike world, the carbon Ibis Hakka MX in black certainly looks the part. Understated and purposeful, the do-it-all gravel bike looks versatile, clever and useful in many situations, here’s our first look: The best gravel and adventure bikes you can buy for under £1,000 The best gravel and adventure bikes you … Read more
What makes you get out on a gravel ride? To adventure, to explore, to visit new places, for the peace, for the exercise? We love getting out on a bikepacking adventure for the same reason Scott Markewitz does, to visit untouched places you wouldn’t be able to get to otherwise. Take two minutes and join him … Read more
The Haibike SDURO HardSeven 8.0 is an aluminium hardtail e-bike best suited to touring and tamer terrain. Built for comfort over the distance the e-mtb does what it says on the tin and is pretty good value too, but it’s not a trail shredder. Merida eOne-Sixty 900E e-mtb review First Ride: Liv Cycling Embolden E+1 … Read more
Developing Mountain Biking in Scotland (DMBinS), with funding support from Scottish Enterprise, have just launched a trial project to help Scottish B&B’s and hotels get a grant for a shed or to enable them to provide secure bike storage. Winner announced for the Cotic Soul Competition! 5 cool things from Bergamont, Ibis, Camelbak, Tannus and Bell … Read more
Michelin is making somewhat of a comeback on the mountain bike scene in recent years, with a whole load of new tyres including the rather interesting looking Wild Enduro range. We’ve got our paws on some and here are Jon’s first impressions, fresh from the woods. Buying your first mountain bike: the complete guide 10 … Read more
There are more bikes on test this week, we’ve got two rather different gravel bikes, a carbon Ibis and an alloy Bergamont. There’s also a MIPS lid from Bell for under £40, another packless hydration option from Camelbak and some tyre inserts that you can use with tubes – dig in! 5 cool things from Rose, Panaracer, … Read more
