All day pedalling comfort combined with an uber protective yet lightweight D30 foam knee pad makes the Race Face Indy Knee Guards a winner for those who are willing to sacrifice a bit of side protection for unhindered movement. Review – Ion K-Sleeve Knee Pads Buyer’s Guide to Moutain Bike Knee Pads The Race Face … Read more
The Madison Zenith Waterproof shorts are some of the best in the business: they keep you perfectly dry, are suitably long for the task and the four-way stretch material ensures a supremely comfortable fit. Review – Cube Blackline Rain Shorts Review – Madison DTE Softshells Shorts I’ve long been a fan of Madison’s clothing line … Read more
There’s lots of fresh kit and new features this week! After our visit last month, we posted a feature this week all about our trip to Bird Cycleworks so make sure you head over and have a read about the progressive UK based bike company. Elsewhere, one member of the team didn’t get her meat delivered (no innuendo … Read more
MRP’s new Baxter fork is the latest entry into the still rather niche world of suspension for gravel bikes. Much like Fox’s Adventure Cross unit, it’s a conventional telescopic design with 40mm of air sprung and properly damped travel, adapted from a cross-country mountain bike fork. Review: Fox Adventure Cross gravel suspension fork Buyer’s guide to … Read more
The Xeccon Zeta 1300R front light is one of many lights offered by the Chinese brand. It provides 1300 lumens in a wide rather than long beam and within a neat and tidy package. Buyer’s Guide to Mountain Bike Pedals – are clips or flats for you? Review – Merida Expert Dropper Post As you’ve probably guessed already, … Read more
Sonder is the bike brand from the people behind high-value outdoors kit retailers Alpkit, so it’s unsurprising that their bikes are big on value adventure aspirations. The Camino Alloy is their do-everything drop bar adventure machine and it manages to pack in an awful lot of kit for the money. First Look: Verenti Substance II Apex 1 … Read more
Ion’s years of producing high-end technical wear for the watersports world mean they’re certainly not newbies to designing aesthetically pleasing clothing, something pretty clear when looking at this Scrub Amp jersey from the 2018 range. Review – Ion Raid Amp Flat Shoes Buyer’s Guide – Our guide to the essential mountain bike gear The long … Read more
Fifteen years after its inception, Cotic is back with a new fifth-generation Soul. The steel hardtail gets longer geometry and revised angles to provide better handling, a better fit and, Cotic say “smiles for miles”. First Ride: Bird Cycleworks Aeris 145 Feature – Bird Cycleworks: From the Ground Up Purveyors of fine steel machines, Cotic are on a steam … Read more
Bird Bikes have been rocking the UK bike scene for a few years now, not only with their progressive frame designs but with their direct-to-consumer sales model too. We recently popped in to see the good guys at the helm of all things Bird and have an afternoon spin on their Aeris 145 trail machine. … Read more
We took a visit to Bird Cycleworks HQ near Swinley recently, attracted by their progressive geometry and forward thinking bike design we were keen to find out what makes this company tick and where the future lies for the exciting brand. First Ride: Bird Aeris 145 News – Bird update their Zero AM hardtail Hailing from … Read more
