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How to master wet roots on your mountain bike or gravel bike

Slippery, uneven and always different, wet roots can be mighty scary to ride, but here's how its done

Wed, Oct 22, 2025 13:34
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The bike industry is shooting itself in the foot with ever-changing standards and incompatible niche products

Is the bike industry dragging us willingly into a never ending downwards financial spiral through its obsession with new and incompatible niche products?

Fri, Oct 17, 2025 14:45
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With a lighter, more comfortable frame and new downtube storage, Ari’s Shafer 3.0 is built for speed and adventure

Ari's updated gravel bike leans into MTB inspirations as it's built to go fast, and for big weekends out in the hills

Thu, Oct 09, 2025 16:00
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Round off the year by challenging yourself to one of these superb winter off-road cycling events

From 10 hour endurance gravel races to Bike Park Wales women-only days, we've picked out some of the best events you should look to do this winter

Wed, Oct 08, 2025 13:00
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Boasting all new motor and on-the-fly tyre pressure monitoring, Giant’s new Reign Advanced E+ aims to be “the best descending e-MTB ever”

New enduro e-MTB also gets Giant's "most advanced" suspension setup and a higher voltage motor

Tue, Oct 07, 2025 15:00
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As I search for a brand new bike, here are the features and standards I’ll be looking for

Are you considering a new bike, or swapping your existing components onto a new frameset? What's important to you? Here's a personal take on what I'm looking out for in my new steed

Tue, Sep 30, 2025 14:14
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New Surly Straggler gravel bike gets updated geometry and three new sizes: “almost an unfair advantage”, boasts US steel specialist

The Straggler has been updated for the first time in a decade, and looks like it has finally been brought bang up to date

Tue, Sep 30, 2025 09:35
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Trek’s all new CheckOUT proves that full suspension gravel is now officially a thing

Featuring 55mm of rear squish and an all-new RockShox fork, Trek has joined the full-sus gravel party big time. There's also a crazy amount of flare going on with the handlebars, adjustable mounting points, and a dropper post

Thu, Sep 25, 2025 15:00
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Craving even more mud? Six top tips for gravel riders moving to mountain biking

If you're coming into off-road riding from gravel and are tempted by even fatter tyres and rougher terrain, this article is for you

Wed, Sep 24, 2025 12:00
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Crazy descents, shock results and blown out tyres: your full breakdown of the UCI Mountain Bike World Championships 2025

With the 2025 UCI Mountain Bike World Championships done and dusted we take a look back over the past two weeks of racing from the Swiss Valais region – in chronological order.

Tue, Sep 16, 2025 12:03
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