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How to get your mountain bike ready for summer: choose the right tyres, spruce up that suspension and perfect your pedalling to make warm weather riding even better

Get your mountain bike summer-ready in eight simple steps.

Wed, May 13, 2026 13:54
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It’s time to stop hating on new bike things… and just ride your bike

Are brands really trying to sell us more stuff we don't need? Our Liam weighs in

Fri, May 01, 2026 14:00
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Cotic’s new Jeht claims to bring e-MTB-inspired handling to a regular mountain bike platform

Cotic ditches droplink in favour of Rocketlink, inspired by the brand's e-mountain bike

Fri, Apr 24, 2026 10:00
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Best MTB knee pads: get the best knee protection for all kinds of spills

Wed, Apr 22, 2026 14:00
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Starling’s Girder MTB is gurt heavy with its I-beam downtube

Yep, that is an I-beam welded on, and a crazy take on tuned mass dampers

Wed, Apr 01, 2026 10:00
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Best winter mountain bike tyres 2026: top grip for your slip

When its muddy outside, there's nothing quite like a proper set of winter tyres to keep your rubber side down. Here are the best we've tested

Mon, Feb 09, 2026 14:00
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Affordable, UK-made and just outrageous: Rat Bikes Dad Rat first ride review

Gravel bike or mountain bike? The Dad Rat is unashamedly both and that's its charm

Thu, Feb 05, 2026 15:05
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When does a gravel bike become a mountain bike? As the genres continue to blur, here’s how to define the gravel and MTB categories

The line between gravel and MTB is blurring rapidly, but there are a few factors that still differentiate the two - here's our guide to identifying which one's which

Thu, Jan 29, 2026 15:00
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The 1990s really was the golden era of British mountain biking

The 1990s are often referred to as a 'golden era' for mountain biking. Steve takes a retro ride back in time armed with a just flex stem, bar ends, & all decked out in dayglo Lycra to recount the raucous ride through that defining decade

Thu, Jan 22, 2026 16:00
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The making of British mountain biking

Although we take our high-tech and refined mountain bikes and hand carved trails for granted these days, mountain bikes as we know them today didn’t even exist pre 1980s. This is the story of how the machines and the sport as we now know it first came to

Thu, Dec 25, 2025 10:00
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