Alan Muldoon

Bike Test Editor

Trek Stache 8 £1,800

  • June 13, 2014

First introduced last season, the Stache is billed as a trail-ready 29er hardtail designed to meet all the exacting demands of the modern mountain biker. The frame shares most design…

  • March 10, 2014

While most bikes companies are coming to terms with 650b wheels, Saracen is celebrating the Zen's second birthday

  • November 7, 2013

Reduced in the end-of-2013 sales, the Vitus Sommet 1 is a gravity-focused trail bike with a great parts package

Cube AMS 120 29 £1,499.99

  • September 19, 2013

Read our review on the 120mm-travel full-suspension Cube AMs 120 29er

Canyon Nerve AL+ 9.0 £2,695

  • August 13, 2013

Read our review of the 150mm-travel all-mountain Canyon Nerve AL+ 9.0

Norco Range Killer B-2 £2,800

  • August 5, 2013

The Norco Range Killer B-2's 160mm of travel is designed to float like a butterfly and sting like a...

Jamis Nemesis £1,150

  • August 1, 2013

The 650b hardtail that bucks the trend for 29in wheels on the XC race circuit.

Cube LTD Pro

  • July 26, 2013

Find out how the Cube LTD Pro fared in the sub-£1000 category of MBR's Hardtail of the Year shootout

2013 Norco Sight 2, £2,350

  • July 2, 2013

Norco is a company on top of its game right now, and the 140mm-travel Sight 2 earned a rare 10/10 from our test team

  • June 18, 2013

Good components made the Rockhopper a real contender in MBR's Hardtail of the Year — but how did it fare?

VooDoo Bizango 29er hardtail of the Year £600 category

  • June 6, 2013

2013's Hardtail of the Year offered modern geometry and a great parts package

Giant Trance X29 1, £1,999.99

  • April 19, 2013

The big-wheeled version of the award-winning Giant Trance X gets the MBR test treatment