Crank Brothers have released a new version of their highly-rated Mallet E caged clipless pedal. The Mallet E LS sports 5mm longer axles, resulting in a 57mm q-factor (the distance…
Benjamin Haworth
Contributor
Grim up north
Grim, rainy and cold are not the only ways you can think about the north of England. Big, wild and brilliant for bikes is probably more relevant.
How to demo a mountain bike properly
It's just like riding a bike but here are some things that you may not have thought about. Follow these 11 handy hints and you'll not leave the demo day…
“No one knows what the hell to expect” – Peter Sagan on his Olympic MTB attempt
Road racing star Peter Sagan is having a crack at the Olympic cross country mountain biking this Sunday. Here's a few words from the man himself as D-Day approaches.
The Giro Switchblade convertible helmet is back
The return of the full-face to open-face covertible helmet. The old 1998 Giro Switchblade was a XC helmet with a bolt-on chinguard. The new 2017 Giro Switchblade MIPS is a…
Another kool kids bike – the Rocky Mountain Reaper
The new Rocky Mountain Reaper takes 26" or 24" wheels and has 130mm rear travel with a 120mm fork up front. A proper full suspension trail bike for groms.
The surprise new Intense Recluse
Progressive geometry 140mm travel carbon 27.5 bike. Is it a more aggro Spider 27.5? Or a replacement in-all-but-name of the Tracer? Wherever it fits in their range Intense have made…
Olympic mountain bike course threatened by forest fire
Reports and photos show fire near the Deodoro centre where the mountain biking will take place at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games
The all new Focus VICE
Affordable 120mm travel single pivoting machine with impressively modern looking geometry. “Keep it simple and have fun” they say. >>> The best cheap mountain bikes Need to know 120mm rear travel,…
A gap jump attempt we call all relate to
If you’ve ever rolled up to the lip of something bigger than you’ve ever done before, you’ll relate to this vid. Over in that there Whistler there’s more than a…
Olympic mountain bike course video
Even hot favourite Nino Schurter will struggle to beat this lap time. Join course designer Nick Floros as he zips round a lap of the 5.4km course in just over…
Dirty deals: Reverbs, Five Tens, multi tools and much more
It’s Monday again. Boo! Which means it’s time for another edition of Dirty Deals. Yay! We’ve assembled something of a bumper crop of great deals for this week. There must…
2017 Specialized Enduro gets major overhaul
More travel, more wheel size options and more Öhlins
Five great routes for watching this weekend’s Perseid meteor shower
This weekend combine a night ride with some awe-inspiring meteor spotting. Here’s five great places to watch the Perseid showers. >>> Top tips on how to set up your mountain bike…
Photo gallery alongside a mountain bike trail
Cool new art installation along a bike trail in Vancouver, Canada.
Top 10: most popular bike reviews
We reveal the most popular bike reviews this week - are these the UK's favourite bikes?
Instagram nutjob clifftop biking in Ireland
Another day, another vertigo-inducing ridge riding video lands in our inbox. Instagram user garrydavo is someone you might like to follow. But only on Instagram. There’s no way you’d want…
Bikes jumping in loads of flowers video is way better than it sounds
MTBer Martin Söderström and dirt BMXer Dawid Godziek feature in this extremely yellow and extremely cool riding video. Dirt jumping vids are usually very dusty, very heavy metal, very American…
The oldest, shortest, heaviest, unluckiest, tiredest, worstest racers in the 2016 Olympic mountain biking
There’s an excellent array of humans taking part in the the Olympic cross-country event in Rio this summer. Despite their extreme classifications they could all quite easily whip our arses…
What’s the Olympic mountain bike course like?
A lap of the course is 5.4km. Competitors will do a number of laps. The exact number of laps is still TBC but races will be around 40-50km long for…