This month's Star Letter. A reader writes in: "to just exclude 27.5in bikes is crazy. All you have now is ‘29er Trail Bike of the Year’."
Danny Milner
Editor
Santa Cruz 5010 (2021) gets lower link makeover and proportional chainstay lengths
The new Santa Cruz 5010 arrives with a lower-link driven shock, proportional sizing and the aim of letting you get creative with your surroundings.
Santa Cruz Heckler CC X01 RSV first ride review
It's finally here: Santa Cruz Heckler. 27.5in wheels, 150mm travel and Shimano STEPS motor, Santa Cruz says it takes amplifies the fun of a pure pedal bike.
How to keep riding whatever the weather with Zwift indoor mountain biking
Keep the wheels turning and emerge fitter and faster from the lockdown. If you want to try it out Zwift mountain biking, read this guide.
Scott Spark RC 900 Team Issue AXS review
Scott Spark RC comes with SRAM's high tech AXS wireless shifting and an enviable palmares. It's also one of the cheapest bikes with AXS on the market.
Millyard Hyper Ride II shock runs up to 4500psi!
The unicorn shock from shed-inventor supreme, Allen Millyard, surfaces once again. But you still can't buy it.
How hard is it to bunny hop an ebike?
Just how hard is it to bunny-hop an e-bike compared to an analogue bike? Inspired by recent lockdown living, we headed into the back garden to try and find out.
RockShox Reverb AXS review
Wireless technology comes to dropper posts with the new RockShox Reverb AXS. But can the performance advantages justify the high price tag?
New to mountain biking? Read our A-Z jargon buster
Got into mountain biking and now lost in a world of jargon and acronyms? Help is at hand with our definitive techno-pedia.
Canyon Neuron AL 7.0: first ride review
Canyon's new Neuron AL range consists of two models – the AL 6.0 and the AL 7.0. There's a women-specific version of each, with gender-specific contact points.
My best trail, as chosen by downhill racer and geologist Manon Carpenter
Racing success came early to manon - she won the World Cup overall and the Worlds all before her 20th birthday, then retired from the sport aged just 24.
How to go for a bike ride in your back garden
If you're not supposed to be out mixing with the general public at the moment, you can still go for a ride. If you have a back garden anyway.
MBR and COVID-19: a word from the editor
We are in unprecedented times. Only a few weeks ago I was riding trails just outside Barcelona in warm spring sunshine, now, doing the same thing would get me a…
New RockShox SID forks (and shock): 32mm for racing, 35mm for low-fat shredding
Corona-permitting, this is an Olympic year, which means all sorts of components are being readied, all hoping to deliver the marginal gain that will bring home a gold medal.
Crud XL Fender mudguard review
The Crud XL Fender is made from injection moulded plastic and it attaches to the fork lowers and covers a large area of the front wheel.
Specialized Turbo Levo Expert Carbon: first ride review
With a bigger battery and beefier fork can the new Specialized Turbo Levo Expert Carbon retain it top-status in the e-mountain bike market?
How to find, download and use our mountain bike routes
Never fear, you can still get access to our routes. The previous link shortener po.st doesn’t work anymore, but you can still find all trails at alltrails.com
Early Rider Seeker 14 kids mountain bike review
We test the Early Rider Seeker 16; a scaled-down mountain bike with chunky tyres and an alloy frame aimed at adventurous kids aged four and over
Five ways to set-up a RockShox fork
Jon Cancellier, the man behind RockShox’s cutting-edge BlackBox race programme, reveals the secrets to an optimum RockShox fork setup.
Yep, Santa Cruz have made an e-bike
Although Santa Cruz said it would never make one, no one really believed it. That a Santa Cruz ebike would come was always a matter of when, not if.