Britain doesn’t have many big mountains but there’s cause for celebration as the biggest peak we do have has grown by one metre. Ben Nevis has been officially measured this…
James Smurthwaite
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OneUp Shark allows you to create world’s widest 11 speed cassette
There’s a bit of a cassette arms race going on at the moment, a few weeks ago Shimano announced an 11-46T cassette but that’s already been trumped by OneUp components that…
SRAM declares the death of the front derailleur
SRAM has long been at the forefront of 1x technology and today has stuck a pretty significant flag in the ground by declaring the death of the front derailleur. It’s…
Yeti, Specialized and Lapierre bikes stolen in ram raids across East Midlands
A fleet of superbikes has been stolen from East Midlands bike shops in what is believed to be a series of connected ram raids on Tuesday night. The Specialized concept…
Watch the red and blue trails at the new FlyUp 417 bike park
The FlyUp 417 bike park opened on Monday and videos are starting to filter through of what riders can expect when they take to its slopes. This is the best one…
Pumptracks in paradise: Claudio Calouri’s latest work of art in Bali
The surfer’s haven of Bali is high on the bucket list of any traveller and thanks to the work of World Cup helmet cam maestro Claudio Caluori, you can now…
Bimp’ Air – the air canister that fits in your bottle cage and recharges as you ride
Now then, what do you think of this? Bimp’ Air is the latest product we’ve spotted from the crowndfunding circus and it’s a compressed air canister that can be fitted to…
5 reasons riding a cheap mountain bike is great
Sure, all of us here at mbr love to ogle the latest and greatest mountain bikes out there, but we value cheap mountain bikes just as much, if not more.…
Britain’s biggest off-raod race returns to the beaches of Wales this weekend
Nearly 800 riders will descend on the beaches of south Wales for the annual Battle of the Beach mountain bike race. This is the third year the event has run…
Do you recognise these mountain bike thieves?
A man has released this footage of two thieves who stole a mountain bike and a motor bike from his garage. Nick Bond, of Halstead in Essex, captured the criminals in…
The new Devinci Django, a 120mm, 650b trail runaway
Key Points New 120mm travel trail bike from Devinci Adjustable geometry on 650b wheels Similar geometry to the 140mm Troy What’s this then? Meet the latest addition to the Devinci…
RockShox launches 170mm Reverb dropper post
Great news for taller riders as RochShox has today announced it is releasing a Reverb Stealth with 170mm of travel. Given the increasing trend for lower standover height on bikes,…
Monday Quiz: Which downhill World Cup team should you ride for?
Unfortunately most of us will never be able to race mountain bikes full time regardless of what we tell ourselves every Saturday morning. However, here’s a quiz telling you which…
Watch Loic Bruni win his first downhill race as World Champion at Crankworx Rotorua
They say that the World Champion’s Rainbow Jersey is cursed and that any racer who wears it normally has a poor season – look no further than Manon Carpenter’s difficult 2015…
Barbed wire strung across public byway in Kent
A mountain biker has found barbed wire strung across a public byway in Kent that is used as a descent by local riders. Daniel Webster posted on Facebook on Thursday: “I…
This is what it takes to win the ‘Tour de France of mountain biking’
8 days. 647 kilometres. 14,960 metres of altitude and 1,200 participants. The South African Cape Epic calls itself the Tour de France of mountain biking and it’s easy to see…
Cape Town police to use 70kph ebikes to target crime on Table Mountain
The City of Cape Town has invested in a fleet of ebikes to tackle a recent spate of crime on Table Mountain. To target an increase in rape and robberies,…
Cam Zink’s Reach for the Sky to be screened at Sheffield Adventure Film Festival
Cam Zink’s Reach for the Sky looks set to be the stand out production at the Sheffield Adventure Film Festival. Reach for the Sky follows Zink for two years and uses never-before-seen…
Watch Manon Carpenter’s pre-season training camp
You don’t get to be a downhill World Champion without putting in the hard work. and while we can think of worst places to train than Portugal, Manon Carpenter’s winter…
Tweets of the week: Trail vandalism, Rob Warner and more
Crankworx Rotorua has kicked off the race season and the mountain bike roadshow is here once again. That means riders’ social media feeds are as active as ever and there’s…