Well, we said it was going to happen, and now here it is: the (joint) first bike besides the Amflow to pack DJI’s super powerful DJI Avinox motor. Yep, you’re…
Jamie Darlow
Front Section Editor
The short travel YT Decoy: new 29er gets Fazua’s Ride 60 motor and latest 480Wh battery – check out the three-bike range including prices, weight and spec
Last year mid-power e-bikes were the hottest things on two wheels, with Whyte’s E-Lyte Evo and the Santa Cruz Heckler SL, and many more wowing us with their performance. It’s…
Everything you need to know about the new Specialized Turbo Levo Gen 4 range: motor power, battery capacity, weights, prices and specifications
It’s been 10 years since the world first clapped eyes on the original Turbo Levo, a bike that completely redefined the e-bike era with its big internal battery and raw…
Nukeproof is designing a new Megawatt in a “tight collaboration” with SRAM, according to its Belgian owners who will “honor the brand, bring back this beautiful legend, and not kill the DNA”
Nukeproof is quietly developing a new version of its Megawatt e-bike, powered by a SRAM motor and scheduled for release in 2028. That’s according to Nukeproof’s new owners, which bought…
Kitsch or cool? Yeti’s 40th birthday present to itself is a custom ASR XC bike, dripping in bling and 90s nostalgia – and you don’t even want to know the price
Yeti has a long history, and I’m not just talking about 40 years as a mountain bike brand. Every five years, when one of its big birthdays comes around, the…
Hunt’s new Enduro V3 wheels claim best-in-class strength, boast tuned front and rear rims, and cost £499
Hunt’s newest wheelset is made from aluminium alloy, uses regular (albeit triple butted spokes) and costs less than £500. That makes it a breath of fresh air for real world…
Starling’s new enduro bike has tiny 26in wheels, and I’m struggling to tell if it’s an April Fool’s or not
Mountain bikes with 26in wheels are for kids who can’t fit on proper-sized wheels, right? Not if you ask Starling Cycles, which has just released a new steel-frame enduro bike…
When did entry level suspension get so good? I love the Marzocchi Bombers on Merida’s entry level eOne-Sixty SL 6000, and it’s one of the reasons it’s my favourite bike of 2025 (so far)
Has the lightweight mid-power e-bike had its day? It definitely feels like the pendulum has swung the other way for brands, with the newest bikes like Transition’s Regulator, Amflow PL…
Whyte’s Kado RS is the first new e-bike out with SRAM Transmission mechanical drivetrain, and at £6k it looks like decent value
Well that didn’t take long – less than 24hours since SRAM introduced its Eagle Transmission mechanical shifting, and we have a new Kado e-bike from Whyte using the groupsets. The…
Slide over, downhillers: Continental’s tackiest rubber now comes on enduro-casing tyres too, giving e-bikers and regular riders access to SuperSoft Kryptotals
Previously reserved for downhill tyres only, Continental has added its squishiest rubber to the enduro casing Kryptotal range, bringing more grip for e-bikers and regular riders alike. Called SuperSoft Compound,…
I measured it: real world weight, geometry and sizing of Transition’s new Regulator
The Transition Regulator CX launched last week, a new e-bike with 150mm travel, Bosch CX Gen 5 Performance motor, geometry & sizing to die for, and a claimed weight of…
Why we test: Transition’s new Regulator looked amazing on paper, but it didn’t set my world on fire
I’d argue that Bosch’s fifth generation CX drive unit is the most significant mountain bike motor of 2025. Not the DJI Avinox with its ludicrous power, but Bosch’s humble 85Nm…
Transition’s new Regulator e-bike lets you choose your Bosch motor – either CX or SX – and boasts suspension and geometry to match the Santa Cruz Vala
Transition’s new Regulator comes with a Bosch Performance CX Gen 5 motor, or the lightweight SX, it gets 150mm travel, a full carbon frame and superlative RockShox Ultimate suspension. Bosch’s new…
Chunkier knobs, more grip claimed and better damping: Specialized reworks the Butcher and Eliminator tyres, and they’re only a fiver more expensive now too, from £50
Specialized has a new version of its Eliminator tyre out, the tread has been completely redesigned with chunkier lugs, and overall it looks like a much better option for this…
GeoMetron’s new G1 GPI bike adds a Gates belt drive to its Pinion gearbox, boasts 175mm travel and costs £9,100
I’ve got to hand it to GeoMetron, it really did get their first. Over the past few months we’ve seen half a dozen brands introduce gear box bikes to their…
Nukeproof sold to Belgian bike brand for an undisclosed fee, with “key members of the previous team” hired, and the potential to develop new models
Nukeproof has been sold to Belgium’s biggest bike manufacturer for an undisclosed fee, with “key members of the previous team” joining the brand, with rights to restart manufacturing of existing…
Why two former Wiggle Chain Reaction Cycles bosses launched a new components brand, with £100 dropper posts, brake pads and Nukeproof spares
It’s been more than a year since Wiggle Chain Reaction folded, taking with it some of my best loved e-bikes and trail bikes like the brilliant Nukeproof Megawatt, and the…
Why better suspension beats extra travel: YT’s Izzo versus the Canyon Lux Trail review
Short travel trail bikes are my favourite genre of MTB right now. Bike tech has evolved so fast and so far that 120mm of travel is really all I need…
Gee Atherton raced a new ‘budget’ alloy downhill bike at Hardline, and now you can buy one from £4,999
Atherton has a new DH bike out: made from high end aluminium, glued together in North Wales and raced by Geeman himself at Hardline, it’s got to be one of…
How Innerleithen’s mountain bike innovation centre could look, as plans to demolish Caerlee Mill are finalised
Innerleithen’s long-awaited mountain bike innovation centre could look something like this, after the Scottish Government applied to demolish the existing derelict textile mill and build something new in its place…