The Ryobi 18V One+ Cordless 22bar Power Washer is one of the best mobile pressure washers to date. There, we’ve got that out the way from the off. It’s a…
Jamie Darlow
Front Section Editor
Endura steps into the mountain bike shoe market with flat and clip-in MT500 options
Endura makes some of the best mountain bike clothing, regularly winning our group tests and scoring highly with real riders for its level of support and customer service. If only…
UK’s lost trails saved after deadline to register them is cancelled
Some 49,000km of unregistered public access paths have been saved from extinction, after the government agreed to cancel its deadline to register them. We’d had until January 1 2026 to…
Orange Stage 6 Evo SE first ride review
Tired of feeling disconnected from the trail thanks to miles of suspension travel? Well, the Orange Stage 6 Evo aims to deliver that frenetic, plugged-in feeling you get from the…
Alpkit Morphosis jacket review
The Alpkit Morphosis is an interesting garment that stands out from the best mountain bike jackets on the market. From the outside it looks like a bog standard wind and…
Fasthouse Blitz glove review
Ride, rinse, repeat. The Fasthouse Blitz (formerly called the Wheeler) never strays far from my kit bag, hands, or the washing machine, in fact it’s one of the best mountain…
Hot stuff: Stumpy Evo Elite, Mega Mullet, £50 lube and more
What we’re excited about this month: Specialized Stumpjumper Evo Elite, Nukeproof Mega 297 frame, Downtime Podcast's Episode 1 Print Journal, Race Face Indy shorts, Five Ten Sleuth, Garmin CamperVan, Muc-Off…
How to live out of a van
The humble van, beloved of builders, getaway drivers and mountain bikers alike, it’s also one half of a double life for the MTBVanLife guys.
Looking into the carbon footprint of a mountain bike
Cycling is good for the planet, but what about mountain biking? Trek’s sustainability report, the first of its kind from a bike brand, looks at the carbon footprint of its…
Two YT Capra 29 Core 3 enduro bikes to be won!
Enduro racing is a tough sport. Tougher still if you’re trying to make it on your own, as a privateer. YT wants to change that this year though, with a…
Inside Scott’s new Patron eRIDE e-bike
Find the hidden shock, 750Wh battery, cable routing and more, as we play: what’s inside the Scott Patron?
Evans Cycles’ £50 Pinnacle Cedar flat pedal shoe looks pretty darned good
New three-shoe Pinnacle range, and the pick is the Pinnacle Cedar Flat – looks great, but no word on the rubber it’s using though.
My essential winter kit: Jamie Darlow, mbr front section editor
My thinking is that riding is riding. As long as you’re warm, with friends, and the trails are fun it really shouldn’t matter what the weather is doing.
Hot Stuff: Yeti’s £11k ebike, new Garmin Edge, Race Face pants and more
What we’re excited about this month: Yeti 160E T1, SRAM HS2 rotor, DT Swiss e-bike wheels, Etnies MTB shoe, Look X-Track pedal, Specialized winter gloves...
The Arrival is an exclusive carbon 29er from Canadian brand We Are One
The Arrival by We Are One is about as exclusive a bike as you’ll ever see. Buy one and you can pretty much rest assured you’ll never see another.…
VHS 2.0 Slapper Tape review
The VHS 2.0 Slapper Tape is miles better than those neoprene guides you can buy online, but it’s also more than twice as pricey as most of them.
Cannondale Scalpel HT race bike gets slack-for-XC geometry
Trail bike geometry and flexy chainstay carbon wizardry comes to the new Cannondale Scalpel HT.
How to make your bike puncture proof
No more flats, with Steve Peat. Preventing flats is as much about technique as it is about tech.
The world according to Gary Fisher
The godfather of mountain biking tells us about his Hollywood history, inventing the first klunkers, and his plans for a global trail network.
Rocky Mountain Powerplay e-bikes: lighter, more efficient, better geo
Has Rocky Mountain just made the best new e-bikes for 2022? Going by the vital statistics of the Canadian brand’s new Altitude Powerplay and Instinct Powerplay, it could well have…