Canyon's Nerve AM 8.0 is specced like a bike twice its price, but can the bike perform as well as all that showroom bling promises?
Jamie Darlow
Front Section Editor
Hadleigh to host racing legacy
Hadleigh in Essex will remain an XC racing venue, hosting the final round of the 2013 XC Series
Workshop video: make your own chain device
Stop your chain going awol with a simple fix that won’t cost you a fortune
Manchester bike show
The inaugural Bike and Triathlon Show will take place February 16-17 next year at Manchester Central
Tested: Vitus Escarpe 1 £1,750
Vitus's brand new Escarpe 1 trail bike proves great value and even greater fun.
Tested: Kona Tanuki Deluxe £1,900
With 130mm of travel front and rear, the Kona Tanuki Deluxe is short on travel compared with many of its sub-£2k peers, but it still delivers plenty of smiles.
Tested: Altura Summit Baggy short £59.99
Altura's new baggy short, the Summit, joins the top of the pile.
Cheap skills offer
If you're looking to build on your skills, your luck may be in — we've just seen a link offering a one hour lesson for just £16.
Bike leasing
In April’s issue we ran a feature on funding your habit — how to afford your new bike. We spoke to the Bike Leasing Company’s Paul Mander-O'Beirne, who took us…
Tested: Bryton Rider 20 £99.99 (£139.99 with HRM)
Bryton's new Rider 20 GPS computer is a trick piece of kit, and very affordable too
JD’s moral malaise
A trip to the Peak District beckons for JD, hiking with friends. But does he sneak his mtb in too and risk their wrath? Your help needed!
Olympic course will race well, says Annie Last
What did British rider and Olympic hopeful Annie Last think of the course at Hadleigh Farm? Find out in the June issue of mbr. Here’s a taster for now…
Tested: Garmin Forerunner 110 GPS watch £139.99
Racing your mates has never been easier, with the marriage of Garmin's budget GPS watch and a free app called Strava
Enduro1 race success at Forest of Dean
The first round of the X-Fusion Enduro-1 All Mountain Race Series went down well at the Forest of Dean last weekend. And there's still time to enter for the next…
North Downs faces oil threat
Part of the North Downs is under threat from oil drilling: can you help out?
Big wheel boom at Pietermaritzburg
Big wheels could dominate the cross country World Cup again this year, if the results from the first round at Pietermaritzburg in South Africa are anything to go by
How to: convert an old phone into a GPS
We’ve got a full-on GPS watch test in this issue of mbr (May 2012), but if you’re skint there’s another way to record your rides by GPS...
Video: Dudes of Hazzard – The Movie part I
Funny, quirky and pasty, it's the Dudes of Hazzard Movie — a summer's roadtrip of riding silliness around Europe
Video: big mountain riding with Kona’s Graham Agassiz
Watch this great little video featuring Kona rider Graham Agassiz taking on some seriously big mountains. Moody, dark and gnarly stuff.
Tested: Trek Rumblefish Elite £2,400
What does mbr really think about 29ers? Simple — there are good bikes and bad bikes. Find out how the Trek Rumblefish shapes up...