Hope's latest handmade-in-Lancashire carbon enduro bike is this one-off HB-916. Aiming for a late Spring 2022 launch, it’s a significantly different successor to the HB-160…
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Orange Crush-es it with updated hardtail geo
Orange has made small improvements to its Crush hardtail, slackening things a touch and offering two builds, in either wheel size.
Specialized Stumpjumper EVO Alloy gets in-frame SWAT and bladder
Featuring same design as its carbon sibling - SWAT, adjustable geometry, S-sizing - the 150mm Specialized Stumpjumper EVO Alloy M5 is available now.
All the new bikes equipped with RockShox Flight Attendant (so far)
Love the sound of RockShox's new high-tech Flight Attendant active suspension system? Here's a rundown of the new bikes it will come fitted to.
New Santa Cruz Chameleon goes mullet if you wannit
With the 2022 Santa Cruz Chameleon you can have plenty of different mountain bike flavoured cakes and have a great time eating all of them.
Guerilla Gravity Pedalhead proves it’s hip to be square (tubed)
Cult Colorado brand Guerilla Gravity have announced a limited edition return of the Pedalhead, a steel framed bike described as "adventurous hardtail".
New Canyon Exceed and Lux bikes are eXCeptionally cross-country
Canyon are doubling down on their cross-country chops with the new Canyon Exceed hardtails and Canyon Lux full suspension models for 2022.
Most wanted: Orange Switch 6 Team £5200
The Orange Switch 6 Team has race-focused geometry, custom-tuned suspension and components and a ride intention you would expect from an Orange.
Yeti 160E e-bike features new Sixfinity 6-bar suspension design
The iconic MTB brand has finally joined the party with the Yeti 160E, a 160mm travel e-bike with a radical suspension design and a host…
Orbea Rallon: coil or ail, 29 or mullet, in any colour you want
The 2022 Orbea Rallon is as progressive as they come but also offers ample olive branches to those non-racing riders who can be put-off by…
Hottest mountain bikes for 2022
There’s no shortage of scintillating new hardware coming onto the market next year. And with a bit of luck, some of it might actually be…
Orange Phase adaptive mountain bike
The Orange Phase AD3 is an adaptive mountain bike with an electric motor that promises to let disabled riders take on exactly the same terrain…
Outta the archive: Chris Porter’s pioneering Mondraker from 2014
"For me, the limits are around 62.3° head angle, 850mm for the front centre and 335mm for the BB height. It may not be the…
Voodoo tops redesigned mountain bike range with a spellbinding new Bizango hardtail
The Voodoo Bizango is most successful bike of the decade in terms of test wins, earning our best Hardtail of the Year Award on numerous…
3 highlights from the Cube 2022 mountain bike range
Cube recently unveiled its new 2022 range, so we sifted through the vast (and occasionally confusing) line-up to pick out three of its freshest highlights.…
High-pivot idlers? Check out this Empire Cycles AP1 from 2006
High-pivot idlers? We look back to the mid noughties when the UK's Empire Cycles AP1 offered a unique downhilling machine.
Nukeproof MegaWatt is here: 170mm travel electric mullet
An electric Nukeproof will come as little surprise to anyone with a grasp of both the Nukeproof brand and the wider MTB market in general.…
Nukeproof Mega Vs Nukeproof Giga; which should you choose?
We help you choose your enduro weapon with a deep dive into the ride, handing and personalities of Nukeproof's two race-ready full-suspension rigs.
Mullet makeover for Santa Cruz Bronson
The Santa Cruz Bronson was the dual-suspension bike that brought Santa Cruz into 650b, has now evolved to something else: mixed wheelsize.
YT’s rolls out new Decoy MX and Decoy 29 e-bikes with EP8
YT has just announced six new versions of its highly lauded e-bike; the Decoy (our E-Bike of the Year winner in the direct-sales category). Here’s…