The Thin White Duke returned to earth recently when custom paint shop Fatcreations airbrushed this amazing Kinesis FF29 frame in homage to the rock legend,…
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Vitus go carbon and are gunning for YT
Vitus launched their 2017 range at this year's Cycle Show and amidst a huge range of bikes, two models stood out for us. The carbon…
The new 2017 Commençal META TR V4.2
The Commencal Meta TR V4.2 is a 130mm travel trail bike that runs with a 130-140mm fork up front. It's a smidge slacker than the…
Pro bike check: Tracy Moseley’s Trek Slash 29
In fact, this isn’t just any old off-the-peg Slash; it’s Tracy’s personal bike, painted in team colours and kitted out with Shimano XTR Di2 drivetrain,…
Poll: Which is the best looking World Champs bike?
This is the real World Championships - the World Champs of paintjobs! The title that everyone is secretly more interested in. VOTE NOW!
Check out Aaron Gwin’s custom World Champs bike
It's something of a tradition to do a special paintjob for World Championship bikes. This is the bike that Aaron will be piloting at Val…
Rotwild’s electric downhill bike
At Eurobike Rotwild unveiled their new R.G+ FS electric downhill bike. A 200mm travel beast with Brose motor.
Plus size tyres spread to BMX
The SE Bikes OM-Duro sports 27.5+ tyres but it's definitely not a mountain bike. It's a BMX for those of certain age maybe.
Protoype e-MTB from BMC spotted at Eurobike
Spotted at Eurobike and confirmed in a press release from BMC, the as yet unnamed electric mountain bike amongst the sleekest e-MTB we've seen to…
Gallery of cool and weird new stuff from Eurobike
Even though we have seen and heard about a lot of 2017 stuff already there's always plenty more titbits revealed at Eurobike. Some surprises from…
Some interesting new Genesis bikes for you
Amidst the bearded bikepackers and the shaven legged road and cyclocross brigade lurks the new Genesis Tarn 29er and Tarn 27.5+ mountain bikes.
Five highlights from Saracen’s 2017 range
2017 looks like a year of evolution rather than revolution for Saracen. There are still a handful of real changes and a few new models…
The four best bikes from Cube’s 2017 range
We were invited to visit Cube's swish new factory to have a look at the 2017 range. Here are the four key bikes: the Stereo…
New Yeti SB5+ Plus bike
Yeti have released a Plus tyre version of their SB5 trail bike. They've found room for Plus rubber by moving to Boost hubs and an…
The new 2017 Commençal META AM 4.2
The Commencal Meta AM 4.2 is a 160mm travel enduro rig running a 170mm fork up front. It's a bit longer and slacker than the…
The new 170mm Pivot Firebird Carbon
The Pivot Firebird Carbon takes an old model name and throws a whole load of new stuff at it. The result being a 170mm travel…
Another kool kids bike – the Rocky Mountain Reaper
The new Rocky Mountain Reaper takes 26" or 24" wheels and has 130mm rear travel with a 120mm fork up front. A proper full suspension…
The surprise new Intense Recluse
Progressive geometry 140mm travel carbon 27.5 bike. Is it a more aggro Spider 27.5? Or a replacement in-all-but-name of the Tracer? Wherever it fits in…
The all new Focus VICE
Affordable 120mm travel single pivoting machine with impressively modern looking geometry. “Keep it simple and have fun” they say. >>> The best cheap mountain bikes Need…
2017 Specialized Enduro gets major overhaul
More travel, more wheel size options and more Öhlins