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Blast from the past: 2009 Specialized Pitch Pro
This year’s Pitch Pro once again comes in sepia-like tones of brown and with the opinion-dividing double-swooped downtube design. Specialized has been evolving its FSR…
Mongoose Teocali Elite – bike review
The beefy 6061 aluminium Teocali is now some four years old, and for 2009 the 145mm-travel Elite comes with a bigger volume air can on…
Giant Reign 2 – bike review
The refinement of the Reign continues and this year sees Giant pointing it slightly more downhill than previously. We feel this is a good move…
Cannondale Prophet (2009) review
The still proudly sports its ‘made in the USA’ badge and a look that has essentially been around since the 90s, as well as its…
Lapierre Zesty 314 – bike review
Long term testing of the Lapierre Zesty 314 mountain bike continues, with Andy Waterman's second installment...…
MBR Reader photos – Flickr Group
Share your Mountain Biking photos with us in the MBR Flickr group
SNOW JOKE!
"Honest Boss, there was so much snow we couldn't even get out the house on Monday!" Yeah right...
Keeping Pace
Pace’s latest demo day at Dalby Forest, with new bike shop Big Bear Bikes, went sour last weekend when four bikes were stolen from owner…
Moor Bikes demo Pivot
Buying a bike without riding it first can be a bit of a gamble, so retailer Moor Bikes has set up in a different way,…
Longtermer testing
We've been away for a while, but don't worry, we've been busy - here's the evidence.
Back on tour
Specialized and Giant have teamed up once again for the Test-the-Best demo tour 2009, with five dates and venues across England, Scotland and Wales.
VAT cats
Cycling clubs across the UK could be in line for thousands of pounds of VAT repayments, following a landmark ruling by the European Court of…
Suspending Disbelief
If anyone's been having trouble finding the extended version of the suspension interviews from our Summer issue, click here...
New Orange Bikes at Eurobike
Here's a selection of new Oranges, as spotted at Eurobike
Forest of Dean fun
We bunked off en-masse on Friday to go riding in the forest of Dean — here's what went down. In order we have Andy Waterman…
OLYMPICS — Men’s XC race
A report from the Men's XC race on August 23rd. The Brit boys did us proud!
OLYMPICS — XC race line-ups confirmed
With just a day to go until the mountain bike races get underway, the organisers have confirmed the starting line-ups in the women’s and men’s…
OLYMPICS — Coe hails Hadleigh choice
Among the dignitaries catching the Brit gold run at the Laoshan velodrome was Lord Coe, head of the London 2012 organising committee. Our Beijing correspondent…
Cannondale sharpens Olympic Scalpel
Roel Paulissen, Jakob Fuglsang and Kashi Leuchs of the Cannondale-Vredestein Mountain Bike Racing Team will compete in Beijing on special superlight Olympic Edition Scalpels, Cannondale…