MBR December 2011 issue

What’s in the latest issue of MBR?

• UCI gets involved in enduro racing. Will we see an Enduro World Championships in 2013?
• Controversial Glentress Peel visitor centre gets an mbr visit.
• New for 2012: SRAM’s Rise wheels
• New for 2012: Kona Entourage and Tanuki
• New for 2012: We speculate about a new Shimano XTR downhill specific groupset
• New for 2012: Commencal’s stunning looking Meta SL
• Tested: Straitline AMP pedals, 661 Recon Wired helmet, Crank Bros Descender pack, Sombrio X-Float shoes, Specialized Vice helmet, 661 Evo Pressure sui, softshell head2head and Continental Der Kaiser tyre
• The 63rd way to improve your ride as proposed by you, the readers
• Interview with an illegal trail-builder. Burn him or hail him a hero?
• Trail of the Year 2011. The best trails ridden this year, as nominated by the mbr staff and you, the readers.
• A Race for Mad Men; Trans-Provence. Racing against multiple World Champions on hair-raising trails from the Alps to the Med.
• Best of British Trail Centres: Glentress
• Bike Test: £1000 29er hardtails. Everyone’s talking about 29ers, even us, particularly when big wheelers are dominating the hardtail market at the £1k price-point. We test the Cannondale Trail SL 29’er, Charge Cooker Hi and Specialized Carve Comp
• Grouptest: 12 sets of lights go under the spotlight
• Grouptest: 5 mini-floor pumps tested
• 4 free pull-out routes: Quantocks, Clwydian Hills, Mid-Wales and Lake District
• Skills: night-riding skills and linking corners
• Workshop: New Shimano brake bleed

September issue out Wednesday November 16 until December 13

Back in the game: Kona 2012

Commencal's new Meta platform expands

A slew of new products put through the grinder

Which trail claims our Trail of the Year crown for 2011?

Racing the Trans-Provence