99 seconds of the tightest riding you'll have seen all year, as you watch Rémy Métailler and Tomas Slavik try to fit down impossible staircases.…
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Six videos that will make you want a trail dog
Four-legged furry friends having a blast with their two-legged two-wheeled buddies in a selection of vids that will have you down the dog home ASAP.
Gear of the Year
Join us for a closer look at 2017’s best products, as chosen by our experienced panel of editors and testers. This is our Gear of…
Star Wars speeder bike goes mountain biking
What would it look like if a speeder bike from Star Wars was taken out on a modern mountain bike trail? Well, it'd look a…
Now you can get a custom Specialized in the UK
If you’ve ever hankered after a new Enduro or Stumpjumper, but just didn’t want to be the same as everyone else, then this might just…
Arrivals: this week’s new stuff in for review
Yep, it’s your weekly sneak peak through the portcullis of castle MBR to drool at the exciting new products that have been catapulted over the…
Kielder Forest, Northumberland trail centre guide
Situated in the darkest corner of England, Kielder Forest has wilderness riding unmatched by any other trail centre and starry skies to ride under.
What happened to the UK’s indoor bike park dream?
Dirt Factory in Manchester and Sheffield Bike Park have tantalised us for years with visions of indoor bike parks, but both exist still only on…
Sick Bikes’ Have Blue is like nothing you’ve ever seen before
Tired of conventional? With its have Blue ti/carbon hybrid, Sick Bikes may have the answer.
How and why you should do a bit of trail maintenance
Trails all gone gloopy? Don’t reach for the bike, grab a shovel and do some trail maintenance instead. Keep your singletrack single.
Gisburn Forest has a new red-grade trail
Gisburn has a new red-grade trail called The Long Way Down to tempt you away from the over-subscribed Hully Gully rollercoaster
Dirty Deals: Shimano disc brakes, Race Face apparel, Five Ten Freeriders and much more!
This week sees our regular Dirty Deals series ignoring the seasonal themed deals of the past two weeks and returning to the classic something-for-everyone vibe.
Canyon unveils all-new revamped Spectral for 2018
The 2018 Canyon Spectral, the German direct-to-market brand's venerable mid-travel trail ripper has received a much-needed revamp.
IMBA is not supporting moves to allow mountain biking in American wilderness
IMBA has stirred a veritable hornet's next with an announcement that it is opposed to proposed legislation to allow bikes in American wilderness areas.
2017’s Perfect Products
Here are the twenty five of the best mountain bike products that received a 10/10 rating from us in 2017.
Rocky Mountain have re-made Wade Simmons’ iconic Pipedream and it’s fabulous
Rocky Mountain have given freeride legend Wade Simmons an early Christmas present: a modern reworking of his famous purple Pipeline.
New five-day european enduro for 2018, the Trans Madeira
After a well-received 2017 round of the EWS comes news of new Trans Madeira multi-day enduro race taking place on Madeira in June 2018.
When will Strava have mountain biking as a specific activity?
We reckon it's high time there was a specific 'mountain bike' category on Strava. Consider this the beginning of a campaign. Or just a big…
Homegrown hardtails: Nukeproof vs Orange vs Whyte
UK woodland is the natural habitat of humble hardcore hardtails, so we've picked three Brit-built rigs to hammer around our home turf.
Stacy Kohut, the world’s fastest mountain biker on four wheels
Profile of off-road wheelchair rider Stacy Kohut.