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Pivot Mach 6 redesigned but remains 27.5″
Pivot has retained the agile 27.5” wheel standard for its 2021 Mach 6, but nearly everything else has been updated. The American brand believes that…
Knolly’s Chilcotin finally adds big wheels
Knoll has finally modernised its Chilcotin, creating two potent new enduro bikes. The Canadian boutique brand now offers the Chilcotin with 29” wheels, a significant…
Specialized has made a £999 carbon balance bike
If your toddler has bike envy, Specialized has the answer. What started as a very unlikely set of sketches has matured into a radically light…
Cane Creek’s new gold standard DB
Cane Creek was a pioneer of twin tube damper design for mountain bike rear suspension. The American component brand launched its original double barrel (DB)…
Hot stuff: what we’re excited about this month
Past month in MTB tech brings us a TLD winter clobber, very Specialized rubber, foaming Peaty, small Scouts, rubber pedals, red helmets, yellow glasses and…
Where do women stand in MTB now?
Shoulder to shoulder? As valued equals enjoying postive experiences or sidelined extras on the end of male chauvinism? Julia Hobson investigates.
Marin adds Shimano EP8 power to its 150mm Alpine Trail
Marin has ventured into the e-bike with a Shimano assisted version of its Alpine Trail. The Californian company’s first e-bike runs a mullet wheel size…
Curated Cranks are where boutique bikes sell online
Selling a mountain bike is never easy. That curated build and all those cherished riding memories can make it a strangely testing experience. Online sales…
You’ll definitely take a shine to this custom Whyte e-bike
Who here hasn’t yearned for a totally unique-looking bike? Something you’re guaranteed never to see the like of on the trails, a bike that’s unmistakably…
MacAskill now has a signature Endura helmet
Trails and technical mountain biking phenom, Danny MacAskill, has a new signature lid. Endura has announced that it will be producing and marketing a signature…
Free Bikes 4 Kids: spreading two-wheel love across South Wales
Mike Jones’s garden in Newport looks like a second hand bike shop, hundreds of MTBs jostle for position alongside swings, peek out from behind shrubs…
Never get sick: how to stay healthy on your mountain bike
Never get ill? Well, nearly anyway. Here’s how to minimise your time off the bike with illness and beat those pesky pathogens.
Cyber Monday deals on mountain bike trousers: from only £40
If there's one item of bike apparel that has revolutionised riding in the past couple of years it's mountain bike trousers. They shouldn't work but…
Pace reveals 170mm aluminium e-bike prototype
Pace might be renowned for its progressive steel hardtails, but of late the brand has been developing product beyond its traditional offering. Read more: Black…
Canfield goes big with two new 29er enduro bikes
Followers of American gravity brand Canfield will be thrilled with its two latest releases. Read more: Best enduro mountain bikes in 2021, 150 to 170mm…
Sterling silver for Manitou’s enduro fork
The 1990s revival in mountain bike colourways has brought silver back into focus. With silver becoming the new black, brands are making more shinier components…
Enve goes alloy
If you desire the status of an Enve faceplate, the American component brand is now offering that privilege at a reduced price point. Although Enve…
5 mistakes new riders make (and how to avoid them)
Everyone remembers a disaster ride. Even if it was something of a disaster it was no doubt a memorable one. Here are some classic MTB…
New Ducati TK-01RR e-enduro bike packs 170mm Ohlins suspension
Celebrated Italian moto brand, Ducati, has revealed its latest e-bikes, including a new e-enduro derivative called the Ducati TK-01RR.