It's Friday afternoon so it must be time to slack off for a bit and hoover up all the best little bits of mountain biking…
News
Bird go looong and go carbon with new Aether 9C
Bird Aether 9C is a carbon 29er trail bike with 130mm of rear suspension, a 65° head angle, 78° seat angle, 430mm chainstays and 541mm…
Check out Advnture: new website celebrating the great outdoors
The newly launched Advnture.com is the home of outdoor inspiration and buying advice. It’s designed to provide the knowledge you need to get out there…
Why the new EXT ERA fork has two positive chambers (and a £1590 price tag)
EXT ERA fork carries a lot of tech and has price tag to match. Unique spring system claims unparelled levels of consistency throughout the stroke.
Yamaha YDX-MORO e-bike knows when you are riding uphill
Yamaha first made a power assist electriv bike in 1993. Now 27 years later they unveil the Yamaha YDX-MORO range of modern electric mountain bikes.
Garmin issues statement on recent cyber attack outage
Last week brought you news of a potential ransomware attack on Garmin's online services. Here's the latest info from Garmin themselves.
MTB history lesson: how DH racing technique has changed since the 90s
Taking a look at how mountain bike technique has evolved over decades, from the sat-down pedalling style of the 90s to the stable upper body…
Dirty Deals: facemasks, mud tyres, helmets and more!
Welcome to this week's best bike bargains on the web. We have facemasks, dropper posts, wheels, helmets, magnetic bottles, mud tyres and oil slicks.
The best things we’ve seen this week
New series where we bring you up to speed with all the week's best bits of mountain bike tittle-tattle. Friday afternoons just got that little…
Garmin Connect hacked and held hostage to ransomware?
Garmin Connect app has been offline since yesterday and there are various tech news sites reporting that the reason is a ransomware hacking attack.
New Orbea Alma comes with an optional rigid fork
With the Orbea Alma the company has redesigned its XC race whippet with a new frame, new graphic options, and – if you're hard enough…
Details of new YT Capra Elite and YT Decoy Elite
Following on the 'Shred' coil-sprung versions of the Capra and Decoy, YT have just revealed details of high-end air-sprung 'Elite' versions them too.
Will the Mountain Bike World Championships be the only racing we’ll see this year?
After consulting the UCI, organisers have now officially announced the schedule for the 2020 Mountain Bike World Championships on 7-11 October.
Stunning 35th anniversary limited edition Yeti ARC costs £8,999
Yeti ARC 35th Anniversary Edition: painted in classic Yeti Turquoise and yellow and littered with custom matching parts harkening it back to the 90s heyday.
12 classic mountain bike crashes we’ve all had
You can't really call yourself a true mountain biker until you've had - or at least witnessed - all of the following twelve mountain bike…
Hot stuff: what we’re excited about this month
Hot stuff! This is what we’re excited about this month: big sprockets, pumps for speed, trucker caps, monster tyres, foot spas and more.
Dirty Deals: knee sleeves, cheap jacket, bikepacking bits and more!
This week's bargain biking bonanza involves a bit of bikepacking. What the heck is that you ask? Basically off-roiad touring with cmaping stuff.
Lockdown has seen a run on back-to-basics hardtails that do it all
Cotic’s new bike is called the BFeMAX, built from Reynolds 853 steel it’s what we call a hardcore hardtail, and can take up to a…
Giro Manifest new Spherical technology just made helmets safer
It’s fair to say that Giro’s new Manifest Spherical lid is unusual looking, with a two tone colour it almost looks as though its two…
Cwmcarn’s new blue trail opens up trail centre to every level of rider
It’s 2.3km of descent, taking in steep-sided berms and a couple of tunnels under existing trails and making Cwmcarn a more attrative prospect for new…