So this popped up in our feed this morning courtesy of Vitus Cycles’ busy horde of social media overlords… It’s all fairly “so what?” to begin with. But then the fun…
Mountain Bike Rider
Another ‘ard riding ‘ardtail from the North – the Morf from Stif
Stif have been part of the UK mountain bike world for an awful long time. 30 years to be exact. The Morf is their first bike and it looks like…
Boardman Team FS (2016) review
The last time we tested the Team FS we complained that our knees knocked on the upper shock linkage and that the 130mm travel suspension felt too comfort focused, lacking…
Pole Evolink 140 29 EN (2016) review
While we’re constantly hearing about bikes getting longer, lower and slacker the reality is rarely radical. With two notable exceptions. These are Mojo’s Nicolai-built Geometron and the Pole that you…
How to fit your narrow wide chainring
Our friendly and house-trained bike mechanic Al Vines is here to guide through the process of going 1x. Tools you will need Soft faced mallet Cable cutters Chainring bolt tool…
27km waymarked MTB route proposed for East Manchester
The plan is to help riders explore and navigate their way around existing bike-legal tracks and trails. Minimise the map reading headaches and maximise the ease of access. Stalybridge resident…
Poll: What do you enjoy most about riding?
The results will go in the next issue of the magazine. We’re a broad church at mbr. Just like the wide world of mountain biking we like a bit of…
Scotts on Scots yachts in Lochs
Head out to Scotland with the Trippin Fellaz to sail from isle to isle in search of untouched singletrack! Okay so technically there aren’t any Lochs in his vid. But…
MBR August 2016
Want the latest MBR delivered to your door every month? Check out our latest subscription offer – save 34% in our summer sale, or try MBR’s digital editions on iPad,…
Calibre Bossnut (2016) review
Guaranteed to put a massive smile on your face every time you take it for a blast
MTB legend Greg Herbold retires
In a fabulously retro-shot press release from Herbold’s sponsor, SRAM/Rockshox, the 1990 World Champion has today announced his retirement. >>> Iconic mtb moments in new RockShox film (VIDEO) Press Release SRAM, RockShox bid…
Results and 20 minute video from EWS Rd4 at La Thuile
Richie Rude continues to dominate the Enduro World Series with a comfortable victory at Round 4 in La Thuile, Italy. In the women’s racing, after Round 3’s one-off victory from Tracy…
New candidate for scariest trail in the world – Mitterhorn Madness
Move over Sedona's bonkers White Line trail there's a new trail in town. You have to watch this video taken by Alpinepics.com of a rider teetering his way down a…
Dirty deals: helmets, tyres, GoPros and much more
Welcome to a new series of bargain scoping that we’re going to call Dirty Deals! Every week we’ll be rounding up the keenest deals and most eyebrow-raising offers that we’ve come…
Pokemon Go players straying on to MTB trails
As you’re no doubt all sick of hearing, Pokemon Go is slowly taking over the world. Mountain biking is no longer a way of escaping from the Jigglypuff madness. We’ve…
Uncontainable BMXer Bezanson making the move over to MTB
27 year old Canadian Drew Bezanson believes he can make a successful switch to mountain bike slopestyle stuff. Bezanson is the rider in the video above doing crazy things with a…
Olympic MTB medallists return to race the London 2012 track this weekend
All three London 2012 Mountain Bike medallists will return to the Olympic course at Hadleigh Park to have a rerun race this Sunday, July 31st. The event is called Hadleigh Park…
Seven things we learned from La Thuile EWS
Last weekend’s round of the Enduro World Series in La Thuile, Italy saw some of the most technical and dangerous racing action yet in EWS. What else of note happened during the…
11 radical 29ers to finally convince the doubters
The big wheeling comeback continues. 29ers had a bad start in life – caused by poor geometry rather than larger wheels – and for some narrow-minded riders out there they’re still…
E-bike specific tyres from Kenda – E-xcuse me?
Is this a case of simply rebadging some Downhill tyres with the latest buzzword, or there actually something to this announcement of EMC (E-Mountain Casing) tyres from Kenda? And perhaps…