Mondraker Grommy e-balance bike will either amaze or appal you
Throttle-style power via right-hand twistgrip is sure to raise eyebrows... and questionsMondraker Grommy 12"We're not sure what to...
Best mountain bike tyres in 2020: front tyres and rear tyres
Exotic carbon frames and complex suspension are only as good as your bike's contact patch, so get to grips with our tyre test to m...
Look at the backyard bike track Matt Jones built during lockdown
Track can be navigated over 10 different ways and is made up of over 100 tons of dirtLook at the backyard bike track Matt Jones bu...
Why don’t flat pedal shoes have the best features of clipless shoes?
This month’s Star LetterThis month’s Star Letter asks, not unreasonably: "Where is the variety of technical stuff that compani...
Bought your first proper mountain bike? Here are five essential upgrades
Five upgrades that’ll really make it sing. In priority order…If you were lucky enough to get a new bike during the lockdown bi...
10 trailside repair solutions from Lezyne
Punctures and mechanicals are a fact of mountain bike life. Thankfully theses days there are loads of cool and useful things you c...
Dirty Deals: knee pads, saddles, loadsa Schwalbe tyres and more!
We've trawled (and trawled again) the best online bike shops to bring you these beautiesDirty Deals on a Friday again. Shall we do...
Niner’s first ebikes: the 150mm RIP e9 and the 180mm WFO e9
Niner Bikes announce their first e-MTBs. New e9 series of Bosch powered bikes feature 150mm travel RIP e9 and 180mm travel WFO e9N...
BIkepark Wales reopens tomorrow… but read this before you go
The team at Bikepark Wales have been busy preparing to reopen the business to riders after a closure of 3 ½ months due to the Cov...
Where have all the bikes gone?
"We sold a month’s worth of hardtails in the space of about 20 minutes"Online and in-store, everything from hardtails to e-bikes...
Bike theft is up 50%! Here’s how to avoid yours getting nicked
Four of the best mountain bike locks and several practical ways to beat bike thieves (no, not with a big stick)We’ve probably al...
This is Bosch’s idea of the bike of the future
Bosch celebrate the 10th anniversary of the modern e-bike with a look ahead to bikes of the futureBosch's vision for the future in...
Dirty Deals: £20 tyres, £15 gloves, half-price jerseys and much more!
After a bit of a break while the UK's bike shops basically ran out of stock of anything useful or decent, we're back with our lege...
All you need to know about electric mountain bikes
Don’t put it off any longer, because with an e-bike you could be having the best riding experience of your life right now! We gu...
Best places to ride in the World (when lockdown lifts)
37 of the best places to ride in the whole wide worldWe asked various globe-trotting mountain bikers to tell us where they are mos...
Topeak becomes a sponsor of BikePark Wales with trailside tool stations
Extra UK is pleased to announce a new partnership between Topeak and BikePark Wales from July 2020Topeak announces BikePark Wales ...
10 hottest short-travel ‘downcountry’ mountain bikes
Pumped up XC bikes? XXXC bikes? Downcountry? Whatever. They're sub-130mm travel bikes with progressive geometry.Yeti SB115Short on...
How do you get young couch potatoes out into the great outdoors?
Easy – with a mountain bike!Mountain biking is guaranteed to get kids out and about. But which is the right bike? And how do kid...
Covid bike boom leaves e-bikes behind
Bicycle Association calls for e-bike incentives after lockdown sales data reveals explosive growth for lower-priced bikes but e-bi...
New 120mm Transition Spur goes extremely downcountry
“The Spur requires no adjustment to descend like you're used to, you might actually go faster”Transition Spur joins the downco...
