I’ve tested trail bikes for 20 years, and while performance has never been better there can only be one winner of our 2025 Trail Bike of the Year award…
Trail Bike of the Year 2025What are the best direct sales bikes in 2025? I test the Propain Hugene, Canyon Spectral CF 9, Privatee...
Are World Cup fans tuning out of Discovery+ and TNT Sports after the £30.99 a month paywall, and turning to social media instead?
Watching the World Cup on a MacBook through social mediaWarner Brothers Discovery figures show 56 million views for World Cup raci...
Trek updates the Fuel EXe with more power, bigger battery and a new name, Fuel+ while existing EXe owners can retrofit the TQ HPR60 motor too
Trek Fuel+ EXThe Trek Fuel+ gets TQ’s HPR60 motor and 580Wh battery, while existing EXe riders can upgrade to the new power unit...
I spotted Deviate’s new Kurgan e-bike hiding in plain sight at the Ard Rock enduro: with a high-pivot suspension design and 165mm travel it could be Scotland’s answer to the Forbidden Druid CorE
Deviate Kurgan e-bikeThe Deviate Kurgan hasn’t even launched yet, but that didn’t stop it drawing a crowd at Ard Rock this yea...
Lou Ferguson’s ride at Red Bull Hardline Wales 2025 was a turning point for mountain biking, and I can’t wait to see what comes of it
Louise FergusonLouise Ferguson's top-to-bottom race run made history at the weekend, becoming the first woman to compete in the fi...
Propain’s new Hugene is a “specialist” trail bike with less travel and a new geometry
Propain Hugene 2025A short-travel trail ripper that's not an all-mountain or downcountry bike? Propain has updated its short trave...
The Rapha Summer Sale is live, I kitted myself out with a mountain biking outfit and saved a staggering £240 – here’s how you can too
Rapha has launched its Summer Sale, and there is big reductions on some of its best mountain biking kit. The iconic British cyclin...
SL e-bikes aren’t dead yet! Instinctiv’s Ocelot is light, stealthy, and gets a Swiss motor you’ve probably never heard of
Instinctiv Ocelot e-bike with Maxon Bikedrive Air motorUnder 19kg with a 2kg motor promising over 600W peak power, the carbon Inst...
Canyon’s Neuron:ON e-bike is surprisingly fun to ride, and the new CLLCTV edition looks even more of a hoot, but two things immediately put me off
Canyon Neuron:ON CLLCTVWith extra brawn and bags of attitude, the Neuron:ON CLLCTV adds a spicy new option to Canyon's e-bike rang...
98% of us ride illegal trails, and most of us do it regularly, according to our latest poll: just why do footpaths, cheeky tracks, and loamers hold sway over bridleways?
The reality of riding in the UK and beyond is that few riders adhere to the rules – maybe because they are so out-of-date.74% of...
Whyte launches Kado Works e-bike with a dream build spec, including Fox Podium fork, Hope brakes, and Race Face bar – and it’s £2.5k cheaper than the S-Works Turbo Levo
Whyte Kado Works e-bikeWith a money-no-object spec, Whyte goes to the next level with the Works version of the already accomplishe...
New riders need to know about Merida’s latest Big.Nine and Big.Seven hardtail range, it comes in an incredible seven sizes, gets more travel, better geo and starts at £575
Merida Big.Nine and Big.Seven hardtailMerida overhauled its Big.Nine and Big.Seven hardtail range with a huge range of choices, fr...
Red Bull Hardline Wales: watch Lou Ferguson, Bernard Kerr and Ronan Dunne hitting the biggest features on track
Red Bull Hardline 2025Red Bull Hardline, the biggest racing weekend in mountain biking, is back for 2025... here's everything you ...
Behind the brands: Former Frameworks Cycles builder launches its own MTB label, with a titanium and 3D printed hardtail made in Scotland
Method FrameworkFive Land Bikes made prototypes for Frameworks Cycles and welds production bikes for Cotic and more… now it’s ...
I’ve been to Ard Rock for 10 years now, here are the 12 things I love best about the UK’s biggest bike festival, and why I’ll be going back in 2026
Ard Rock is the biggest UK MTB festival, but that's not what keeps drawing me back...Ard Rock is this weekend, thousands of riders...
Two eyewear holders!… Giro’s latest Montaro III helmet gets more features, new Mips liner, and costs £160
Giro Montaro IIIThe Giro Montaro Mips III has been rebooted for 2025, but as I only ride with one pair of glasses on it’s useles...
Wind Hill and Rogate regulars could face 151% price hike this year, but bike park owners B1KE say most riders will actually pay less
B1ke's Rogate Bike ParkWind Hill, Rogate and Tidworth unlimited membership package now costs £485, up from £193: B1KE says incre...
World-cup winning Fox Rampage RS helmet is now available to buy…but it’ll set you back £550
Fox Rampage RS helmetIt's 250g lighter, 5% more aero but all this tech comes at a costThe Fox Rampage RS full-face downhill helmet...
From weekend riders to the Athertons, how FSA’s Gradient range is designed to suit all riders
FSA Gradient rangeFSA’s Gradient range has been revamped for gravity riders - inspired and developed with none other than the At...
Why so many inverted single-crown forks have failed in the past, and why the new Fox Podium deserves to be a success
MBR Show Fox Podium forkManitou, RockShox, Marzocchi and more have tried to make a decent upside down single-crown fork – can Fo...
