If there’s a cost of living crisis facing many of the biggest economies in the world, with food prices and energy costs eating into disposable income, then it clearly hasn’t reached mountain biking’s ...
The best trail bike of 2025 isn’t necessarily the lightest, the one with the trickiest drivetrain, or even the fastest. Instead it’s the machine that best balances all those elements and more: quite ...
The Kado is a brilliant do it all e-bike, if you're into descending I don't think there are many 150mm travel bikes that can touch it for pace The Kado is now Whyte’s go to e-bike for most riders, ...
• Other 140mm bikes feel much more assured in really rough enduro terrain • After trying all the geometry adjustments, you’d have to say Giant got it right in the first place, although the reach ...
There are two levels of the Specialized 3.1 motor in the new Turbo Levo. Spend big bucks on the £12,500 S-Works version and you get access to the full potential of the Specialized-designed, ...
Transition’s new Regulator comes with a Bosch Performance CX Gen 5 motor, or the lightweight SX, it gets 150mm travel, a full carbon frame and superlative RockShox Ultimate suspension. Bosch’s new CX ...
RockShox’s Super Deluxe rear shock has looked pretty much the same since its current form launched in 2023. It’s black, it has a piggyback reservoir, and because it comes as standard on many bikes, it ...
Merida e-bikes have always been synonymous with Shimano motors, so this Bosch SX-powered eOne-Sixty SL is a seismic shift for both manufacturers. That’s not the absolute lightest for the mid-power ...
Santa Cruz has nailed almost everything on the Heckler SL, and we were smitten with the ride quality, but at 7.6k it's just too expensive, and the Fazua Ride 60 system isn't as reliable as it should ...
Most of the newest and sexiest bikes for 2025 have already been released, with blistering new models in every segment of the market from budget full-suspension right the way through to full-on World ...
Better tyres, brakes and settings from Norco's Ride Aligned setup guide would definitely help elevate the performance of the Fluid VLT C2. Most mountain bike brands like to have one suspension design ...
Light on the bars, heavy on the stopping, Hope’s latest mix-and-match XCR E4 disc brake makes an excellent lightweight trail / XC set-up. Hope’s minimalist XCR carbon lever started out mated to an X2 ...