The best bikes, the hottest kit and the most exciting places to ride of 2016.
Mountain Bike Rider
Altura Attack One80 short review
The Altura Attack One80 short is intended as a summer riding short — lightweight, no nonsense and great value.
How to install a disc brake
Sometimes new disc brakes require a hose trim while setting up — here’s how.
Rocky Mountain Slayer 770 MSL (2017) first ride
The latest Rocky Mountain Slayer eats trails for tea and cleanses its palate with boulders and rubble.
How to sort loose or seized cleats
Here we’ll show you how to successfully remove, adjust and replace cleats and make it easier next time round.
Women’s mountain bike skills tutorials with Leigh Donovan
Pro rider Leigh Donovan has made some skills videos aimed specifically at female riders and women's mountain bike skills improvement.
Women’s specific Black Friday mountain bike deals
Here’s our pick of the top Black Friday mountain bike deals for women. >>> The best Black Friday mountain bike deals 2018 Clothing, backpacks, helmets, saddles and anything and everything…
Blessingbourne, Northern Ireland
This is where it all started for Northern Ireland’s trail centres. Blessingbourne was the first purpose-built mountain bike trail centre in Northern Ireland.
The 2017 mbr Adventure Cross Series dates and details
The mbr Adventure Cross Series features interesting and challenging multi-terrain rides across trails, bridleways and lanes.
Celebrate Halloween with these five ghoulish rides
Get your freaky ride on with any of these spooky loops available via free GPS download. Don’t forget to pack garlic and a crucifix in your CamelBak!
Trek Remedy WSD 8 (2016) first ride
Trek’s WSD Remedy 8 uses the exact same geometry as the unisex Remedy — so no messing around with a shape that works to make it ‘suitable’ for the female
What’s the music that gets you riding?
Whether we want it in our head or not, having a song playing on loop in your head during a ride is a familiar experience for all cyclists.
Troy Lee Designs Sprint glove review
The Troy Lee Designs Sprint glove is a lighter, more trail-focused glove than the Troy Lee Air we've tested before.
MBR November 2016
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Do you Strava boast? Relax you’re not a narcissist
Do you use Strava, Facebook and Twitter to trumpet your riding prowess? Relax you’re not a narcissist... well, not much
4 routes with a proper summit
Four free route downloads that take right to the very top of things in Exmoor, Yorkshire Dales, Scotland and Snowdonia.
Are carbon wheels worth the extra money?
Carbon wheels are lusted after but should you splash the cash or save your dough?
What can we learn from horse riders?
Get organised, look after your ride and set up your steed with a few tips from those horsey types
Lapierre Overvolt AM800 Carbon electric bike (2017) first ride
Once at the bottom, it’s not a battle to cruise back to the top at 20kph and do it all over again!
Four reasons to buy Shimano XT Di2 (and a few reasons not to)
With a £1k price tag, Shimano XT Di2 is not exactly cheap but it's not astronomically more than other high end drivetrains. Here are the pros and cons of switching…