Mountain Bike Rider

Pump tracks are everywhere, from skills zones to city centres — here’s how to give yourself a workout, pump up your trail riding skills and generally whoop it up

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When you look at a technical trail, it’s often easy to become overwhelmed by the features and obstacles in your path. Your eyes are drawn straight to all the things…

Three national bike parks and three regional trail centres combining to boast over 150km of expertly sculpted XC and DH trails, all within 90 mins drive of each other… could…

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Shimano SLX M7000 brings 11-speed shifting and high-performance disc braking to a more affordable level. Will the new SLX be as well-received as its first incarnation was back-in-the-day? The new SLX…

Two years after unveiling XTR Di2, the Japanese giant has today released details of XT Di2. Electrical cables instead of wire ones. No more mis-shifts. Buzzing. Words by Benjamin Haworth

Don’t curse their roots next time you’re out riding — mountain bikers need trees like fish need water. Here are five reasons why.

Nobody likes walking up hills. Not only do you miss out on the satisfaction of making it to the top of a climb, but you also have to endure a…

The Sandstone Way is a something new — the UK’s first signposted long-distance mountain-bike specific route. Deep in Northumberland, it describes 120 miles of largely off-road riding between Berwick-upon-Tweed and…

Garmin's two new action cams, the VIRB X and the VIRB XE, have put it in direct competition with GoPro, but how will they stack up?