Pivot has launched two new trail bikes with the same chassis: the Trailcat SL and Trailcat LT. The models replace the Trail 429 and Trail…
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Whyte’s E-180 RSX has a dream build-spec, a big battery, and a tried-and-tested Bosch motor for £5.5k
Stop the press! Could this be the steal of the century? Whyte’s latest E-180 RSX is a super-enduro downhill-dominating e-bike with a dream spec for…
This Moustache e-bike frame is made from cast aluminium, is bolted together down the middle, has a step-through layout, and uses a funky unified rear triangle suspension design
Joining Haibike in the quest to make step-through frame designs great again is Moustache, with a rival mixte e-mtb design that goes one step further…
Mountain bike industry on its knees? Forget about it, here are seven reasons it’s boom time if you’re a rider
The bike industry is in pretty bad shape, every week we hear about another brand struggling to sell its bikes or bits. Most recently it…
I’m excited for the new Forbidden e-Dreadnought, but what’s it going to look like? And which are the other brands developing a DJI-powered e-bike?
Forbidden’s new e-bike will get a DJI Avinox motor, if social media posts by the brand’s founder, Owen Pemberton, are any indication. That much we…
Get ready for some monumental e-bike deals, as Husqvarna and GasGas withdraw from the UK and most of Europe, and look to offload stock
Husqvarna and GasGas e-bikes could soon go on sale with mega discounts in the UK, as PNM, which owns the brands, pulls out from markets…
Haibike’s Alltrail Low has no top tube, a Bosch CX motor, ABS brakes, and the freedom to wear ball gowns, dresses, or kilts on your local trails
Haibike is not known for being a shrinking violet when it comes to the design of its e-bikes, but the German brand has built something…
Cotic’s new BFe and its glow in the dark paint job will have you plotting night rides
Everyone’s favourite steel-framed mountain bike brand is at it again. Cotic has updated the BFe hardtail (which has now replaced the BFeMAX) and alongside a…
6-bar linkage, gearbox, belt drive, high pivot, idler, custom geo – Atherton Bikes’s new A.200G prototype wins the downhill bike bingo
The Athertons have been involved in World Cup racing for over 20 years, first as riders and later as team owners. And according to the…
This could be the biggest payday in mountain biking! There’s €100k up for grabs for the first rider to win a World Cup on a Gates belt drive – equivalent to winning 27 World Cups back-to-back!
One rider will scoop €100,000 in 2025, prize money for winning a World Cup race using a belt drive and gearbox bike, making history as…
UPDATE! Is Atherton Bikes working on a downhill race bike with a gearbox and belt drive? Instagram post shows gearbox bike in testing
A short teaser video has appeared on the Athertons’ YouTube channel offering glimpses of what looks like a gearbox downhill frame project. Entitled ‘A.200G –…
YT’s new Izzo is done with down-country – gets more fork travel and burlier components, but the weight creeps up
YT has grown the Izzo into a proper trail bike, increasing fork travel, the burliness of its components and the overall weight of the direct-sales…
Is this the future of lightweight e-bikes? New motor and battery system could build into 14kg e-mtb
Just when we thought DJI had killed off the mid-power e-bike with its uber powerful, yet compact and lightweight DJI Avinox drive unit, than a…
12 most exciting new trail, enduro, and DH bikes for 2025
It’s easy to get blinkered by e-bikes these days, but to do that would be to miss out on a pot pourri of exciting, innovative,…
Unboxing the £5,999 Amflow PL Carbon – what does it really weigh? And does the geometry match the claimed numbers?
What did you get for Christmas? I hope it was what you’d asked Santa for. Me? Well, I got the hottest new e-bike on the…
The Mondraker Dune RR and YT Decoy SN Core 4 both have their strengths and weaknesses, but which one is the best lightweight e-enduro bike?
YT claims its Decoy SN is the “best enduro bike it’s ever made”, which is saying something coming from a brand with the Capra on…
E-biking is one of the fastest growing sports in the world according to Garmin data, with e-MTB rides surging 18% in 2024
E-biking is one of the fastest growing outdoor activities in the world according to data from Garmin, which reckons the number of completed mountain bike…
The UK will get Specialized’s down-country Chisel Comp Evo, and it’s better value than expected
Last week I flagged up Specialized’s latest launch – a Chisel trail bike that had been given the Evo treatment – but lamented the lack…
Canyon offering partial refunds on Spectral:ON and Torque:ON e-bikes affected by battery stop ride notice, with solution on track for February
In November Canyon issued a stop ride notice on all of its Spectral:ON CF and Torque:ON CF models after a potential fire-risk was identified with…
Nukeproof’s award-winning Reactor trail bike seems to have come back from the dead as the On-One Atomic
Nukeproof enjoyed a legion of fans before owners Wiggle/CRC were sold to Frasers Group last year, and the core team behind the brand lost their…