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    Do e bikes have too much power?

    Do you care about big power motors? Is DJI and its 1,000W of power what you’re after on an e-bike, or is reliability more important?

    • June 12, 2025

    If you were to plot a chart for e-bike power over the past 10 years, it might look something like the Apple share price. In…

    E-bike with DJI motor, as generated by chat gpt

    Why you should wait three weeks before ordering a DJI-powered Amflow, plus the four e-bike trends to know about right now

    • June 8, 2025

    There’s never been a better time to ride e-bikes: brands are falling over themselves to offer us deals, while the disruptor DJI is forcing established…

    Stif Cycles bike shop interior

    Local bike shops like Stif and Brixton Cycles are closing left, right, and centre, and as a passionate mountain biker, that makes me sad

    • May 30, 2025

    My favourite local bike shop was called the Rider’s Guild, it extruded good coffee, sold great bikes and organised killer local rides. It did everything…

    Teewing Turbo Force

    Amflow’s natural successor? I get the new DJI-powered Teewing’s Turbo Force on the scales, measure its geometry, and figure out real-world suspension travel

    • May 28, 2025

    The Teewing Turbo Force is one of just six DJI-powered e-bikes on the market right now – it’s been inspired by the Amflow PL Carbon,…

    Guy Kesteven

    My mental battle never ends, but mountain biking is my weapon in the fight against fear and self-loathing

    • May 18, 2025

    I don’t think this is what Jamie Darlow meant when he asked me to “write about your favourite part of mountain biking”. His suggestions were…

    MBR Show – 5 hot new DJI e-bikes

    Every DJI-powered e-bike we know about right now, plus what I think comes next for the Chinese power house

    • May 16, 2025

    Megamo Reason The Megamo Reason will probably be something of a mystery for UK and US riders, as the brand is distributed in mainland Europe…

    The DJI Avinox motor now graces the new Forbidden Druid CorE, Unno Mith and Teewing bikes

    Legislation is coming for your e-bike: it’s not fair but illegal e-bike conversions and yobbo behaviour could ruin it for us all

    • April 24, 2025

    Love them or hate them, e-bikes have probably done more to push cycling into the national consciousness than Bradley Wiggins and Tom Pidcock combined, and…

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    The mountain bike media uses “class-based stereotypes and elitism” to put down new riders down, and lives in its own echo chamber – do better or the sport will atrophy into golf

    • April 7, 2025

    I can’t exactly remember when I first came across the idea that cycling might be the new golf. Executives swapping their drivers for top end…

    The RAI robot bike in action

    That bunny hopping robot bike is just the beginning: AI and machine learning are coming for your mountain bike… but that’s no bad thing

    • March 23, 2025

    Mountain bikers have been leaning on motors and batteries to get us up hills for a while, and GPS systems to get us back home…

    I’ve been testing e-bikes for over a decade, but “vaping, portable speaker wielding” riders and trail erosion are making me wish they’d never been invented

    • March 2, 2025

    E-bikes are pretty amazing, aren’t they? Amazing for all those extra descents you can cram into precious ride time and the fact that you can…

    MBR Show - Motor Madness!!

    Have we become too obsessed with motors and forgotten the importance of the suspension, geometry, and frame design when choosing an e-bike?

    • February 11, 2025

    Everyone seems to be obsessed with motors at the moment. Power and torque numbers have become the new head angle and BB height, with everyone…

    Fort William WC 24

    £30 to watch the downhill?! Why trying to make big money out of mountain bike coverage always fails

    • January 30, 2025

    We’ve all heard about it, watching the World Cup live this year is going to cost a whole lot more money, as mountain biking gets…

    Collage of mountain bikers looking happy and smiling

    Mountain bike industry on its knees? Forget about it, here are seven reasons it’s boom time if you’re a rider

    • January 30, 2025

    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…

    Mathieu van Der Poel (right) and Tom Pidcock (left)

    Why Mathieu van Der Poel will take over from Tom Pidcock as the ‘roadie’s mountain biker’ in 2025

    • January 7, 2025

    Tom Pidcock won’t win a mountain bike World Cup or even finish on the podium in 2025, largely because he won’t actually be at any…

    Hottest trail, enduro, and DH bikes for 2025

    12 most exciting new trail, enduro, and DH bikes for 2025

    • January 6, 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,…

    Coed y Brenin

    An ode to the trail crews, the dig teams and the volunteers that keep us riding all year round

    • January 2, 2025

    Storms, fallen trees and floods. That’s been the reality for many of us over the past month or so. And with that, comes the inevitable…

    2024 a year in review

    From the highs of the Olympics and a newly-formed trail advocacy group, to the lows of an industry in financial woes and storm-damaged trails, 2024 was a roller-coaster ride

    • December 30, 2024

    2024 has been a tumultuous year, and not only in terms of culture, politics, technology, sport, and climate, but actual interesting stuff like riding bikes.…

    Gear of the Year 2024 Mick Kirkman - RockShox Zeb fork, Rapha Gore Tex Trail Pants, e*thirteen Sidekick hub

    Three products helped my riding more than anything else in 2024, here’s why they get my vote for Gear of the Year

    • December 30, 2024

    Downhill racing drives mountain bike innovation like nothing else, and my Gear of the Year 2024 comes straight off the gnarliest tracks on the circuit.…

    Rebecca Bland Gear of the Year 2024

    My Gear of the Year: products that helped me progress and improve on the bike in 2024

    • December 28, 2024

    2024 has been a pretty epic year of riding for me. There has been a whole host of new, cool stuff from suspension to cameras…

    Guy Kesteven gear of the year 2024

    In a year of endless tech developments and electronic gizmos, my 2024 MTB Gear of the Year goes back-to-basics with not a battery in sight

    • December 27, 2024

    Considering how many thousands of bikes I’ve ridden since my first bike test in MBR issue #3 in 1997, the fact that a pair of…

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    Buyer's guides

    Should I use flat or clipless pedals and shoes for mountain biking

    Best budget mountain bike shoes: Top footwear under £100/$120

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    Best MTB mini-pumps; portable and powerful puncture-savers

    Best hydration packs for mountain biking: small, medium and large backpacks

    best clip-in and flat shoes

    Best mountain bike shoes: ultimate footwear for both flat and clipless pedal

    Best 160mm suspension forks

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    Reviews

    Shimano XTR brake M9220

    Shimano’s most expensive brakes were also their worst IMHO, but the new XTR has finally fixed that wandering bite point

    Giant Trance X Advanced 1

    I tested the original Giant Trance 20 years ago: the latest Trance X has the same peppy feel and it’s one of the smoothest and fastest trail bikes around

    Shimano XTR Di2 M9200

    I tested Shimano’s new wireless groupset: it shifts faster than SRAM, uses a hidden battery, and boasts a party trick XC racers, enduro riders and weekend warriors alike are going to love

    Yeti MTE e-bike

    Yeti’s new MTE doesn’t have the hottest e-bike motor, and needs a few mods to unlock its full potential, but I couldn’t help falling for its brilliant suspension

    Pivot Trailcat LT

    Marmite on wheels: the Pivot Trailcat LT is either a short travel enduro shredder, or an overdamped and overbuilt trail bike, depending on which of us you chat to

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