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    Whyte Kado Works e-bike

    Whyte launches Kado Works e-bike with a dream build spec, including Fox Podium fork, Hope brakes, and Race Face bar – and it’s £2.5k cheaper than the S-Works Turbo Levo

    • July 26, 2025

    Whyte’s acclaimed Kado e-bike, already one of the best electric bikes on sale, now gets a halo Works version, dressed to the nines in top…

    Merida Big.Nine and Big.Seven hardtail

    New riders need to know about Merida’s latest Big.Nine and Big.Seven hardtail range, it comes in an incredible seven sizes, gets more travel, better geo and starts at £575

    • July 25, 2025

    Bikes with four or even five figure pricetags have become the norm over the past few years, and while I don’t think that means we’re…

    Red Bull Hardline

    Red Bull Hardline Wales: watch Lou Ferguson, Bernard Kerr and Ronan Dunne hitting the biggest features on track

    • July 25, 2025

    Red Bull Hardline Wales is back in Dyfi Valley from 25-27 July, and we can’t wait. Red Bull Hardline is one of the toughest mountain…

    Ard Rock expo

    I’ve been to Ard Rock for 10 years now, here are the 12 things I love best about the UK’s biggest bike festival, and why I’ll be going back in 2026

    • July 25, 2025

    1. Ard Rock is one of our 7 best MTB events to try in 2025, and it’s because of things like this: A new one…

    Giro Montaro III

    Two eyewear holders!… Giro’s latest Montaro III helmet gets more features, new Mips liner, and costs £160

    • July 24, 2025

    Giro has a new lid out called the Montaro Mips III, it’s an updated version of one of the best mountain bike helmets we’ve ever…

    B1ke's Rogate Bike Park

    Wind Hill and Rogate regulars could face 151% price hike this year, but bike park owners B1KE say most riders will actually pay less

    • July 24, 2025

    Regular visitors to Wind Hill and Rogate could pay over twice as much to ride this year, after operators B1KE raised the cost of its…

    Fox Rampage RS helmet

    World-cup winning Fox Rampage RS helmet is now available to buy…but it’ll set you back £550

    • July 23, 2025

    The Fox Rampage RS full-face downhill helmet has already been on the heads of some of 2025’s DH World Cup winners, but it’s now available…

    Santa Cruz Vala AL

    Santa Cruz launches a new e-bike for less than £5,000: Vala AL gets an alloy frame and Bosch CX motor, but it’s one of the heaviest 600Wh battery-equipped bikes I’ve seen

    • July 22, 2025

    Santa Cruz isn’t a brand that does cheap, but its newest e-bike could have us rethinking that idea because it starts from just £4,899. Called…

    MBR Show Fox Podium fork

    Why so many inverted single-crown forks have failed in the past, and why the new Fox Podium deserves to be a success

    • July 21, 2025

    Has Fox cracked the single-crown upside down fork code with the new Podium? Or will it become just another expensive toilet roll holder like so…

    Coed y Brenin visitors centre and trails

    “Appalling” and “unfathomable” – Coed y Brenin visitor centre closed until April 2026, with local community groups and the UK MTB Trail Alliance accusing NRW of unnecessary delays

    • July 20, 2025

    Natural Resources Wales (NRW) has at last begun the search for a new cafe and visitor’s centre operator at Coed y Brenin, more than three…

    BMC 32in wheel prototype

    “Project Fahrenheit” 32in wheel BMC prototype spotted at Andorra, it wasn’t racing but here’s what we know so far

    • July 19, 2025

    Last weekend in Andorra, a 32in wheeled BMC prototype broke cover. Called Project Fahrenheit, it wasn’t actually spotted between the tape, instead the Swiss brand…

    Illegal electric motorcycle trail damage

    The plague of electric motorbikes on our trails: from trail damage to knife threats, the future of mountain biking in the UK could be in jeopardy

    • July 18, 2025

    Mountain bike trails being vandalised or damaged isn’t anything new, but with electric motorbikes gaining in popularity, instances of trail damage and illegal access have…

    Exposure Six Pack light

    The Exposure Six Pack light is one of the best mountain bike lights we’ve ever tested, but also one of the most costly – right now, it’s got £101 off at Balfe’s

    • July 17, 2025

    We’ve been blessed with some glorious weather over the last few weeks here in the UK, and I for one have been out enjoying the…

    YT Industries with the original Capra, latest Decoy SN and the YT Mill in Surrey

    UPDATED: YT Germany enters self administration, but bikes are still for sale globally, including the UK and US

    • July 17, 2025

    After 17 years the original mountain bike disruptor brand has put itself into administration, with Covid, US tariffs and a “key supplier failure” responsible for…

    Breeze into the Forest

    British Cycling and Forestry England join forces to extend riding access in the nation’s forests

    • July 17, 2025

    British Cycling and Forestry England have partnered to develop access to England’s forest for more cyclists. The move supports the National Governing Bodies aim to…

    Bosch CX firmware 100W power update

    Bosch CX riders get more power and torque from today with the latest free firmware update, but I struggled to get the full 100Nm… and I’m not the only one

    • July 15, 2025

    From today riders with Bosch CX motors should get access to more power, extra torque, and the latest EMTB+ mode, all without leaving the relative…

    Faction Bike Company 32in wheel Maxxis Prototype

    We’ve been here before, and I’ve been wrong in the past, but here’s why I think 32in wheels will never roll in MTB

    • July 15, 2025

    I’ve been around long enough to bear the emotional scars of the last wheel size war in mountain biking, but while we’ve enjoyed peace and…

    On holiday in Glacensis, Poland

    “Gateway, not competition” – why 20% of riders are now hiring mountain bikes as well as owning them

    • July 14, 2025

    One in five mountain bike owners have also hired one, according to a survey from Paul’s Cycles in Norfolk, which reckons leasing MTBs could be…

    Singletrack Glacensis trip

    I didn’t have Poland on my list of MTB hot-spots, but the Glacensis region is chock full of great singletrack. And where else can you start your day with a bowl of mushroom porridge?

    • July 13, 2025

    It’s mid-May in Poland. I’m undecided by what I should be wearing, as the forecast suggests it’s about 16º C, but it might also rain,…

    The bike of the future

    They saw it coming: Gearboxes, the rise of DJI, and decoupling hubs were all predicted by industry experts back in 2022: here’s what they got wrong, too…

    • July 12, 2025

    Trying to predict the future of MTB notoriously difficult, few of us can claim we foresaw the huge spike in demand from Covid, the rise…

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    Trek Fuel EX 2026

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