Mud tyres, warm gloves, lights, waterproof socks, proper jackets, dim-weather riding glasses and plenty of other items to help you keep riding through rain.
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Maxxis Minion DHF 2.5in WT tyre review
What do you get if you tweak the Maxxis Minion DHF to suit wide rims? This ‘Wide Trail’ version is designed to square off less with the beads stretched out.
Fizik M3B Uomo MTB shoe review
The Fizik M3B Uomo sits near the top of the Italian company's MTB shoe range. A carbon sole offers immense levels of performance and efficiency for racing.
Joe Barnes shredding his local trails. What more do you need to know?
Home In The highlands is a sweet little edit from Canyon that encompasses everything you want in a Joe Barnes flick: he is the shredder's shredder.
How to beat back pain caused by mountain biking
How to identify the four most common kinds of back pain, and how to treat them the physio way so you spend more time on the bike.
Bontrager SE4 Team Issue 2.6in tyre review
The new new, wider Bontrager SE4 - the SE stands for Super Enduro - has a relatively low tread pattern and works best as an aggressive trail tyre.
You only need three things to start mountain biking
Mountain biking is often accused of being an expensive and tech-laden sport. Which is can be. But really, deep down, there's only three essential things.
Would grips work better if they were heavily tapered at the ends?
Sushi Grips claim to offer a more natural and less stressed hand hold on your handlebars by a radically tapered shape at the pinky and ring finger end.
Grizedale Forest PMBA Enduro was a marvellously mucky affair
Check out some primo mudbath attack. Grizedale was a fine way to end another successful season of the Hope-PMBA Enduro series. Well done to all involved!
Arrivals: this week’s new stuff in for review
For those of you who can’t wait until the reviews come out in the magazine or go up online, here’s another in our new series of pre-emptive peeks into recent…
Mojo no longer distributing Fox (and currently selling off stock at cost online)
Longtime UK Fox Suspension distributor Mojo Suspension has announced that it is to stop distribution and warranty support for Fox Suspension products.
Welsh Farming Union “highly concerned” about increasing rights of way access
You're probably excited about the potential for more access to trails. In a not entirely surprising announcement it seems farmers are more wary.
12 things you’ll remember if you were a mountain biker in the 90s
We remember when all this was fields. Fields with race tape around it and handlebars narrower than lollipops. But what were the best bits of 90s MTB?
Scared of doing that jump? Watch this video and conquer that demon
This video from rider Harry Main is trending on YouTube and it's not hard to see why. Despite the F-words it's a really inspirational mini-movie.
Ibis 942 wheels review
We can’t knock the Ibis 942 in terms of quality but it's a high price. And six bolt disc option and narrower rim width might be the better for most…
Hope Tech Enduro wheels review
Apart from the Sapim stainless steel double butted spokes and brass nipples, the rest of the Hope Tech Enduro wheels is made in its factory in Barnoldswick.
Sun Ringlé Düroc wheels review
With four rim widths and all the hardware included for any configuration the Sun Ringlé Düroc has all the bases covered and is killer value for money.
FSA Afterburner Wider wheels review
The FSA Afterburner Wider is really well put together and a good weight, reasonable price and available several axle options and 27.5 and 29in diameters.
How a 41 year old quit her job and went mountain biking around Europe
Cece Moore from Gosport quit her job after she 'found' mountain biking and now travels around Europe looking for the next trail or event to ride.
Dirty Deals: end of season 2017 bikes flog off special
We're breaking with the usual Dirty Deals template this week and bringing you a bunch of 2017 bikes being flogged off at some ridiculous discounts.