Take a step back from all the frantic EWS and World Cup DH vids and spend a couple of mins watching some pleasure biking. Variety is the spice of life…
Mountain Bike Rider
5 free routes near Glasgow, Brighton, Cardiff, London and Leeds
The UK’s urban fringe hosts some incredible riding, here’s our pick of the best city rides. Video: Marcelo Gutierrez Manizales urban downhill Glasgow, Scotland 27km (16 miles) Pollok Park in the…
New GoPro Hero 5 accidentally leaked in How-To Video?
Leaked 9 second clip of the back of the new GoPro Hero 5 reveals a colour touch screen. Okay, so we can ‘t see the front of the new GoPro…
What does a ‘500% gear range’ mean and why are drivetrain companies boasting about their percentages?
Some manufacturers are starting to quote percentage numbers when talking about wide-range cassettes: for example SRAM’s new Eagle 12-speed cassette has a gear range of 500% and the E13 TRS+…
Who is this roadie Sagan and why is he racing in the Olympic MTB race?
Peter Sagan is the Aaron Gwin of road racing. Except that he’s much more interesting than straight-edge Gwin. He was awarded a wildcard place in the Olympic MTB event after…
These are the drones you’re looking for
Move over Lily there’s a new follow-you drone in town – and it’s Artificially Intelligent and everything. Or so the makers claim anyway. The Staaker drone (a variation on the…
Claudio’s helmetcam preview of Mont St Anne
It’s time for another of Claudio Caluori’s filmed runs down a World Cup downhill course. This time it’s Mont St Anne and his guest rider is Devinci’s Mark Wallace. Canada’s…
Results and 26 minute video from EWS Rd5 at Aspen-Snowmass
Richie Rude stacked it in practice and ruined his weekend. Jared Graves showed no mercy and took the win at Round 4 in Aspen-Snowmaas, Canada. In the women’s racing it was…
Strava introduces Beacon safety feature
Strava has introduced a feature called Beacon. It's a new safety feature available now for Strava Premium members.
The five golden rules of body position
Follow these posture tips from the Athertons’ fitness coach Alan Milway and you will instantly ride a bike better. Simples. Use your trunk For ultimate control you need to brace…
Seven things we learned from Aspen-Snowmass EWS
Last weekend’s round of the Enduro World Series in Aspen and Snowmass in US of A saw some of the longest and loosest racing action in this season’s EWS. What else happened that’s…
More info on the new 2017 Giant Trance
We gave you a glimpse of it last month. Now here’s the full rundown of Giant’s new 140mm travel 27.5 wheeled trail bike. It’s still quite clearly a Giant and…
How does Jared Graves’ Stumpjumper 29 differ from a normal one?
Over on the blue social network Graves has posted up a pic of the bike he just won Round 5 of the Enduro World Series on. And it’s not your…
Berms, rollers and flow replace the boring fire road at Dalby
The sound of clanging tools and heavy machinery has been upsetting the peace and quiet in the North York Moors National Park this spring. Thankfully it’s all in the name…
How to fix a slipping seatpost
DO NOT just tighten your seatclamp bolt up to a ridiculous degree. That won't work and it will damage your post and possibly your frame.
Mountain biker’s iPhone exploded after he crashed causing severe burns
Warning: contains injury pics! Landing on to an iPhone in his shorts pocket would be painful enough as it is – but then it “exploded” and caused severe burns which…
Here’s the new Intense Primer 29
The rebirth of radical 29ers continues apace as Intense unveil the new 130mm travel Primer. Need to know 130mm travel carbon 29er 67.5° head angle 438 chain stays Plenty of…
GT Verb Elite (2016) review
Point the GT downhill and it starts to make sense
Dirty Deals: flat pedals, cranks, locks and much more
More deals of the week for mountain bikers
VooDoo Zobop (2016) review
The Zobop had us shredding descents every bit as fast as we would on bikes costing considerably more money