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…
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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
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VooDoo Zobop (2016) review
The Zobop had us shredding descents every bit as fast as we would on bikes costing considerably more money
Olympic mountain bike race TV schedule
It's going to be on a combination of BBC 1, BBC Four and the Red Button digital streams
Watch a crazy guy on a commuter bike ride along a sketchy cliff edge
So this popped up in our feed this morning courtesy of Vitus Cycles’ busy horde of social media overlords… It’s all fairly “so what?” to begin with. But then the fun…
Another ‘ard riding ‘ardtail from the North – the Morf from Stif
Stif have been part of the UK mountain bike world for an awful long time. 30 years to be exact. The Morf is their first bike and it looks like…
Boardman Team FS (2016) review
The last time we tested the Team FS we complained that our knees knocked on the upper shock linkage and that the 130mm travel suspension felt too comfort focused, lacking…
Pole Evolink 140 29 EN (2016) review
While we’re constantly hearing about bikes getting longer, lower and slacker the reality is rarely radical. With two notable exceptions. These are Mojo’s Nicolai-built Geometron and the Pole that you…
How to fit your narrow wide chainring
Our friendly and house-trained bike mechanic Al Vines is here to guide through the process of going 1x. Tools you will need Soft faced mallet Cable cutters Chainring bolt tool…