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Hardtail of the Year 2013 (VIDEO)
Watch the video and read the reviews for MBR's Hardtail of the Year awards 2013
Charge’s new 650B bike: exclusive spy shots!
Charge Bikes have a new bike coming, check out our exclusive camera phone spy shots!
Whyte 29er hardtails
Whyte ups 29er offering with four new bikes – from £749
Build your own winter hacker
For January 2013's 'we love winter' special we built our very own bike for just £191. Here's how we did it.
KHS Alite 2000SL
One of our favourite hardtails, revamped for 2013
Scott Scale Elite 29: a year in review
After 10 months of abuse Scott’s big wheel hardtail has proved just as adept at a trail riding as adventure racing, says Henry Catchpole. The big question though, are the…
Scott Scale 29 Comp review
Hardtail offers maximum grin factor at a great price
29er bikes: what you need to know
Get the lowdown on 29ers — who they're for, what they do, and what they can't
Specialized Camber 29 review
With the 26 no more, 2013's Camber 29 has big boots to fill
First Look: 2013 BMC Fourstroke FS01
Revealing BMC's flagship 29er for 2013
Big wheel boom at Pietermaritzburg
Big wheels could dominate the cross country World Cup again this year, if the results from the first round at Pietermaritzburg in South Africa are anything to go by
First Look: 2012 Kona big wheels
We got invited round to Kona's 'House of the Big Wheel' last week to check out its 2012 29er range
Tested: Charge Cooker Hi £999
Charge is well-known for cult steel hardtail frames, but the 29er Cooker has only recently been plumbed into the range.
Tested: Specialized Rockhopper £700
Few companies have as much experience building hardtails as Specialized. The 2011 Rockhopper proves that it has still got what it takes to build a great one.
MBR Bike of the Year 2011
Of the 47 bikes we tested in 2011, six scored a perfect 10 out of 10. But only one will be crowned Bike of the Year
Longtermer: Devinci Dixon XP £2,384.99
Fitting offset shock mounting hardware to the Devinci Dixon proves as easy as riding the bike
DiamondBack Response Sport £499.99
With a stealth appearance, hydroformed tubeset and a generous build the DiamondBack promised a lot. The Truvativ 2-piece chainset and Giga Pipe outboard bearing also didn’t go unnoticed. However, the…