With 130mm of travel front and rear, the Kona Tanuki Deluxe is short on travel compared with many of its sub-£2k peers, but it still delivers plenty of smiles.
£1,900.00
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Tested: Altura Summit Baggy short £59.99
Altura's new baggy short, the Summit, joins the top of the pile.
Tested: Bryton Rider 20 £99.99 (£139.99 with HRM)
Bryton's new Rider 20 GPS computer is a trick piece of kit, and very affordable too
Tested: Norco Sight 2 £2,499.99
Norco's eye-catching new trail bike reviewed
£2,499.99
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Longtermer: YT-Industries Wicked 150
How's Danny getting on with his mail-order bargain? Here's the story of the year so far.
First Look: Danny’s custom Camber
One man's pursuit of the perfect singletrack weapon
Tested: Garmin Forerunner 110 GPS watch £139.99
Racing your mates has never been easier, with the marriage of Garmin's budget GPS watch and a free app called Strava
Tested: Trek Remedy 9.8 £4,300
Has Trek found the cure to terrain multi-tasking with its Stealth Reverb and DRCV-equipped Remedy 9.8?
£4,300.00
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Tested: Specialized Stumpjumper Expert Evo £3,800
Asking one bike to cover all bases is a tall order; does the Expert Evo have the magic?
£3,800.00
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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
Bike test video: Cannondale Claymore 2 Vs Scott Genius LT 20
Two all-mountain bikes with more than a family resemblance go head to head in the May issue.
Tested: 2012 Specialized Camber Expert £2,000
Specialized has made revisions to the top-end 26in wheel Camber frame for 2012, but has it gone far enough to fend off the competition?
£2,000.00
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Tested: 2012 Ghost AMR 5900 £1,999.99
The centre-piece of the AMR 5900 is a shiny, black Shimano XT chainset. But with deep cuts elsewhere in the spec, has Ghost balanced its 2012 budget correctly?
£1,999.99
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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: 2012 Specialized Camber Comp 29 £2,400
The fact that there’s a carbon version of the Camber 29 and more models than in the 26in version, speaks volumes of Specialized’s commitment to 29in wheels.
£2,400.00
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Which is fastest? Five 150mm carbon bikes take the speed challenge
We test five amazing new carbon trail bikes in the April issue. Which one is fastest down our test track?
Tested: Trek Rumblefish Elite £2,400
What does mbr really think about 29ers? Simple — there are good bikes and bad bikes. Find out how the Trek Rumblefish shapes up...
£2,400.00
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Video: Tomac Automatic 120mm build
The trials and tribulations of a custom bike build
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.
£999.00
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Workshop video: triple chainset to double and bash
Mbr's mechanic Al Vines shows you how to convert your standard triple chainset to a double and bash with chain device, stopping chain slap in its tracks