The Marin Rift Zone EL is a new lightweight e-bike straight out of California, it comes with the punchy Bosch’s SX motor, 29in wheels and…
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“I’ve done it for my crew, the sport, and all the other riders” – Robin Goomes on winning the first Women’s Red Bull Rampage aboard her Barbie-themed bike
This year has marked a historic first for women’s freeriding, and women’s mountain biking in general. It was the first time that women have been…
Bosch motors have “best-in-class quality” says Bosch eBike Systems CEO Claus Fleischer
Recently I visited the Bosch eCampus to ride the new Performance CX motor – Bosch’s flagship e-bike product, a benchmark motor among its rivals, and…
The Polestar e-bike is pure Scandi noir, with sexy gold Ohlins suspension, but there’s one massive flaw
So you’ve bought a posh electric car, like the sophisticated, style-conscious Polestar 4 SUV. Maybe you’re an architect or a designer. The first thing you…
Patent applications reveal Fox’s secret plans for an automatically decoupling freehub and rear mech clutch, as well as electronic mass dampers that generate power
Fox Factory (known to most of us as Fox Suspension) has filed patent applications for a rear hub that automatically decouples from the chain’s forces,…
Dyfi Bike Park gives you 4 new reasons why you must ride there this winter
Wales’s most hardcore bike park, Dyfi Bike Park has been subject to a few enhancements over the summer. From a new website with an interactive…
Ronan Dunne’s first win, Tahnee and Myriam back at the top, Minnaar’s last run, and Danny Hart on the podium – Relive the 5 most memorable World Cup downhill moments of 2024
From the season opener in Fort Bill, to North America and Mont-Sainte-Anne, the UCI Downhill World Cup series has had action-packed rounds across the globe.…
Glentress’s new skills area will be bigger, better and feature dedicated “tech zones” for jumps, rollers, drops, corners and more
Forestry and Land Scotland (the organisation that runs Glentress in Scotland) has submitted new plans to develop the Skills Area in Glentress. The plans are…
Winter’s coming: Rapha’s sleeveless base layer adds warmth and comfort, but its roadie fit was too snug for my bulk
This sleeveless base layer from Rapha is designed for the much more serious business of road cycling… but don’t let that put you off. Because…
Watch Danny MacAskill front flip 10m into a lake, ride two bikes at once, and roll a tractor tyre, in Campus
Danny MacAskill rolls a tractor tyre, highwires across a rooftop, teeters along a line of kettlebells and front flips 10m into a lake. Just a…
The DJI Avinox motor in Amflow’s PL Carbon Pro is obscenely powerful, but I found the lightweight chassis and trail bike attitude at odds with the extreme drive unit
The Amflow PL Carbon with DJI’s Avinox motor has put the cat among the pigeons. In 30 years as a mountain bike journalist, I can’t…
Two chains! Pivot’s new Phoenix downhill bike is a mid-high pivot idler design with one goal… win World Cup downhill races
Pivot has just released its latest downhill race bike, the updated Phoenix, with two chains, three chainrings, and less friction than a typical high-pivot design…
Orbea’s new Wild e-bike: 170mm travel, DH geometry, Bosch’s latest CX motor… but no 800Wh battery
Orbea has launched a new version of its full-fat enduro e-bike, the Wild. The new generation now has a massive 170mm travel, slacker geometry, the…
High pivot suspension, three idlers and a gearbox! Meet the new Kavenz VHP G2
If you thought high pivot suspension bikes were quirky, German brand Kavenz has found a way to make them even more niche, adding a gearbox…
The RockShox Pike is a flawed genius of a fork thanks to its Charger 3.1 damper
The latest RockShox Pike Ultimate literally reams out the QC problems of the old fork, which was beset by problems and often choked by damping…
Red Bull Rampage is nearly here, get warmed up watching Anytime with Brett Rheeder and Hannah Bergemann
Red Bull Media House and Anthill Films has released a new film called ‘Anytime’. It follows the journey of 15 of the world’s best male…
Santa Cruz ditches the Heckler (and VPP!) for the new Vala: Bosch powered, two flip chips and a smaller battery
Santa Cruz has just unveiled the Vala – a brand new all-mountain e-bike that replaces the similarly intentioned Heckler. Instead of a Shimano EP801 motor…
Bosch’s new CX motor is smarter and quieter than ever – here are 5 new e-bikes powered by this hot new drive unit
The floodgates have opened at Bosch’s e-bike development campus near Stuttgart, releasing a tsunami of new e-bikes with the latest gen 5 Performance CX motor…
Bosch’s Performance CX gen 5 motor doesn’t get any extra power, but I don’t care because it’s so much smarter and quieter than the old one
It’s been three years since the last big update to Bosch’s benchmark Perfomance CX motor. And with significant improvements to legacy rivals like Shimano’s EP801,…
Hope’s handmade HB.916 is dull and dead to ride… but in a really (really) good way
High pivot bikes with idlers have been trending recently, but are they all hype like the Emperor’s New Clothes or do they offer genuine ride…