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Shimano’s new Deore drivetrain goes fully wireless for less than £600, plus details on the new XT Di2 electronic shifting
Riders with Shimano shifting will now be able to go fully wireless for a little under £570, as Shimano launches its latest ...
Motorsport company Brembo return to mountain biking with gravity brake set in collaboration with Specialized, but details are scarce and no word on when they’ll be available ...
Downhill racing is proving once again that it’s the Formula 1 of mountain biking, with innovation at the forefront of the action. Where the quest to become the fastest, and chase those marginal gains, ...
Garmin launches first-ever MTB-specific computer, with “timing gates, jump count, and hang time”… but do we really need this?
Garmin has launched its first-ever mountain bike-specific Edge computer, called the Edge MTB. The brand has long been a ...
Morzine’s off-piste trails are in the firing line – are we about to see the closure of some of Europe’s best steeps?
Nestled between Morzine and Les Gets lies one of the most famous hills in the Alps. Le Pleney has an official track called Mainline that was built over 20 years ago, but that’s not the draw for ...
Silt’s Enduro wheels offer just about the best price to performance ratio of any hoops I’ve tested, at £380 there’s no need to pay more
Silt’s entire thrust is putting together complete wheels offering top performance for a sensible price. Plenty of others are ...
“It grips like stink” – the new Specialized Butcher gets more rubber, more weight and more damping, but it’s still amazing value
Specialized’s Butcher has been around for well over a decade, but is now a very different beast to the first generation. It ...
School holidays are coming: check out the top 10 best family mountain bike rides, as chosen by Forestry England
Not all mountain biking has to be about shredding hard and jumping of 16 foot drops. Sometimes, it’s nice to go back to ...
Do you care about big power motors? Is DJI and its 1,000W of power what you’re after on an e-bike, or is reliability more important?
If you were to plot a chart for e-bike power over the past 10 years, it might look something like the Apple share price. In ...
Shimano’s most expensive brakes were also their worst IMHO, but the new XTR has finally fixed that wandering bite point
I’ve had something of a love hate with Shimano brakes over the years, where I’m mostly hating on the top tier ones and loving ...
The only video from Leogang you NEED to watch, plus 6 other talking points from the UCI World Cup MTB triple-header
Cross-country, enduro and downhill racing all in one weekend?! It’s madness, it’s chaos, and we love it. To watch live ...
Why you should wait three weeks before ordering a DJI-powered Amflow, plus the four e-bike trends to know about right now
There’s never been a better time to ride e-bikes: brands are falling over themselves to offer us deals, while the disruptor DJI is forcing established giants like Specialized to up their game and push ...
New e-bike motor launches with more power than Bosch or Specialized S-Works, traction control just like the DJI-powered Amflow, and an 800Wh battery
DJI, Bosch and Specialized have dominated the e-bike headlines in the past 12 months, with each brand releasing high power motors pumping out more than 100Nm of torque. Well now there’s a new one ...