I don’t hit the trails without my Garmin Instinct 2 Solar smartwatch, and it’s currently at its best ever price in this Black Friday MTB deal
I’ve been using Garmin smartwatches to capture my ride data, day-to-day health metrics, and record my other activities for ...
The Gen 2 Specialized Levo SL is adaptable, capable, and genuinely lightweight for an e-bike, but it’s lacking two key ingredients…
I think we can all agree that while Specialized’s Turbo Levo SL wasn’t the first lightweight e-mountain bike, it’s definitely ...
Mountain Bike Rider1d
My last SDG Tellis dropper post did 5,000km without a service, and this V2 version is even better
With significant improvements to the function and adjustability of its latest Tellis V2 dropper post, SDG has made a good ...
Don’t write off the Trek Fuel EXe just yet, I’ve found a way to increase its range and spec, drop the price and drag it back up the rankings
The Trek Fuel EXe launched last year and promised to be one of the best e-bikes around. A whisper-quiet motor, great suspension and damping and one of the most natural-feeling e-bikes around, it ...
Norco’s Fluid VLT C2 140 is lumberjack-solid, but this Bosch SX-equipped Canadian shredder needs some urgent upgrades to log a top rating
Most mountain bike brands like to have one suspension design to hang their hat on. Not Norco. Instead, it prefers to switch ...
I’ve tested kit for two decades but this is the stuff I choose to wear on a mountain bike ride… and it’s on sale for Black Friday
This riding kit is all top drawer stuff, by which I mean it’s so good I’m either wearing it, washing it or packing it into my gear bag. I’ve tested hundreds of different jerseys, jackets, helmets, ...
Silent, smooth, and streamlined – The Trek Fuel EXe 9.7 with TQ motor looks, sounds, and sadly feels, a lot like an analogue bike
Back in 2022, Trek was the launch partner for the ultra-compact TQ-HPR50 motor. The bike in question was the brand new Fuel ...
Shopping at Amazon makes my skin crawl, but these 3 products I’d make an exception for this Black Friday
Honestly shopping on Amazon always makes me feel slightly grubby, like I need to take a shower afterwards. I’m sorry if that ...
Mountain Bike Rider4d
Introducing Josh Lowe – from local riding to Hardline
Josh Lowe has been riding since he was a kid, building trails and sessioning dirt jumps in the south east of England. In fact, he remembers a time before enduro bikes were even a thing, so he and his ...
Hope’s new brake mash-up is an inspired down-country dream, pairing its lightest XCR brake lever with the enduro-ready E4 caliper
Hope’s minimalist XCR carbon lever started out mated to an X2 twin pot brake caliper, making it ideal for proper XC ...