Pete had a sit down with Henry Bosch, Shimano Europe MTB Product Coordinator, to see how a brand like Shimano takes existing top tier technologies and trickle them down to their new Deore 12-speed groupset.
Andrew Neethling has ridden for the likes of Mongoose, Trek and Giant Factory Racing teams over the years, chalking up plenty of World Cup top 10s in a season and even the odd podium.
Can the GT Force 29 Pro barge its way into the ever competitive realm of the long travel enduro 29er?
Kids bike seat supremos Shotgun are releasing a 52-page, hard back book based on their Shred ‘Til Bed drawings released in April.
This week’s Tall Tale involves Vero Sandler, and seeing how many Kiwis and their kit an ageing VW van can carry over Alpine passes.
After seventeen years and five iterations since day one, Cotic have called time on production of their very first model.
First spied way back in February, SR Suntour updated their Durolux fork to sport a better negative air spring, adjustibility and less trail chatter.
Ben put this set of armoured bib shorts to the test to see if the added CE-certified protection would make the Alpinestars Paragon V2 too bulky for all-day rides or too restrictive for racing.
Yeti ambassador and Lumix-wielder extraordinaire Dan Milner brings us this week’s Tall Tale that involves some ‘soft’ Lebanese kindapping.
Pete caught up with Alan Finlay, the main man behind Pipedream and the recently-launched Pipedream Full Moxie, a steel, single pivot slayer.
It’s a big, tough, aggressive downhill and enduro tyre that’s available in 27.5″ and 29″.
The Ragley Bigwig is a 4130 CroMO steel tubed, 140mm travel, 29″ wheel hardtail with aggressive geometry and a no-frills spec.
Pete spent a week in the highest of Scottish Highlands to see what the new Santa Cruz Tallboy can do when the going gets tough.
Cotic launched their third generation RocketMAX featuring increased travel and tweaked suspension to broaden the performance window.
The new Trail Cross Mid is a flat pedal, mid-top shoe that isn’t actually designed to be an all-out mountain biking, flat-pedal shoe.
Second out of the traps in the Tall Tales saga comes from a legendary race and a legendary photographer. Trans-Provence and Sven Martin respectively.
It might lack the adjustability of the DBX 5.5, but the Leatt DBX 3.5 neck brace is their lightest offering.
Scottish brand Endura are renowned for their kit that can take on the elements, so what would he make of the Endura Singletrack Durajak?
YT Industries launched the IZZO last week, a 130mm travel, 29er that has a slightly different thought process to other bikes with the layout.
Can the NS Bikes Define 2 130 take the fight to the rest of the very competitive 130mm travel, 29″ wheel bikes out there?