Comfy monitor and simple app.
Review
Endura MT500 Spray
If you’re a ‘shorts all year’ rider, you’ve found your shorts from now until next summer.
Race Face Ambush
Good on and off the trail. More of a midwinter warmer than a midsummer’s dream, though.
Shimano XTR groupset.
If you can afford it, then it’ll certainly go the extra mile with and for you.
USE XC 29er wheelset
They're carbon rimmed and have a healthy dose of science in the shape of a 'Nano Surface Technology' finish
Sombrio Highline II Shorts
The Highline II is Sombrio’s top of the range short. It’s designed from four-way stretch material and comes complete with…
Troy Lee Ace Shorts
Troy Lee’s Ace short is designed with what it calls “gritty XC” in mind and that’s fairly clear from the…
Gore Bike Wear Fusion Trail
Although these Gore Bike Wear Fusion Trail shorts are in keeping with this year’s ‘TicTac’ fashion colour palette, they also…
Sombrio Birm Queen Shorts
The Birm Queen is a great cross-country short with a flattering, slimmer cut. Though relatively heavy for hot and sunny…
Altura Quantum X Shorts
The velcro waist adjustment on the back draws the spare fabric away from the snag zone and together with the…
Syntace’s Megaforce 2 stem: stiffness for big bars
Wide handlebars can be a lot of fun. Given enough space between the trees, the extra leverage that big bars…
Soleus’ budget Draft GPS bike computer
Born from the ashes of Nike’s timing division, Soleus is a brand that is well established in the running market. …
Kali’s innovative Maraka XC helmet
A helmet with a number of truly interesting and compelling features
Howies Dyfi Active Shell jacket
My first impressions of the Dyfi Active Shell were focused on the colour and looks; understandable given that I nabbed…
CamelBak All Clear Microbiological UV water purifier
A clean water source for adventures? the good DrJon investigates
Lake MX331 disco slippers
The first pair of these shoes died a premature death following last year’s Transvesubienne race. Because it was a ‘race’,…
Issue 83: Islabikes Beinn 29
Isla added the Beinn 29 to the range because lots of parents who’d bought her age-specific bikes wanted a bike…
Issue 83: Surly Krampus
We often wonder how mountain bikes might have looked if they’d been designed from ground zero rather than having a…
Issue 83: Pivot Les
The Pivot Les (see what they nearly did there?) is partly here to show that a fixed blade fork can…
Wildcat Gear Tiger seatpack and Mountain Lion handlebar harness
UK made gear for Bikepackers and off road tourer's alike
Morvélo Daze womens jersey
"Female cyclists are a picky and notoriously fickle bunch to please.", Says Jenn, who has been trying out this Morvelo…
Knox Cross Lite Knee Pads
Knee pads are one of those items that can be really noticeable on a ride; a catch 22 situation where…
Giant Trance X 29er 1 Long termer
A couple of months in, how's Sanny getting on with his Trance X 29er
Salsa Beargrease – UK Exclusive Review
You don't need a fatbike, but you may just end up needing this one
Canyon Nerve AL 8.0
In the UK you buy Canyon bikes via mail order. Whether you agree with the concept of direct sales bikes…
Nukeproof Mega AM Comp – Bike review
The Mega is set to be a real cult favourite. The privateer's choice.
Focus Mares CX 2.0 Di2 – Bike Review
Despite mountain bikes coming with disc brakes as a matter of course for a decade, at the elite level of…
Felt F55X – CX Bike Review
As with all bikes, the laws of diminishing returns apply to 'cross bikes too.
Lazer Nirvana helmet
Functional XC lid with a retention system that happens to work uncommonly well for those riders with ponytails or mullets...
inov-8 Race Elite 20 litre backpack
Purpose-built biking hydration packs are all well and good but if it's minimalism you're after, look to the fell runners…