Topeak Panobike heart rate monitor.

Topeak Panobike heart rate monitor.

Comfy monitor and simple app.

Endura MT500 Spray

Endura MT500 Spray

If you’re a ‘shorts all year’ rider, you’ve found your shorts from now until next summer.

Race Face Ambush

Race Face Ambush

Good on and off the trail. More of a midwinter warmer than a midsummer’s dream, though.

Uvex’s 225g Ultrasonic helmet

Uvex’s 225g Ultrasonic helmet

Lightweight, low profile helmet made in Germany.

Shimano XTR groupset.

Shimano XTR groupset.

If you can afford it, then it’ll certainly go the extra mile with and for you.

Mavic Stratos

Mavic Stratos

Great versatile shorts that seem to cope with any climate comfortably.

Haglöfs Ardent

Haglöfs Ardent

Lightweight, breathable, crashproof and possibly radioactive.

Marzocchi 44 MicroTi 29in fork

Marzocchi 44 MicroTi 29in fork

Bombers? Own them!

USE XC 29er wheelset

USE XC 29er wheelset

They're carbon rimmed and have a healthy dose of science in the shape of a 'Nano Surface Technology' finish

Thule ProRide 591 bike mount

Thule ProRide 591 bike mount

Secure and very easy to use (if you can lift your bike over your head)

Sombrio Highline II Shorts

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 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

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

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

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

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

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

Kali’s innovative Maraka XC helmet

A helmet with a number of truly interesting and compelling features

Howies Dyfi Active Shell jacket

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…

MET Kaos UL helmet

MET Kaos UL helmet

A whole other level of helmet?

CamelBak All Clear Microbiological UV water purifier

CamelBak All Clear Microbiological UV water purifier

A clean water source for adventures? the good DrJon investigates

Endura Masai glasses

Endura Masai glasses

Photochromic sunnies for all your riding glasses needs?

Lake MX331 disco slippers

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

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

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…

PRO Tharsis 750 alloy riser and Vanderham FR CNC stem

PRO Tharsis 750 alloy riser and Vanderham FR CNC stem

A stem and bars combo for the PRO look

Issue 83: Pivot Les

Issue 83: Pivot Les

The Pivot Les (see what they nearly did there?) is partly here to show that a fixed blade fork can…

Niner Carbon Rigid RDO Fork

Niner Carbon Rigid RDO Fork

A performance rigid fork,? Chipps checks out the carbon and Maxle'd RDO

Wildcat Gear Tiger seatpack and Mountain Lion handlebar harness

Wildcat Gear Tiger seatpack and Mountain Lion handlebar harness

UK made gear for Bikepackers and off road tourer's alike

Teva Pivot SPD shoes

Teva Pivot SPD shoes

Want the flat look with SPD's? Consider the Teva Pivot

Hope Hoops Stan’s Arch EX wheelset

Hope Hoops Stan’s Arch EX wheelset

Can one wheel do everything? Chipps review's Hope's contender

Connex Special ‘Black’ chain

Connex Special ‘Black’ chain

A chain for riders who like to wash n go?

Morvélo Daze womens jersey

Morvélo Daze womens jersey

"Female cyclists are a picky and notoriously fickle bunch to please.", Says Jenn, who has been trying out this Morvelo…

Trek Fuel EX 9.8 long termer

Trek Fuel EX 9.8 long termer

Jenn's long termer of choice this year is Trek's Fuel EX 9.8.

Knox Cross Lite Knee Pads

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

Giant Trance X 29er 1 Long termer

A couple of months in, how's Sanny getting on with his Trance X 29er

Revelate Designs Mountain Feedbag

Revelate Designs Mountain Feedbag

A bike packing essential for carrying snacks?

Trek Remedy 9 29r – First Impressions

Trek Remedy 9 29r – First Impressions

Mark's perception of 29ers are altered in one day

Santa Cruz Tallboy C 2014: First Impressions

Santa Cruz Tallboy C 2014: First Impressions

Chipps' initial thoughts on the Santa Cruz Tallboy C

Salsa Beargrease – UK Exclusive Review

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

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…

Orange Gyro Pro – Bike review

Orange Gyro Pro – Bike review

The Gyro is a bike you simply want to ride all the time.

Nukeproof Mega AM Comp – Bike review

Nukeproof Mega AM Comp – Bike review

The Mega is set to be a real cult favourite. The privateer's choice.

Cotic Rocket – Bike review

Cotic Rocket – Bike review

A proper full-bore full-suspension bike, with a healthy amount of travel

Genesis Day One Disc – Bike Review

Genesis Day One Disc – Bike Review

The Day One Disc is as simple as a ‘cross bike gets

Focus Mares CX 2.0 Di2 – Bike Review

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

Felt F55X – CX Bike Review

As with all bikes, the laws of diminishing returns apply to 'cross bikes too.

Lazer Nirvana helmet

Lazer Nirvana helmet

Functional XC lid with a retention system that happens to work uncommonly well for those riders with ponytails or mullets...

Endura MTR Windproof jersey

Endura MTR Windproof jersey

A rather special jersey-with-extras.

inov-8 Race Elite 20 litre backpack

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…

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