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Canyon Torque:ON CF 9 – First Ride Review
Canyon has launched the new Torque:ON CF, an electric self–uplift bike, this time in carbon fibre. It’s quite a different…
New Specialized Levo SL – This Is The Droid You’ve Been Looking For
Specialized may not have been first to come to market with a mid-power offering but the new Specialized Levo SL…
Specialized Turbo Kenevo SL Comp review
The Specialized Turbo Kenevo SL is a fabulous trail bike. It’s not a bike just for self-shuttling. This bike loves…
Making Cycling E-asier: Trikes added to range of options
Cycling UK’s ‘Making cycling e-asier’ scheme gives people a chance to try out an e-bike for a whole month before…
Giant Trance X Advanced E+ Elite First Ride Impressions
This re-designed e-MTB was launched on the 21st March and you can read our launch story here with all the…
New Trance X Advanced E+ Elite Just 18.8kg @ 400wh
‘Trance X Advanced E+ Elite’ is quite a mouthful for sure and I’ve not yet come up with a handy…
YT Decoy MX Core 3 review
The YT Decoy MX is now available with an optional bigger battery. Bigger battery + smaller rear wheel = E-greatness?…
Cannondale Moterra Neo 3 review
Hannah takes the Cannondale Moterra Neo 3 through the winter slop. Or is it the Moterra that’s taking her out…
Trek Launches Fetch+ Range Of Electric Cargo Bikes
It’s got to be seen as A Good Thing when a big bike manufacturer starts making cargo bikes. These are…
Specialized Turbo Levo S-Works review
The Specialized Turbo Levo was the first e-bike model introduced by Specialized. It’s based around the Stumpjumper ‘acoustic’ model with…
Bosch update: eMTB and Tour+ modes now tunable
Bosch eBike Systems smart system update adds customisable riding modes and new navigation functions for the eBike Flow app. You…
Whyte E-160 RSX review
Whyte Bikes has come an awful long way since the actual days when Mr Whyte was involved. From pioneering mega-complex…
New Cairn E-Adventure Limited Rambler Edition
Pedants ahoy… Cairn has launched what it’s calling the ‘Cairn E-Adventure Limited Rambler Edition‘… surely this should be the Cairn…
Trek Fuel EXe reviewed (finally)
The new Trek Fuel EXe is an important bike. It’s attracting a lot of attention from the e-curious who don’t…
Mondraker Crafty Carbon RR review
The Mondraker Carbon Crafty RR has 150mm of rear travel, a carbon frame, a Bosch Performance Line CX Gen4 motor…
New BMC Fourstroke AMP LT to use TQ motor
New BMC Fourstroke AMP is a 120mm travel Down-X-Country ebike that gets the TQ-HPR50 drive system previously seen only on…
Ibis Oso – A 170mm e-beast with integrated lights
Ibis reveals its very late entry into the e-MTB market. The Oso is firmly aimed at the big descents scene,…
Bosch launches new Performance Line CX Race Motor (it’s rather exclusive)
The new motor is snappily called the Bosch Performance Line CX Race Limited Edition and long story short, it goes…
Quick deets on the new Pivot Shuttle LT
The full-fat Pivot Shuttle gets a suffix (LT = Long Travel?) and generally more moreness of everything. Here’s a quick…
Yes, it really is called the Evil Epocalypse
Evil has finally made an e-bike. And it’s full fat. In short, the Evil Epocalypse is like a Wreckoning turned…
Pivot Shuttle SL: 60Nm, 430Wh, 16.5kg, £12.5k
The Pivot Shuttle SL has not been the most under-wraps ebike of 2022. Keen e-peepers out there will have seen…
Canyon Spectral:ON CFR LTD review
The Canyon Spectral:ON CFR LTD is the top of the model range: RockShox Ultimate Flight Attendant system controls a 150mm…
5 reasons the Trek Fuel EXe is most important bike of the decade
You may have seen the new e-bike from Trek launch this week. It’s called the Trek Fuel EXe and it’s…
Whyte E-160 RSX 29er First Ride Review
The Whyte E-160 now comes in all of the wheel size flavours. It’s a height-dependent wheel size smorgasbord though. Any…
Does this chain lubing hack damage Shimano motors?
Sticking a Torx or Allen key into a chainring bolt and then backpedalling the cranks is a common method for…
Orbea Urrun – Shimano EP8 RS equipped hardtail for mile munching
Urrun means ‘far’ in Basque, which is where the Orbea company harks from and hints at what this bike is…
YT Decoy 29 Core 3 review: still the best ebike?
YT has seemingly always been about giving the people what they want. The original Decoy was a pioneering playbike, so…
Fernando Alonso and his 3D printed ebike
Two-time F1 champ Fernando Alonso recently sold his ‘sustainable athletics’ brand (Kimoa) to SimplyEV and together they’re producing a fully…
Ghost E-Riot Trail Pro review
The Ghost E-Riot Trail Pro has 140mm rear and 150mm front travel on a frame consisting of a carbon front…
Focus Thron2: versatile versus compromised
The 130mm travel Focus Thron2 ebike is being heralded with the phrase “more than just trails”. With 750Wh battery capability,…
Mycle Cargo is a new sub £2k e-cargo bike
With fuel prices going ballistic, there are no doubt going to be lots more people eyeing up e-cargo bikes for…
New Cannondale Moterra Neo offers 750Wh Bosch system
Three new bigger battery ebikes launched: Cannondale Moterra Neo Carbon, Moterra Neo Alloy and Moterra Neo LT. Cannondale Moterra Neo…
New Canyon Spectral:ON CFR has a 900Wh battery
The Canyon Spectral:ON CFR remains a 155/150mm travel mullet wheel ebike but now has much more range power: 720Wh or…
Kook With Kona – or Cook with Charlie?
Who would you trust to give you a good meal, our Charlie the Merchmonger, or Kona’s EU Marketing Manager, Nico?…
Silverfish to distribute Forestal Bikes
Silverfish adds second mythical beast to its bike line up. The UK distributors of Yeti bikes have added the even…
Quick look at Canyon’s new Grand Canyon:ON hardtails
Here’s a quick rundown of Canyon’s new Grand Canyon:ON e-bikes. E-hardtails are bigger sellers in certain parts of the world.
Transition Repeater: ‘just’ a 160mm travel 29er ebike
The Transition Repeater is the brand's first ebike. Does it offer anything above and beyond what's already available?
New Canyon Neuron:ON range starts from £3,749
BNG and new spec sheets for the 2022 Canyon Neuron:ON range plus a more affordable option. The Canyon Neuron:ON 6…
Propain Ekano Performance review: suits me, sir
Does the Propain Ekano Performance's capable suspension and fun handling overcome its modest battery and Brexit-tastic price hike?
New Santa Cruz Heckler: first ride review
Where the previous Santa Cruz Heckler was considered the electric Bronson, the new Heckler is much more like an electric…
Santa Cruz Heckler gets big battery and big wheel makeover
We’ll get into the spec of this here £11,699 XO1 AXS RSV model Heckler later but we should point out…
Giant Trance X E+ 1: 85Nm, 750Wh, £5699
Giant Trance X E+ is 140mm alloy e-bike with 85Nm motor, neatly integrated grip- and top tube-control and a big…
Orange Phase MX Team: 170mm + 630Wh = 25% funner
The 2022 Orange Phase MX Team ups the travel - to 170mm front and 165mm rear - and packs a…
Orbea Rise M10 review: just happens to have a motor
With the amazing Orbea Rise M10 diet electric mountainbike, Orbea has taken the low fat e-MTB principle and run with…
New Specialized Levo Alloy and Levo Comp Carbon
The new bikes are full-power e-MTBs. Three new models in total: Levo Alloy (£5,250), Levo Comp Alloy (£6,750) and Levo…
2022 Focus Jam² 7.0: first ride review
Just in time for the most miserable bit of the year, Focus has launched the new Focus Jam² ebike with…
Orbea Rise Hydro Launches Today With Alloy Frame And Bigger Battery
It’s no secret that I absolutely love the Orbea Rise Carbon that we tested in issue 139 of Singletrack. For…
A Cotic E-MTB Is In Development – And It’s Not Steel
Cotic has revealed that they’re working on an ebike, and having taken delivery of the first four prototypes a month…
Giant Trance X Advanced E + – the new kid on the e bike block and First Ride Review
With the launch of the Trance X Advanced E bike range, have Giant finally hit it out the park?