New World Cup feeder series launched, as the UCI looks to ease entry for up-and-coming riders and grow the sport globally
The UCI has launched a new 28-strong global race series for 2025, with race winners eligible to compete in the World Cup the ...
GT Bicycles to pause new bike development, with staff layoffs imminent
GT Bicycles, one of the biggest names in mountain biking throughout the 90s and 00s, will be put on pause in 2025 by parent ...
I made 17 new bike predications last January – I got some wrong, some right, and a few came as a complete shock!
I recorded a video making some safe, and some not-so-safe, predictions about which bikes would be relaunched in 2024. Much as ...
Specialized’s Georgia Leslie named one of the most influential women in cycling, as mountain bikers edge into Cycling UK’s Top 100 list
Georgia Leslie from Specialized is one of the most influential women in cycling, according to Cycling UK, and responsible for ...
Canyon offering partial refunds on Spectral:ON and Torque:ON e-bikes affected by battery stop ride notice, with solution on track for February
ON CF and Torque:ON CF models after a potential fire-risk was identified with the casings of the third-party batteries used ...
E-biking is one of the fastest growing sports in the world according to Garmin data, with e-MTB rides surging 18% in 2024
E-biking is one of the fastest growing outdoor activities in the world according to data from Garmin, which reckons the number of completed mountain bike rides off-road was up a massive 18% in 2024 ...
Propain’s new Spindrift is a shapeshifter: fun and fast on the descents with 180mm travel, but efficient enough to work on mellower singletrack too
In a world where excess is increasingly frowned upon, it’s easy to find reasons to be more conservative and play things safe.
Discover the secret new Specialized singletrack ripper that you can’t buy in the UK
At the more realistically-priced end of the Specialized mountain bike range sits the Chisel. A short travel down-country/XC ...
Nukeproof’s award-winning Reactor trail bike seems to have come back from the dead as the On-One Atomic
Nukeproof enjoyed a legion of fans before owners Wiggle/CRC were sold to Frasers Group last year, and the core team behind ...
Why we won’t be seeing Tom Pidcock on a Scott Spark at a mountain bike World Cup next year despite move away from from Ineos Grenadiers
Current XC Olympic champion and former world champion Tom Pidcock has announced he will be leaving Ineos Grenadiers at the ...
The UK will get Specialized’s down-country Chisel Comp Evo, and it’s better value than expected
I flagged up Specialized’s latest launch – a Chisel trail bike that had been given the Evo treatment – but lamented the lack of supply to UK customers. Well, it seems I jumped the gun a bit, because ...
“Like riding chainless” – e*thirteen’s Sidekick decoupling hub irons out the trails, but XC riders will probably hate it
Sidekick wheels. Seven years in the making, the brand’s innovative new design claims to end pedal kickback on a full ...