Mountain Bike Reviews By Trusted Experts

First Ride Review: Santa Cruz Highball 3 CC X01 Reserve

In a refreshing change of programming, Santa Cruz is going all-XC on us for the start of 2018. Jib-specific trail bikes and Beyonduro™ shred-sleds may still whip up the majority...

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First Ride Review: Santa Cruz Blur 3 CC XX1 Reserve

It’s been about five years coming, but the Santa Cruz Blur is finally back First introduced back in 2002 alongside the V-10 downhill bike, the Blur was one of the...

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Review: You may hate the Brain, but the 2018 Specialized Epic Expert is ready to prove you wrong

In Issue #116 of Singletrack Magazine, Wil and the crew tested three new generation full suspension XC race bikes. Read on for the full review of the 2018 Specialized Epic...

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Review: The TwinLoc system on the 2018 Scott Spark RC 900 Team is this bike’s secret weapon

In Issue #116 of Singletrack Magazine, Wil and the crew tested three new generation full suspension XC race bikes. Read on for the full review of the 2018 Scott Spark...

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Review: The 2018 Anthem Advanced Pro 29er 1 is Giant’s best full suspension XC race bike to date

In Issue #116 of Singletrack Magazine, Wil and the crew tested three new generation full suspension XC race bikes. Read on for the full review of the 2018 Giant Anthem...

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Review: Starling Cycles Taiwanese-Made Murmur Factory 29er

Our very own in-house office wildebeest, Rossco, has been playing about on the new Murmur Factory from Starling Cycles. With its slender steel tubing and progressive frame geometry, would it...

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Women’s Specific Geometry On The Canyon Spectral WMN CF SLX 9.0 – How Different Can It Be? Read Our First Ride Review Here

Amanda has just returned from the south of France with a huge smile on her face, and it\'s not down to the wine.

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29in front, 27.5+ back, and Shimano STEPS in the middle. Canyon welcomes you to the e-Party with the unique Spectral:ON!

In huge news from the German direct-to-consumer brand, Canyon is launching its first e-MTB. Called the Spectral:ON, this is an e-bike that has been a long time in the making,...

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Review: Merida One-Sixty 7000

The One-Sixty is Merida’s longest travel full suspension bike, with 160mm of rear travel and a 170mm travel fork. Designed as a big, burly all-mountain rig made for going down...

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Review: Genesis Longitude – big adventures and a small price tag?

A bike that might just have you heading over the hills and far away

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Review: 2018 Trek Slash 9.7 – it flatters you into thinking you’re a riding god!

If you get your kicks from heading downhill over rough terrain as quickly as possible, then the Trek Slash simply has to be at the top of your shopping list.

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We Test & Review 3 Alloy Full Suspension Bikes That Prove Carbon Isn’t The Be-All, And End-All

Barney sets out to test three bikes made of metal, not plastic

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Review: The £2199 YT Jeffsy AL One 29 Is One Of The Best Value Trail Bikes We’ve Ever Tested

The build kit on this bike is insanely good for the money

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Who Needs Carbon? We Test & Review The 2018 Santa Cruz Tallboy Alloy R

Santa Cruz is best known for its carbon bling-wagons, but it makes bloody brilliant alloy frames too

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Review: The 2018 Norco Sight A2 29er Shows Just How Good Alloy Mountain Bikes Can Be

Barney gives us his review of the alloy version of the 2018 Norco Sight 29er

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Review: The Pace RC127+ Is A Steel Hardtail Designed Around New-School 2.6in Tyres

Yorkshire born and tested, we put the Pace RC127+ through its paces. Sorry.

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The Be Cool Edition – We Test & Review The 2018 Rocky Mountain Instinct BC Edition

The BC Edition of the Rocky Mountain Instinct is the longest travel 29er from the Canadian brand. But is it too much bike? Antony gives us the lowdown

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Battle of the e-MTBs: Focus Jam2 VS Specialized Turbo Levo

Mark puts two of the best e-MTBs against each other to see which one is the best

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Titanium Frame + Pinion Gearbox + Belt Drive = The Ultimate Adventure Hardtail?

Pilot Cycles has combined a Dutch-made titanium frame with a German-made Pinion gearbox and a belt drive to create the ultimate low-maintenance hardtail.

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Video: Barney Puts The Pedal To The Mettle In His Review Of This Brute Of A Bike

The Identiti Mettle is one of the new breed of UK-designed long travel enduro bikes, and it ain\'t no featherweight. Barney explains.

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Review: Sonder Transmitter Carbon GX Eagle Revelation

Sonder makes use of chubby tyres and a 130mm fork to make the Transmitter Carbon a highly versatile and trail-ready hardtail.

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Review: Identiti Mettle GX Eagle

Identiti has gone all-in with the 160mm travel Mettle. Barney\'s been razzing about on one, and is ready to deliver his verdict.

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Review: Trillion Prime

Trillion sent us a prototype Prime to put to through the grinder for our Killer Hardtail group test. Read the review of this UK-made steel hardtail right here.

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Review: Nukeproof Scout 290 Race

Based on the Mega, the Scout is Nukeproof\'s tough do-it-all hardtail range. Here we test the entry-level 29er model to see what your £1099 gets you.

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Review: Kona Honzo Carbon Trail DL

The Honzo Carbon takes the 29in carbon hardtail where it has not dared to go before. Did Kona do a bad bad thing? Wil gets involved to find out.

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Review: Rose Root Miller 3

James Vincent puts this mid-travel 29er to the test in big mountains and tight trails. How does he get on?

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Review: Zerode Taniwha

Andi\'s been riding the snot out of the carbon fibre Zerode Taniwha to find out if gearboxes are indeed the future.

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Review: Specialized S-Works Epic Hardtail World Cup

Is the Specialized S-Works Epic the fastest hardtail we\'ve ever ridden? At 8.23kg (18.1lb) for the complete bike, it is most definitely the lightest.

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First Ride: Sonder Evol

What can we expect from the Evol - Sonder\'s first full suspension bike? Wil went over yonder with the Sonder, so you can wonder no more!

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Review: Canyon Exceed CF SL 7.9 Di2

The Canyon Exceed is a light, fast and beautifully smooth carbon hardtail. Then we added a dropper post and fat tyres to see how hard we could push it.

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