A pre-review, initial look at the spec of new products. Open to all readers.

First Ride Review: The new generation Specialized Turbo Levo

The new Turbo Levo has been extensively redesigned, with manufacturers Specialized saying it has more in common with the Stumpjumper than its e-bike namesake. Tom Johnstone took to the trails...

insta360 one hero

Unboxing And First Look: Insta360 One A Pocketable 360 Action Camera

Insta360 is an action camera manufacturer focussing on devices that record and stream 360 video and photos. The brand’s latest device is the Insta360 One, a camera that offers 360...

First Look: Ulefone Armor 5 A Rugged Smartphone That Doesn’t Look Like A Rubber Brick

First Look: Ulefone Armor 5 A Rugged Smartphone That Doesn’t Look Like A Rubber Brick

For people like us who often spend hours in the rain and mud, and who might not be so careful with our electronic gadgets, a rugged phone should be the...

Fox Live Valve – Is It Better Than Turning The Knobs Yourself? Maybe Not.

We had a week to ride a Live Valve equipped bike on our own trails. What did we think? Chipps takes up the story... Fox Live Valve has just been…

Canyon Lux CF SL 8.0 Pro Race

First Look: Canyon Lux CF SL 8.0 Pro Race. The Bike Starsky And Hutch Would Ride

Here’s one for you XC racers, or for anyone with a soft spot for lightweight and racy full-suspension bikes. This all-new Canyon Lux arrived in the office last week and...

The Most Shocking Bit About Yeti’s New SB150 29er Enduro Bike – Is The Colour!

If you\'re looking for something big and fast, could this be what you\'re looking for? We check out the latest bike from Yeti.

First Ride Review: 2019 Orbea Oiz

After fourteen years and only two generations of the Oiz, it was time for a change. Orbea has done just that with a host of improvements for the new 2019...

santa cruz blur

Video: Watch this custom Santa Cruz Blur frame turn into a complete bike

Earlier this year I was given the opportunity to check out the brand new 3rd generation Blur from Santa Cruz Bicycles. Following a 5-year hiatus, the Blur has returned to the...

liv intrigue advanced pro

Liv welcomes the Intrigue back to its line-up, only this time it’s advanced

The Intrigue Advanced is the new all-mountain trail bike from Liv (the women-only offshoot of Giant Bicycles). It first appeared in 2014 and disappeared from the line-up in 2016 when...

x-fusion trace 36 first look

First Look: X-Fusion TRACE 36 HLR Big Travel 29er Enduro Fork

X-Fusion is looking to boost its big wheel Enduro credentials with its latest 36mm fork, the TRACE 36. You may have already seen this fork in Fresh Goods last week,...

mondraker foxy R 29

First Look: Mondraker Foxy 29

We were a little sad when we had to say goodbye to our bright red Mondraker Foxy RR test bike a few weeks ago, but we can barely remember what...

First Ride Review: Merida’s New 2019 One-Twenty Trail Bike

Merida has recently launched a brand new One-Twenty trail bike for 2019. Featuring 120mm of rear suspension travel, a 130mm travel fork, and 29in or 27.5in wheels, the One-Twenty is...

pipedream moxie titanium

Eurobike 2018: Pipedream has a new titanium Moxie

UK brand Pipedream Cycles brought out the Moxie hardcore hardtail just under a year ago, which wowed onlookers at Eurobike with its hyper-pink paint job and uber long geometry. Long...

lone bicycles berreta

Lone Bicycles Beretta Sticks A Middle Finger Up At Standards

Lone Bicycles is a new French mountain bike brand owned and operated by the same people behind HXR, those clever chaps who invented the Easy Shift system. The Beretta is...

shimano shoes xc7 spd

Eurobike 2018: New Shimano & Giro shoes, ropey spokes, and a heavier Orange

Swedish brand Thule is expanding its range of hydration backpacks for mountain biking, and chose Eurobike to debut its new Rail series. Available in 8L, 12L and a 12L Pro...

surly lowside singlespeed

Surly’s Lowside doesn’t have suspension, carbon fibre or 13 gears, but that’s why we love it

Who the heck needs 13-speed when you’ve got a fully rigid singlespeed klunker with 26×3.0in tyres? That’s how we feel about Surly’s Lowside – a bike that is basically the...

ritchey ultra steel hardtail plus

Exclusive First Look: Ritchey Brings Back The Ultra!

Some 30 years after the original, Ritchey is bringing back the Ultra! Though this one is a little different from the last one… Although Ritchey is technically releasing this bike...

First Ride Impressions Of GT’s New Force and Sensor

Chipps reports back after a couple of days of riding on GT’s newly launched trail bikes. Over the course of a couple of days I had a chance to ride...

hayes dominion disc brake

Hayes has a new brake called the Dominion A4, and it looks superb

It’s been a little over 20 years since Hayes entered the disc brake market with the original HFX-Mag. Though there were other brands offering disc brakes at the time, it...

rotor cassette drivetrain 1x13 13-speed derailleur hydraulic shifter

Take that SRAM & Shimano – Rotor goes 1×13 with HUGE 10-52t cassette!

Rotor Components has shown off a brand new 1×13 drivetrain, which includes an enormous 10-52t cassette! SRAM already has its 12-speed Eagle groupsets with XX1, X01, GX and NX, which...

formula selva R fork

Testing Formula’s new Selva R fork and those funky Neopos volume spacers

Two years ago, Formula introduced its first Boost compatible suspension fork called the Selva. We’ve tested and reviewed one already, and it’s an absolutely brilliant fork with a tonne of...

The New Bronson Is So Good It Might Kill Its Sibling, the 5010

After a too-short afternoon on both bikes, Chipps gives us his Santa Cruz 2019 5010 and Bronson first impressions… A week or so ago, I got a brief chance to...

wtb vigilante tyre

First Ride – WTB introduces new Vigilante, Trail Boss & Judge tyres

WTB has got some brand new tyres and rims to show off, so we sent our resident rubber nerd, James Vincent, down to Bikepark Wales to see what he thought...

motion e18 linkage fork

First Look: Motion Ride E18 Linkage Fork

The chances are pretty high that you either own or have ridden a bike with front suspension. It’s also extremely likely that your suspension fork (or the one you’ve tried)...

Trek Powerfly LT e-MTB gets beefed up forks, battery and wheels for 2019

Last month Mark was whisked off to the Swiss spa town of Bad Ragaz to get a first look at the 2019 Trek Powerfly LT 9 e-MTB. After a day...

sonder signal ti 29

First Look: Sonder Signal Ti 29er

Alpkit’s Sonder bike brand has been shaking up the cycling market for a few years now with good quality bikes, at attractive prices. We’ve ridden a few of Sonder’s bikes...

sick bicycle co dfa death from above

First Look: Sick Bicycle Co. Titanium DFA And A Look At The Future

If you were to think of a young startup brand that knows how to hit the hype button in the right places you might look at a tech brand from...

commencal meta am 29

First Look: Commencal Meta AM 29 Team Edition

Commencal sent teaser images of the Commencal Meta AM 29 a few weeks back, and we’ve since spotted the big wheel bike in action on the Enduro World Series. But...

orange 329 downhill bike

Vaughan Evans’ Nasty Orange 329 Prototype 29er Downhill Bike

And we mean ‘nasty’ in the good kind of way. Orange first showed a prototype 29er downhill bike at Eurobike last year, which was originally labelled up as the ‘Strange...

Miranda Millers Prototype Specialized 29er DH Bike

Spied: Miranda Miller’s Prototype Specialized 29er DH Bike

If you’ve been keeping a close eye on our coverage from this year’s Fort William World Cup, you will already have seen a couple of spy photos we took of...