calibre sentry review

Review | The Calibre Sentry is a wallet-friendly enduro bike

For a brand that didn’t even exist five years ago, Calibre Bikes has shot to stardom pretty darn quickly. In its short history, the company has been breaking new ground...

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First Ride Review: 2019 Sonder Transmitter First Impressions

Sonder’s popular Transmitter alloy hardtail returns for 2019 with a fresh lick of paint and updated geometry, but how does it ride? We sent Andi to the woods to find...

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Review | The 2019 Focus SAM 9.9 delivers a few surprises for a 170mm travel enduro bike

Focus launched its new SAM enduro bike in late 2018, so we got one in and put it in the hands of our local Calderdale tester, Rik Legge. Over to...

Review | We Test The Carbon Specialized Stumpjumper EVO Pro 27.5

In case you hadn’t heard already, Specialized has just announced the Carbon Specialized Stumpjumper EVO Pro 27.5. You can get all the details of the bike right here, though read...

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2019 Canyon Neuron CF 9.0 SL | A Longterm Review Of Canyon’s Carbon Trail Bike

Wil gives us the verdict on the 2019 Canyon Neuron CF 9.0 SL It’s been quite a few years since we last saw a carbon fibre trail bike from Canyon....

Review: Jason likes titanium but did this Pilot Duro live up to expectations?

“Many, many years you will be enjoying the magical riding qualities of your handcrafted, high grade titanium frame”, it says on the Pilot website. My own personal experience of titanium...

First Ride Review: Santa Cruz Chameleon C SE 29 Reserve

There can’t be many models of mountain bike out there which can claim to have the longevity of the Santa Cruz Chameleon. It’s been around since 1996, when it burst...

First Ride Review: Islabike Jimi – A Mountain Bike For Those Who Refuse To Grow Old

Islabikes is best known for making good quality children’s bikes. Owner, Isla Rowntree, developed the children’s bike range when she found her friends’ children needed bikes, but that there wasn’t...

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3 Consumer-Direct Mountain Bikes Tested & Reviewed

With more and more brands selling complete mountain bikes direct to consumer, we decided to check out three of the latest options from Intense, Bird, and Sonder, to put each...

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Review: The UK-designed Sonder Evol aims to deliver maximum grins-per-mile

With more and more brands selling complete mountain bikes direct to consumer, we decided to check out three of the latest options from Intense, Bird, and Sonder, to put each...

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Review: The Intense Primer Expert comes with extra enthusiasm as standard

With more and more brands selling complete mountain bikes direct to consumer, we decided to check out three of the latest options from Intense, Bird, and Sonder, to put each...

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Review: The Bird Aeris 145 GX Eagle is uber-long and uber-fast

With more and more brands selling complete mountain bikes direct to consumer, we decided to check out three of the latest options from Intense, Bird, and Sonder, to put each...

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Review |Canyon Lux CF SL 8.0 Pro Race – Mile-Muncher For Mortals

The Lux isn’t just Canyon’s latest XC ripper – it’s also the lightest and most advanced full suspension race bike that the German brand has ever produced. We put one...

2019 Canyon Strive First Ride Impressions with Shapeshifter 2.0

To say I was surprised when I laid eyes on the 2019 Strive is an understatement. Of course, we’d had an inkling that we would be meeting the updated Strive...

YT Jeffsy CF 29 Pro Race 2019 – First Ride Review

It’s the first few minutes of a bike launch and I’m having to try quite hard not to weep. The scepticism brought about by predictably dramatic music, followed by an...

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Review: With a 120mm fork, the Santa Cruz Blur is a pocket rocket trail bike

As far as contemporary XC bikes go, the latest generation Blur from Santa Cruz Bicycles ticks a lot of boxes. Plugging an important gap that the Tallboy left behind as...

Review: 2018 Cube Reaction TM – a ready to roll package

Cube has a reputation for well priced bikes – you get a decent amount of bike for your money. It’s a brand you’ll find in many a local bike shop,...

Review: The All City Electric Queen Puts The ‘Oh!’ In Retro

An exercise in style over substance, or a capable trail bike

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Unsprung Heroes – 3 Fully Rigid Bikes Tested & Reviewed

Chipps rides three fully rigid bikes from Kona, Pinnacle and Surly. Words Chipps Photography James Vincent I always like to wear a watch. I’m lost without one and don’t like to...

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Review: Surly you can’t have fun without suspension? We test the fully rigid ECR

 Surly has always been individual and self-confident in its outlook. From pioneering the first production singlespeed (the 1×1, which pre-dated even Kona’s Unit and the On One Inbred) to...

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Review: After a playful bargain? The Pinnacle Ramin 3 Plus might be the bike for you

Pinnacle is the house-brand of retail giant, Evans Cycles, but the range is way more than a selection of rebadged catalogue bikes. The brand’s bike designer James Olsen has a...

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Review: Kona’s Unit X is like a singlespeed, but with 10 more gears?

The Kona Unit has a long history, from a Canadian company with an equally deep heritage. While Kona celebrates its 30th birthday in 2018, the Unit name dates back at...

First Ride: We Test The Brand New 2019 Canyon Neuron CF

For those who were taking notice, you’ll remember that a short while ago we reported that German direct sales giant, Canyon, had quietly released an updated 2019 version of the...

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Review: The Specialized Stumpjumper Expert Carbon 29 rides well beyond its spec sheet

Earlier this year Wil had the pleasure of heading out to Spain for the launch of the new Specialized Stumpjumpers. We’ve now had the Stumpjumper ST Comp Carbon 29 (130/120mm)...

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Review: The Specialized Stumpjumper ST Comp Carbon 29 may be shorter on travel, but it ain’t short on fun

Earlier this year Wil had the pleasure of heading out to Spain for the launch of the new Specialized Stumpjumpers. We’ve now had the Stumpjumper ST Comp Carbon 29 (130/120mm)...

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Review: Is the Liteville 301 MK14 the most German mountain bike on the market?

German brand Liteville sent us the 14th iteration of its 301 full suspension trail bike, which is quite possibly the most over-engineered mountain bike we’ve ever laid our hands on....

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Longterm Review: 2019 Scott Ransom 900 Tuned

It’s been three months since we first got our hands on the brand new Scott Ransom. Fully redesigned for 2019 and beyond, the Ransom glides into the Scott lineup as...

Review: Canyon Spectral WMN AL 6.0

Canyon released the new women’s specific Spectral trail bike earlier this year, and it features a unique frame, suspension design and geometry. But how different is the women’s Spectral to...

2019 Mondraker Foxy R 29

Mondraker Foxy R 29 Review – Don’t read this review if you don’t like riding fast.

I spent the first part of this year onboard the fantastic Mondraker Foxy, so when the 29er version of the same bike arrived at Singletrack Towers I was quick to...

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Review: Brother Cycles Big Bro – For long and short adventures

There’s something very exciting about getting a new adventure bike out of the box for the first time. With a trail bike, you kind of know what you’re going to...

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