Cane Creek has updated its eeSilk suspension seatposts, now offering you an alloy model at a lower price, and a lightweight carbon model at only a slight premium. Don’t let your head get in a tangle about the time-development-technology loop that is gravel bikes and…
March 2021
Mountain Mayhem Cancelled – Again!
If you thought this was the year when events would run smoothly, think again. Mountain Mayhem has been forced to cancel yet again. Will we ever see the return of this event in its new format? An announcement on their Facebook page reads: Coronavirus Cancels…
First Look: Five Ten Parley Primeblue Recycled Freerider Pro Shoes
For Spring 2021 Five Ten is launching the popular Freeride and Freerider Pro shoes using Parley Ocean Plastic, here’s a first look. Five Ten being part of the larger Adidas brand is able to make use of the sportswear giant’s R&D facilities and this means…
Video Vault: From BMX to MTB, and somewhere in between
Mullet bikes, 29ers, 27.5+… forget all that for a moment and dive into our weeny wheeled video collection. What can BMX bring to mountain biking, what can bikes bring to you, and what can you do if you throw all the rules our the window…
Review: 2021 Saracen Ariel 30
Saracen is back in a big way and its major focus for the moment is the brand new Ariel line. Redesigned from the ground up, while still retaining the multi-link suspension that first appeared on the downhill Myst, the Ariel comes in many forms and…
New Saracen Ariel E50, E50 Pro And E50 Elite
There’s a new e-bike in town: the Saracen Ariel E50, E50 Pro and Ariel E50 Elite (as here). And, while there has been an Ariel-E previously, to be honest, it wasn’t really a looker. This new bike really looks like it’s been designed around the…
New Saracen Bikes! “All About The Ariel”
Longstanding UK-designed brand, Saracen, has been a little quiet recently. Even before the pandemic, the range had slimmed down and news (apart from of the mighty Madison/Saracen downhill race team) was hard to come by. That usually either suggests a winding-down of effort from the…
Evoc Launches new Trail Pro with Liteshield Plus back protector
Evoc has added a new backpack with Level 2 back protection to its range: the Trail Pro, which it claims to be one of the lightest protector packs on the market. The Trail Pro comes in three volumes and each pack comes in two sizes…
