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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...

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Specialized Pumps Up The Epic With The New 2019 Epic EVO

Specialized overhauled the Epic lineup around this time last year, dropping the horst link FSR pivot and a whole load of weight in the process. A new, refined Brain shock...

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Is This The Goldilocks Casing? Maxxis Launches EXO+

Maxxis has announced a brand new casing option, which we think is going to get a lot of you quite excited. It’s called EXO+ and it’s designed to close the...

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Schwalbe’s new Eddy Current is more aggro than a Magic Mary

Schwalbe has a new tyre on show at Eurobike, and it’s called the Eddy Current (we’re not sure how Melbourne band, Eddy Current Suppression Ring feels about the name of...

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Spotted at Eurobike! Fox Live Valve electronic suspension!

These days at Eurobike, journos often get a head start on what’s going to be new at the exhibition. We start getting emails months beforehand, with a head’s up of...

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First Ride: Renthal replaces the Fatbar Carbon with… the Fatbar Carbon 2

Iconic UK moto and mountain bike brand, Renthal, has got a brand new Fatbar Carbon. And it’s called…err…the Fatbar Carbon V2. Joining the recently released alloy Fatbar 2, the carbon...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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Throwback: 14 Highlights From The 2017 Eurobike Show

In less than 24 hours, the world’s biggest bicycle industry show, Eurobike, will be kicking off in Friedrichshafen, Germany. Notching up 26 years in 2018, Eurobike is known as THE……

Bamboo, Sweat & Tears: Attempting To Build The Bamboo Bastard

Back in February for issue 117 of Singletrack Magazine, we decided to see if a self-confessed perfectionist who’s terrible at woodwork make a bamboo bike from scratch at home? Well,……

First Ride Review: The 2019 Marin Alpine Trail is a big travel 29er that is tough & simple, but it’s also really good

Brand new from Marin Bikes for 2019 is this long travel 29er called the Alpine Trail. Replacing the outgoing Attack Trail 27.5, the Alpine Trail is an all-mountain bruiser equipped...

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First Ride Review: Quiet hubs and smooth shifting – Shimano is BACK with new XTR!

Just over a month ago, Shimano unveiled the most anticipated product launch of 2018: the brand new 12-speed M9100 XTR groupset. Took ’em long enough eh? We brought you all...

Wanna win a £2700 Pivot 429 Trail Frame? Enter the 2018 Pivot TwentyFour12 right here!

Looking for that ideal MTB party weekend for you, your family and friends? Then look no further than Twentyfour12! The event is a 4 day festival of fun, centred round...

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DT Swiss has a new fork! Introducing the 130-160mm travel F 535 ONE

DT Swiss has finally unveiled its new trail fork, and it’s called the F 535 ONE. Featuring 35mm diameter stanchions and up to 160mm of travel, the F 535 ONE...

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Comfortable kit upgrades, many components and one VERY nice frame – It’s Fresh Goods Friday 402

Did you know that in Idaho there is a button you can press that induces pancakes? Instant, fresh, warm pancakes! Hannah has been over there checking out that button, so...

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2-piston or 4-piston? Testing & comparing Shimano’s brand new XTR disc brakes

Last week I was lucky to find myself in the wonderfully atmospheric Kranjska Gora in Slovenia. A location unfamiliar to this antipodean, Kranjska Gora is squeezed into the north western...

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26 Ain’t Dead! Cotic has just released a new BFe hardtail 🤘🤘🤘

Peak District-based Cotic Bikes has just released what we believe to be the only new 26in mountain bike frame launched in 2018 – the BFe26. Following in the footsteps of...

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2 Videos To Show You How Good Shimano XTR 12-Speed Is

Unless you’ve been residing below a stone-based dwelling for the past month, you’ll be well aware that Shimano recently delivered one of the biggest product stories of 2018; new, 12-speed...

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9 hot product highlights from SRAM, Formula, Bell & MET that you need to see!

A brand new event for 2018, Bike Connection is a relatively small, multi-brand press camp. The first event – the winter edition – was held back in February of this...

First Ride Review | 2019 Canyon Lux CF SLX 9.0 Pro Race

In June 2018, the German direct-to-consumer giant, Canyon Bicycles, invited me out to Girona in Spain to test out the all-new Lux full suspension race bike. Featuring a full carbon...

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First Ride Review: 2019 Canyon Lux CF SLX 9.0 Pro Race

Earlier this month, the German direct-to-consumer giant, Canyon Bicycles, invited me out to Girona in Spain to test out the all-new Lux full suspension race bike. Featuring a full carbon...

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Canyon’s new Lux full suspension XC race bike will fit two bottles and has a sub-2kg carbon frame. Sort of…

Following two years of development, and a few rounds of testing on the World Cup XCO circuit, today Canyon proudly launches its brand new Lux full suspension race bike. Replacing...

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First Ride Review: Pivot Firebird 29 Pro X01

After the first day of riding at the Pivot Cycles launch in Moab last month, we gathered inside the living room of one of the apartments Pivot had taken over,...

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Pivot Cycles Goes Big With 170/162mm Travel Firebird 29er

Officially unveiled as of today, Pivot Cycles has just taken the wrappers off this brand spanking new long-travel 29er called the Firebird 29. Joining the existing Firebird 27.5, the 29er...

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SRAM Introduces NX Eagle 1×12 Groupset, Including A Sub-£100 Cassette

You read that correctly – SRAM has just unveiled its fourth – and cheapest – 1×12 Eagle drivetrain. Badged with the NX Eagle label, this new 12-speed groupset slots in...

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Review: SRAM NX Eagle 1×12 Drivetrain

Following the release of the XX1 and X01 Eagle groupsets two years ago, then GX Eagle last year, the latest NX Eagle groupset slots into the lineup as the fourth,...

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UPDATE: milKit Booster tyre inflator recalled due to safety issue

Update: We’ve just received the official recall notice from milKit regarding the Boost tubeless tyre inflator – see below for the full recall notice. Madison, the distributor that imports and...