It does seem to be.
Is there an article or something?
Website looks alive?
I think it must be. They were one of my regular sites I’d visit for reviews (they had some good riders/writers) but it hasn’t been updated since 26th September.
Website not been updated but their FB page looks like it is.
They’re pretty active on instagram
I remember them saying they were stopping the magazine and going website only. Which was the death knell for Dirt Mag
I think they have stuff on YouTube?
But otherwise gone the way of bikeperfect
I was wondering this. Website not updated for weeks.
I have to say, I think non-e mountain biking is becoming fairly niche these days.
If I were running a mountain bike based business, I’d be focussing on e-bikes.
Yeah, me too, the listings at the back were ace.
Weird that the Insta is still being updated but the website not.
Hopefully they have just lost the password or something, because I think they've been doing some of the best bike and gear reviews in recent years.
Weird that the Insta is still being updated but the website not.
Hopefully they have just lost the password or something, because I think they've been doing some of the best bike and gear reviews in recent years.
Yeah, it feels like a shame if it is perma-death. I've always found it a useful resource for reviews, though I did wonder whether their commercial model was sustainable once they'd closed the print mag. It felt like there were a lot of staffers being sustained by a specialist website.
It felt like there were a lot of staffers being sustained by a specialist website.
I thought the same, they were putting out a lot of good content for a lower profile site. Maybe they were trying to build more of an audience.
Anyway, fingers crossed it's just a hiatus of some sort.
I have to say, I think non-e mountain biking is becoming fairly niche these days.
were mbr against it/prioritising meat powered bikes?
looks like 5 ebike articles on the MBR front page currently, plus another article on DJI motors.
anyway, as a big fan of non-e mtbing, I'm not sure its niche... but I'm not sure its got much in the way of groundbreaking tech launches either. which means it must be hard to fill a magazine/website/youtube channel with relevent content.
If you showed me a trail bike that was notably better than my current 2021 trail bike, I would buy it right now. (see my comment on the "what is rich" thread, and know I'm an engineering nerd with disposable income). But honestly I don't really see what I'm gaining apart from possibly a sandwich box.
I miss MTB World , MTB Pro , Dirt and Dirt Rag
I've still got the 1st issue of MBR but I don't still have the free VHS
I hope it keeps going, their videos are good and the magazine when it went under was the one I enjoyed most.
They were doing quite a lot of eeb stuff yeah.
Based in Surrey hills iirc, so they had to really 😄
Based in Surrey hills iirc, so they had to really 😄
I'm still meat biking with my friends in the surrey hills. there are dozens of us I tell you, dozens!
There’s a new article on the website today, so still breathing seemingly.
Most probably. They were possibly struggling with audience I think.
OK, looks like they just had a couple of months off updating the website.
Possibly a tech issue or something.
It's not really an article but an ad for Merlin cycles
I remember them saying they were stopping the magazine and going website only. Which was the death knell for Dirt Mag
I was quite surprised to see Dirt's website is still there. It's like a time capsule from 2018...
I'm still meat biking with my friends in the surrey hills. there are dozens of us I tell you, dozens!
Sounds very niche (and quite messy!)
"I'm still meat biking with my friends in the surrey hills. there are dozens of us I tell you, dozens!"
I do have an ebike but when I've gone to the Surrey Hills in recent years I've taken my singlespeed hardtail to confuse the locals!