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Bike Check: Kingdom G 600 Belt Driven Custom Titanium Hardtail

Graham Stock of Sixth Element hasn’t matched his bike to his Porsche – instead he’s had himself a rather nice custom titanium hardtail built, and of course added his own company wheels. I suspect a few ears pricked up at the mention of ‘titanium’. Now let the words ‘gearbox’ and…

Podcast: Bowhead Corp – making bikes for life

A life changing spinal injury is one of those things that we really hope never happens to us – but as mountain bikers we know it’s a risk. When it happens, as well as all the obvious and potentially major health, work and accessibility implications, it can also mean we…

How Does The Female Hormone Cycle Affect Cycling Performance? Part 1

Hormones, the ‘chemical messengers’ that tell our bodies what to do and when to do it, aren’t optional. We can’t turn them off, at most we can try to balance them with the use of more hormones. But can we use them to our advantage when it comes to riding…

Making Time To Ride: a health check for your home

Leave the ‘mum guilt’ and ‘dad guilt’ at home – check your habits and find everyone the ride time and headspace they need. Itโ€™s International Womenโ€™s Day. In some respects, I donโ€™t want to talk about it – itโ€™s merely a focal point for an agenda thatโ€™s in my mind…

Interview: Making The Earthbound FS Bamboo High Pivot Bike

Building bikes with bamboo isn’t new, but this is a particularly lovely example of what you can do with a little time, patience and a whole heap of skill. Having spotted Earthbound Bikes on Instagram, we had a chat with maker Jason O’Nions about the background to this bike. Meet…

Opinion: The Illegal Trail Builder

Building unsanctioned trails is a touchy subject. But are there shades of grey when it comes to building illegal trails or is it a black and white issue? We talk to one trail builder who wants to keep his activities secret.

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10 Reasons your bike will cost you more this year

It seems like there’s been a lot of bad news about price rises on bikes and components recently, so we thought we’d look at what’s driving it – and whether it’ll change any time soon. 1. High demand 2020 saw half the world go out and buy a bike, and…

You Can’t Buy Happiness – but you can buy an eMTB

Hannah explains why she thinks an eMTB should be your next gift to yourself if you want to add a little joy to your life. I have never really โ€˜had moneyโ€™. For a brief period in my twenties I had a disposable income, and I bought cheese, wine and whisky…

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