These Shimano XT rims are both a bit narrower and lighter than the AM ones, but they still feel like they’ll be up for a...
Finding a sensibly priced/decent quality 1.5” to 1 1/8” reducer headset was a bit like looking for a needle in a haystack, but we’ve finally...
As used by a certain Mr Hill, and if this Monster green colour isn’t quite to your taste then there’s also more subtle versions of...
Anyway, the good news is that these Seca 700 race lights were worth the wait...
Bike Test: The Cannondale Rush It is possibly by mistake that a bike of such badness has emerged out of the “marathon bike” category stamped on...
Bike Test: RAGE DH Jones might be completely wrong about the look of this bike. You may think it has a raw industrial appeal that far...
Ed is our assistant editor, he’s Dirt magazines resident expert on all things mechanical and we call him the Colonel. Here’s the kit he always...
Sram X.0 and Gore Ride–On Cable Combo If you want a gear set up on your bike that’ll survive the worst Britain has to throw at it,...
For 2009 the Mountain Cycle Shockwave 9.5 becomes simply the Shockwave, and that’s because they’ve reduced the frames travel from 9.5” to 8”...
Bontrager Big Earl TLR ARC ‘Wet’ I’ve been a big fan of these tyres for a few years now, and thankfully Bontrager haven’t changed them....
STUFF I WEAR FOR DOIN’ PHOTOS LIKE. STEVE JONES Steve is our deputy editor, he rides his bike more than he’s supposed too, here’s the clothes...
Pedals Superstar Mag Lite CNC Pedals It was only when I picked these up off Ed H’s desk that I realised they were pretty special and...
Words Steve Jones Photos Victor Lucas This is a typical piece of French artistry, the likes of which we have not seen since the heady days of...
Why Doesn’t Tarzan Have A Beard? Fox 36 Forks 2009 Here we bloody go again. Seems like only yesterday I was trying to make a meal out...
With all the stuff that comes through our door it takes something pretty special to get everyone gathered round...
THE WHYTE E120 This bike teeters on the very edge of the kind of bikes we have in this magazine. Its inclusion is hardly about its...
For a while it was the free thinkers who ruled. Niche brands roamed the blistered, wrinkled and ripped skin of the earth’s surface on brawny...
Here’s another great value product from those ‘cut out the middleman’ guys at Superstar. The quality of finish is high and so is the construction...
We’ve said already that we think the new Shimano SLX is perhaps the best value groupset that you can buy at the moment, but this...
Easily the biggest change in the new Shimano Saint groupset is the rear mech which now does away with that stupid system that hardly fitted...
Like the rest of the Shimano Saint groupset the shifters have had a complete overhaul and have come out all the better for it...
For some unknown reason most 1.5” to 1 1/8” reducer headsets seem to cost a small fortune, but this new Element Fusion is far more...
Santa Cruz Blur 4x Frame You know there are certain ‘elements’ in our office that tell me ‘this isn’t the bike for you Mikey’, but over...
First off i should be doing this over on www.hardtailnation.co.uk but this new server wont let me on the admin site, seems to work over...
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