Canyon are doubling down on their cross-country chops with the new Canyon Exceed hardtails and Canyon Lux full suspension models for 2022.
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Most wanted: Orange Switch 6 Team £5200
The Orange Switch 6 Team has race-focused geometry, custom-tuned suspension and components and a ride intention you would expect from an Orange.
Yeti 160E e-bike features new Sixfinity 6-bar suspension design
The iconic MTB brand has finally joined the party with the Yeti 160E, a 160mm travel e-bike with a radical suspension design and a host…
Orbea Rallon: coil or ail, 29 or mullet, in any colour you want
The 2022 Orbea Rallon is as progressive as they come but also offers ample olive branches to those non-racing riders who can be put-off by…
Hottest mountain bikes for 2022
There’s no shortage of scintillating new hardware coming onto the market next year. And with a bit of luck, some of it might actually be…
Orange Phase adaptive mountain bike
The Orange Phase AD3 is an adaptive mountain bike with an electric motor that promises to let disabled riders take on exactly the same terrain…
Outta the archive: Chris Porter’s pioneering Mondraker from 2014
"For me, the limits are around 62.3° head angle, 850mm for the front centre and 335mm for the BB height. It may not be the…
Voodoo tops redesigned mountain bike range with a spellbinding new Bizango hardtail
The Voodoo Bizango is most successful bike of the decade in terms of test wins, earning our best Hardtail of the Year Award on numerous…
3 highlights from the Cube 2022 mountain bike range
Cube recently unveiled its new 2022 range, so we sifted through the vast (and occasionally confusing) line-up to pick out three of its freshest highlights.…
Nukeproof MegaWatt is here: 170mm travel electric mullet
An electric Nukeproof will come as little surprise to anyone with a grasp of both the Nukeproof brand and the wider MTB market in general.…
Nukeproof Mega Vs Nukeproof Giga; which should you choose?
We help you choose your enduro weapon with a deep dive into the ride, handing and personalities of Nukeproof's two race-ready full-suspension rigs.
Mullet makeover for Santa Cruz Bronson
The Santa Cruz Bronson was the dual-suspension bike that brought Santa Cruz into 650b, has now evolved to something else: mixed wheelsize.
YT’s rolls out new Decoy MX and Decoy 29 e-bikes with EP8
YT has just announced six new versions of its highly lauded e-bike; the Decoy (our E-Bike of the Year winner in the direct-sales category). Here’s…
YT launches the new Capra MKIII
Third generation YT Capra moves the needle once again with an asymmetric bracing wing to make space for a full size water bottle.
Specialized Turbo Kenevo SL is 18.8kg electric version of Enduro
Specialized Turbo Kenevo SL is assisted version of popular and capable Enduro and gets the lightweight SL motor, which pumps out 240W with a 320Wh…
Forestal’s Hydra is a downhill e-bike
Forestal is an Andorran mountain bike brand with a difference – all its bikes feature mid-drive motors. The entire range, which has long been teased,…
Focus Thron is a new 130mm ripper for £2199
The all new Focus Thron range of short travel trail bikes (Down-country if you will) meet bikepacking rigs for adventurous times.
New Focus Jam goes 29er and starts from £2500
Like Jam, but sweeter: the new Focus Jam has better geo, bigger sizing, a new-fangled suspension layout, handy tool storage, and starts from £2,500!
Looking back at Chris Porter’s pioneering custom Nicolai Ion 2014
From the MBR Achive: How the boss behind Mojo and Geometron was pushing bike design lower, longer and slacker way back in 2014
Mountain bike history: world’s first carbon monocoque mountain bike
We get a peek into mountain bike history as Chris Hornzee-Jones shows us the world's first carbon monocoque mountain bike that was first designed in