Up close and personal with Tom Pidcock's World Championship-winning Pinarello Dogma XC Electronic suspension and a curious wheel and tyre package for the new World Champion Cycling News · Sep 1
Van Rysel goes big on gravel with two new launches across both race and adventure New RCR-G borrows from Van Rysel’s road race bikes, while EDR-G is ultra-distance tested Cycling News · Aug 24
Van Rysel directs its WorldTour aero nous at the dirt, launching its first gravel race bike – the RCR-G Borrowing heavily from its flagship road tech, the all-new RCR-G gravel race bike has been unveiled alongside a wildly versatile, toolbox-equipped EDR-G sibling Cycling Weekly · Aug 24
Factor Sarana gravel bike review – an extreme gravel option designed to take you places your regular bike couldn't dream of Why prune a tree with a pair of scissors when you've got secateurs? The Sarana is a specific bike that caters to its market of ultra gravel riders and bikepackers perfectly Cycling Weekly · Aug 13
The Salsa Wanderosa review: I misunderstood this bike completely With full suspension, a Class 3 motor and 2.35" tyres, Salsa's Wanderosa looks like a drop-bar e-MTB. After weeks of riding, I discovered it's something far more interesting Cycling Weekly · Jun 22
'You can't model what happens after twenty hours on the bike' - Factor launches new Sarana ultra gravel bike Factor also releases a brand new gravel wheelset Cycling News · May 1
Front suspension, commodious cargo-carrying capacity, and huge tyre clearance headline Factor’s Sarana gravel bike The wider tyre clearance battle continues to rage as Factor bestows its new Sarana gravel bike with clearance for 2.2-inch mountain bike tyres Cycling Weekly · May 1
New full-suspension Trek gravel bike has an unseen fork, massive tyre clearance, and will 'help you breathe more easily' (no, really!) All-new gravel bike aims to bridge the gap between rigid gravel bikes and full-on mountain bikes Cycling News · Sep 25, 2025
Is Manitou’s Mattoc Pro a real lightweight trail fork alternative to RockShox and Fox? Does Manitou’s mid-travel Mattoc Pro perform well enough to tell the suspension sheep to flock off? Guy Kesteven has been riding two sets for several months to find out Bike Perfect · Sep 25, 2024
The new Spectral:ONfly is Canyon's lightest e-MTB ever The Spectral:ONfly comes equipped with TQ’s HPR50 drive system and Canyon's K.I.S steering stabilizing system Bike Perfect · Sep 12, 2024
Trek's best-selling hardtail MTB gets new carbon models, plus technology that makes it lighter and improves bump absorption Trek says the Procaliber Gen 3 is even better with a bump in travel, geometry changes, and three models – but only one in the US Bike Perfect · Aug 30, 2024
Voodoo looks to be working some serious money magic with their latest Canzo and Canzo Pro full-suspension bikes Voodoo’s all-new 140mm travel Canzo 29er frame has totally up-to-date aggro geometry, loaded with Maxxis tires, RockShox suspension, and Shimano stop-and-go with complete bike prices starting at just £1400 Bike Perfect · Aug 29, 2024
Kona revives its e-MTB range with the new Remote 160 DL and Remote X Kona launches its first new e-MTB in four years adding two totally redesigned long-travel e-enduro bikes to its range Bike Perfect · Aug 20, 2024
Does the release of Trek's Slash+ signal the start of a new trend of enduro bikes with lightweight motors? Trek says it has taken its enduro bike to the "next level" by equipping its high-pivot Slash+ with a lightweight TQ HPR50 motor Bike Perfect · Jul 25, 2024
Bike Perfect · Jul 11, 2024 Kona announces its third-generation Process – the first range of bikes to be released since the brand was re-acquired by its original founders The latest Process gets a wealth of evolutionary changes after Dan Gerhard and Jake Heilbron are at Kona once again
Bike Perfect · Jul 10, 2024 Unsure whether to go for a high pivot or low pivot MTB? Lapierre's new Spicy CF enduro bike offers both Lapierre's Spicy CF features a unique double swingarm position design that allows riders to switch between high-pivot and low-pivot suspension kinematics
Bike Perfect · Jul 9, 2024 YT's new Decoy SN e-MTB is its lightest and most capable yet, but even with a Fazua motor it still weighs over 20kg, so who's it for? The German direct-sales brand unveils its latest Decoy electric mountain bike, but while it's a super capable e-MTB, it's not full power or particularly light
Cycling News · Jul 9, 2024 The Canyon Grizl:ON CF Trail shows why 'just buy an MTB' is nonsense I tested the burly, top spec Grizl:ON which can cut it easily on MTB trails
Bike Perfect · Jun 25, 2024 Trek Slash 9.9 Gen 6 review – a high pivot and idler suspension design, plus a completely new chassis With 170mm travel and a complex high pivot layout with upper idler wheel and lower guide, Trek’s new Slash prioritizes bump swallowing and DH capability without sacrificing the ability to be a sorted enduro all-rounder
Cycling Weekly · Jun 25, 2024 Into the beautiful unknown of Trans-Snowdonia In a bid to ascertain the limits of a gravel bike, Steve Shrubsall heads to North Wales to tackle Cycling UK’s recently opened, 125-mile Trans-Snowdonia route
Bike Perfect · Jun 21, 2024 Mountain bike suspension forks explained – we break down every technical term and piece of jargon to help you better understand your MTB fork Our easy, A to Z expert guide on what all the bits of your suspension fork are called and what they do
Bike Perfect · Jun 20, 2024 Is RockShox relaunched Flight Attendant the ultimate ‘automatic’ suspension for trail and enduro riders? RockShox is relaunching the latest ‘powered up’ version of its AI-automated Flight Attendant suspension back into the rowdy end of riding by combining it with their latest fork and shock changes
Bike Perfect · Jun 18, 2024 Merida One-Twenty 600 review – budget-friendly, short travel, trail ripper Merida’s One-Twenty 600, with its 130mm of travel, aims to be a jack-of-all trades at an affordable price, but can the component package compromises still shred?
Bike Perfect · Jun 13, 2024 RockShox reveals a lineup of upgraded forks and shocks designed to improve rider control, enhance tire grip and give wider tuning options RockShox upgrades the Pike, Lyrik and Zeb forks with a new Charger 3.1 damper, while the Super Deluxe shock gets an overhaul too
Bike Perfect · Jun 13, 2024 RockShox latest Lyrik Ultimate tough trail MTB fork gets a damper upgrade and new refinements, I put it to the test to see how it fared SRAM's suspension division upgrades its Ultimate level trail / enduro MTB fork with a Charger 3.1 damper, but does it improve on the previous incarnation?