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Trek updates the Fuel EXe with more power, bigger battery and a new name, Fuel+ while existing EXe owners can retrofit the TQ HPR60 motor too
Trek has relaunched its ill-fated SL e-bike, the Fuel EXe, which now comes with more power, more travel, more component ...
Vittoria’s new Mostro is right up there with the Maxxis Assegai for supple trail damping, but you won’t believe the weight of this thing
Italian tyre brand Vittoria is massive on the road bike side of things, but yet to make it big on dirt, where Maxxis, ...
Why did e-bike-only brand Forestal make a regular-powered mountain bike called the Cygnus? I’ve ridden it and there are flashes of genius
While the entire mountain bike world is figuring out how to turn regular bikes into e-bikes, Forestal has done the opposite ...
The Rapha Summer Sale is live, I kitted myself out with a mountain biking outfit and saved a staggering £240 – here’s how you can too
I’m a big fan of Rapha and have owned many of the brand’s pieces over the years. My go-to trail trousers are by Rapha, and ...
SL e-bikes aren’t dead yet! Instinctiv’s Ocelot is light, stealthy, and gets a Swiss motor you’ve probably never heard of
Instinctiv is hoping to keep the SL e-bike flame alive with its svelte new Ocelot, powered by the Maxon Bikedrive Air motor.
Lou Ferguson’s ride at Red Bull Hardline Wales 2025 was a turning point for mountain biking, and I can’t wait to see what comes of it
We all know Red Bull Hardline as the brainchild of Dan Atherton, who seems to have a talent for imagining lines from nothing, ...
Propain’s new Hugene is a “specialist” trail bike with less travel and a new geometry
Propain has updated its short travel trail bike, Hugene for the first time since 2023. It now comes with less travel, room ...
Red Bull Hardline Wales: watch Lou Ferguson, Bernard Kerr and Ronan Dunne hitting the biggest features on track
July, and we can’t wait. Red Bull Hardline is one of the toughest mountain bike races on the planet, mixing in downhill tech ...
Canyon’s Neuron:ON e-bike is surprisingly fun to ride, and the new CLLCTV edition looks even more of a hoot, but two things immediately put me off
Canyon has just unleashed a bigger, burlier, radder, version of its Neuron:ON e-bike called the CLLCTV edition. This is the first new e-bike we’ve seen from Canyon since the German direct-sales giant ...