The Velduro Rogue deserves your attention for a number of reasons. Firstly it’s the brand’s opening gambit. A slick looking ...

Scott’s brand new Ransom conceals the shock within the frame to create one of the most streamlined enduro bikes on the market. But that’s not the only thing that makes it special. With a six-bar ...

The Hightower was designed as the Santa Cruz for everyone. Everyone with deep enough pockets, anyway. It’s got 145mm travel, 29er wheels and relaxed but not silly-slack geometry, and the idea was you ...

• Other 140mm bikes feel much more assured in really rough enduro terrain • After trying all the geometry adjustments, you’d have to say Giant got it right in the first place, although the reach ...

Santa Cruz has nailed almost everything on the Heckler SL, and we were smitten with the ride quality, but at 7.6k it's just too expensive, and the Fazua Ride 60 system isn't as reliable as it should ...

Light on the bars, heavy on the stopping, Hope’s latest mix-and-match XCR E4 disc brake makes an excellent lightweight trail / XC set-up. Hope’s minimalist XCR carbon lever started out mated to an X2 ...

With 180mm travel, Bosch’s new CX motor and 800Wh battery, and sorted geometry, the £7500 Merida eOne-Eighty 900 is a tank of an e-bike, but it comes alive when you’re up to speed Merida started down ...

There aren’t many e-bikes designs that can boast the gen 3 tag, but because Canyon was in on the ground floor of e-bike development the Spectral:On is one such model – even if Canyon does not make a ...

Better tyres, brakes and settings from Norco's Ride Aligned setup guide would definitely help elevate the performance of the Fluid VLT C2. Most mountain bike brands like to have one suspension design ...

The best rear shocks for mountain bikes come in all shapes and sizes. In other words, the riding you do, where you ride, how you ride and how you want your bike to feel all influence how you set up ...

The Amflow PL Carbon with DJI’s Avinox motor has put the cat among the pigeons. In 30 years as a mountain bike journalist, I can’t remember another bike that has stirred up so much hype and ...

The Kado is a brilliant do it all e-bike, if you're into descending I don't think there are many 150mm travel bikes that can touch it for pace The Kado is now Whyte’s go to e-bike for most riders, ...