Mountain Biking UK has got all the latest news, kit and exclusive info on the newest and best bikes. The MBUK Wrecking Crew testing team are out there right now, riding new bikes and products to destruction, to give you expert reviews you can count on to be brutally honest. We live to ride - and that's what makes MBUK Britain’s best-selling bike magazine.
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IN THE MAG THIS MONTH
FOX’S DEN
FAIRYTALE TRAILS • Two Euros find amazing riding, incredible landscapes and rediscover their ‘happy place’ on a Scottish roadtrip
THE HAND OF GOD? • Canadian endurance racer Cory Wallace spends much of his life bikepacking in remote lands. Here, the three-time 24-hour world champ shares a frightening, and enlightening, close call. Did divine intervention save the day?
#119 GREG MINNAAR’S WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS SANTA CRUZ V10 • A customised downhill race bike worthy of the wily GOAT
ZINN AND THE ART OF MOUNTAIN CYCLE MAINTENANCE
SEND IT! + Win all of this • YOUR MAIL, PHOTOS, IDEAS & RANTS
Want That! CAR BOOT KIT • You’ll always be prepared if you keep a selection of gear like this stashed in your vehicle
ENVIRONMENTALLY-SOUND STEERING
THE HUCK TO END ALL HUCKS!
Launch Pad • THE NEWLY-UNVEILED BIKES & KIT GETTING US EXCITED THIS MONTH
MBUK Month • The highs & lows of life on the mag
FIRST RIDES • STRAIGHT OUT OF THE BOX & ONTO THE TRAILS
FIRST LOOK • THE HOTTEST NEW KIT
BECAUSE IT’S THERE • AFTER A SESSION ON GOOGLE EARTH, JAMES VINCENT AND HIS RAGTAG RIDING CREW HEAD TO SCOTLAND TO RIDE WHAT’S NEVER BEEN RIDDEN BEFORE... AND FIND OUT WHY
LET BATTLE COMMENCE! • OLD-SKOOL VERSUS NU-SCHOOL AT THE MALVERNS ROUND OF DIRT WARS
TEAM IDOLS • ANDY WARD, OWNER OF THE MBUK-BACKED GT VIRIS TEAM, LOOKS BACK ON A SUCCESSFUL 2022 RACE SEASON FOR HIS FIVE TALENTED YOUNG RIDERS
WRECKED & RATED
6 OF THE BEST HELMET LIGHTS • Great for illuminating more than just the trail ahead
LONGTERM RIDES • Team bikes ridden hard for a year
HEAD-TO-HEAD BIKETEST DOWNCOUNTRY DUEL • Two contemporary short-travel steeds pitted against one another to see which is fastest and most fun
GROUPTEST WATERPROOF JACKETS • Twelve of this season’s newest styles ridden-in and rated
HOW TO... RIDE ON THE LIMIT • Pushing just beyond your comfort zone is the key to progression, but just how far should you take it?
GRIME TIME • EXPERT WORKSHOP ADVICE
BIGRIDE SPIN & RINSE • Inspired by the current craze for wild swimming, Max puts together a great Lakeland route with the opportunity for a cooling dip along the way
TRAILCREW FRISTON FOREST • We head south and east to visit a surprisingly hilly trail centre in East Sussex with a mix of waymarked tracks and long-established singletrack
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