Even though Benji is currently attending a MASSIVELY TOP SECRET THING, there’s still a pile of new stuff to gawp at below.

Continuing the metal talk, the Race Pro uses a one-piece forged aluminium calliper, instead of moulding two halves of a shell ...

Everyone obsesses over frames, motors and suspension when they’re buying an e-MTB, and fair enough – that’s the bit you can’t change later. But once you’ve had the bike a year or two, it’s often the ...

The XTR Di2 shifter feels more like a cable shifter (as opposed to the wooly computer mouse feel of SRAM AXS). There’s an ...

The lovely steady flowy stage 1 I’d remembered from practice actually turned out to be quite tricky to race on once the adrenaline was flowing. It’s a beautiful trail, and as soon as I stopped trying ...

Tektro Gemini 4 pots. These were meant to be a cheap stop gap while I got some Hope brakes serviced, but they turned out to be brilliant brakes and have stayed on. 180mm 2.3mm thick TRP rotors front ...

Go north and then keep on going. Even without much sunshine – or indeed many trees – there is amazing riding to be had up there.

Three weeks ago Cycles Lapierre filed its own reorganisation in France in an attempt to prise itself free of insolvent parent Accell. That gamble has now paid off — at least to the extent that the ...

Cut to 770mm some signs of grips been fitted but never actually used as they came on a bike I stripped just for the frame ...

Messaging is open to registered members only. CUBE Acid Click XL saddle bag, size 1.2L in black. Excellent as new condition. £10 incudes postage.