Magura’s rather good but largely unsung suspension range is getting some new products, some tweaks and some lower prices for 2006. The new thing is...
Magura Phaon forks £358.99 Magura The Phaon is described as a “freeride/enduro/tour” fork, so it’s intended to be something of an all-rounder. Backing this up is the Flight...
USE Sumo seatpost £59.99 – £129.99 USE USE has been making seatposts for ever and a day. They’ve always had a reputation for light weight, but some riders...
Crank Brothers Candy SL pedals £84.95 Raw Experience The original Eggbeater was a hit with the weight conscious and has been a particular favourite amongst racers. Crank Brothers...
Specialized Rival saddle £50 Specialized 020 8391 3500 It’s not easy recommending saddles. What is comfortable for one person could be a pain in the arse for someone else....
24seven Supercross wheels £149.99 (£159.99 w/20mm front; £169.99 w/20mm front & 12mm rear) 24seven 24seven’s Supercross wheels are an off-the-peg freeridey package aimed at anyone putting together a...
RockShox Tora 318 U-Turn forks £169.99 Fisher Outdoor Leisure It wasn’t all that long ago that all the suspension forks on the market cost £350. When “budget” forks...
This is the top-of-the-range Manitou Nixon Platinum, in its through-axle incarnation.
RockShox’s latest fork lines will be appearing in shops any time now. Starting at the inexpensive end, the new Tora replaces the budget Pilot fork....
DT Swiss HVR200 shock £350 Ultimate Pursuits If this were one of those traditional magazines, reproduced in ink on a large chunk of reconstituted wood pulp divided into...
As well as an impressive range of bikes, Specialized has made a real effort with their clothing and equipment line-up. Expect new materials and external...
At first glance there doesn’t look to be all that much new from Marzocchi for 2006 – all the fork names look familiar and most...
Syncros Bearhug Hinged stem £54.99 Hot Wheels The old Syncros stem was something of a classic, silly slanty top notwithstanding. The hinged clamp variant of the original Syncros...
Schwalbe Big Betty tyres £34.99 Fisher Outdoor Leisure Anyone who’s even slightly familiar with the Schwalbe tyre range will know that they’ve all got vaguely silly names that...
Intense CC 2.25 tyres £27 Jungle Intense tyres (or Intense Tire Systems if we’re being formal) reach these shores courtesy of Jungle Products. The range covers DH and...
Magura Julie disc brakes £79.95 Magura We hate to describe anything as “essential”. There are very few things in the MTB firmament that you actually can’t do without....
The Shimano Deore group has always been kind of a shire horse of the component world – not all that pretty, not all that light,...
Michelin All-Mountain/XCR All-Terrain tyres £33.99 (tubed); £36.99 (tubeless) Michelin 01782 401853 The Michelin All-Mountain and XCR All-Terrain tyres are essentially the same, but in different sizes, so we’re looking...
Marzocchi Z1FR ETA fork £449.95 Windwave Marzocchi’s Z1FR fork can be looked at as one of two things. Either it’s a beefed-up, longer version of the 2004 Z1FR,...
We starting to be big fans of SRAM. Not just because the stuff works and looks good, but because it seems to making a great...
More home-grown titanium loveliness is now available from new British company Pipedream Cycles, brainchild of Alan Finlay and Stuart Davies. Pipedream’s angle is low-hype simplicity,...
Around six billion years ago – okay, just the one – we got hold of most of a Shimano Deore XT groupset. I promptly fitted...
SRAM’s X-7 and x-9 trigger shifters have become well-established – there’s tons of the stuff coming on 2005 bikes and the all-thumbs shifters have a...
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