Bulgaria has got mountains and everything. Plus its own indigineous brands, of which Ram Bikes is the biggest.
Proceed FST Light £1,149 (frame only) www.proceedcycles.com/www.mtbdistribution.com 0131 445 2600 150 or 177mm of travel Adjustable geometry Formed in 2002, Bavarian company Proceed is a relatively young manufacturer. It describes itself...
Pinnacle is that fairly rare thing, an all-new bike brand. It’s the work of the ever-expanding Evans Cycles bike shop empire, although Pinnacle itself operates...
Giant Anthem 1 £3,000 www.giant-bicycles.com Pushed for time? Skip straight to the verdict. Giant launched their Maestro platform a couple of years ago, first seeing action in the 4”...
Merida is a well-known name in the UK thanks to its sponsorship of major events like the MTB-Marathon enduro series and TransWales stage race. The...
Scott Spark 10 £3,799 www.scottusa.com Sub-4lb frame 110mm of travel Inevitably, full suspension frames are always going to weigh more than hardtails. There’s always going to be a shock in...
Norco's reputation is built on big-hitting bikes, and the 2007 Shore range certainly fits the bill.
We had our first glimpse of the 2007 Whyte range some time ago, but the recent Core Bike trade show saw the full range being...
To celebrate the Stumpjumper's 25th birthday, the company has launched a limited-edition retro Specialized Stumpjumper of that 1982 pioneer.
Marin Mount Vision Pro £3,300 www.marin.co.uk All-new hydroformed design 120mm of travel Marin’s Mount Vision is a classic. It’s not much of an exaggeration to say that the original MV...
The new EVO (which apparently has to be capitalised, although we don't know what, if anything, it stands for) is Chumba's all-mountain frame.
Having sprung a surprise Bullit relaunch on us a few weeks back, an all-new Santa Cruz Heckler has been launched too.
The original Santa Cruz Bullit was one of the first "all-mountain" bikes, in the sense of long travel (6in at the time) but not ridiculously...
David Turner’s been around the bike industry for ever, working with the likes of RockShox and Horst Leitner in the early days of MTB suspension...
Scapin are an Italian brand some of you may not have heard of. Fear not, we're not going to hold that against you
This one is the Lapierre X-Race 900, which dusts the scales at a whisker over 23lb - an impressive weight in anyone's book.
On the BMC Trailfox there's a DT Swiss air shock on one side of the links and an aluminium/carbon fibre rear triangle on the other...
We’ve been delving into what’s involved in cyclo-cross racing this week. The eagle-eyed will have spotted our Quick Guide and Buyer’s Guide. They’re a good...
The venerable Santa Cruz Superlight design, far from being pensioned off, has had a substantial makeover for 2007.
The GT I-Drive Pro continues the "like an existing bike but in carbon" trend
We've got an EVO all-mountain device on test, so we didn't bother riding one of those at Interbike's Dirt Demo - we took out a...
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