This is Evil Bikes’s new Revolt downhill frame, which represents a departure for the Seattle-based company in all sorts of ways. It’s not steel, it’s...
In 2009 I’ll be riding and racing the new Ironhorse Bootleg 3.0. It’s perfect for an endurance racer who leans further towards the trail bike...
2009 is here. But the bike industry being the odd beast it is, the 2009 model year is already well under way. We’ve been keeping...
Tomac While the freshly-revitalised Tomac Bikes has a bunch of very modern bikes in its range, it was the very limited edition DB10 that first attracted...
New Zealand brand 2Stage specialises in twin-shock bikes – this is its HammerSchmidt-equipped all-mountain bike. Not to be outdone, Corsair also has a double-shocker in the...
London’s Cycle Show is at Earl’s Court from 10-12 October. Thursday was trade day, so we took a lightning dash around the aisles to see...
Titus An eye-catching array of bikes packed the periphery of the Titus stand, with the all-new orange-anodised FTM being the most distinctive. The FTM is Titus’s...
Ellsworth Ellsworth makes much of its made-in-the-US heritage and anodised finishes, which makes its latest offering something of a departure. The Glimpse shares the suspension layout,...
Here’s all of our Interbike 2008 reports gathered together in one place for your comfort and convenience – just scroll past whatever ad happens to...
So what’s the behind the scenes low down when it comes to technology, bike set-up and route stats for the South Downs Double? Over...
GT The most eyecatching bike on the GT stand was the all-new Fury downhill bike. It’ll be campaigned on the World Cup circuit by freshly-signed Marc...
Hope Hope was showing an all-new brake, the Tech X2, which replaces the Mono Mini. The Tech lever is ambidextrous and has a split clamp, while...
Some random thoughts and ponderings in a blog-type, most-recent-first style… Thursday 25 September Listen to the band Once again it’s not really Thursday, it having just gone midnight...
Corsair Corsair Bikes came to our attention last year, but the 2009 bikes are substantially revised. There’s also now an all-mountain bike in the range in...
Calfee Designs has been producing bamboo road and CX bikes for a while, and is now doing MTBs too. This 29er includes a singlespeed friendly...
Jones Jeff Jones has a somewhat more prominent stand position this year, right near the front of the hall and packed with an array of variations...
With any luck you’ve now recovered from BM’s sixteen-part Eurobike extravaganza. We’re not sure that Dave’s fully recovered from writing it all, though – even...
Yes, it’s trade show season again, with Eurobike under way in Friedrichshafen, Germany. We’ve sent David Arthur over in the BM zeppelin (the expo centre...
Lapierre Lapierre’s experimental X-Race 500 integrates an electric motor and battery from Protanium, a company that specialises in such products. The lithium polymer battery is concealed...
Trek It’s all change at Trek. Since it released the new Fuel with its reconfigured suspension platform, the US company has turned up the development and...
Exposure Lights Exposure Lights have come a long way since they first introduced their cable-free LED light onto the world, and with the release of its...
Specialized I think this may be my favourite of Specialized’s new bikes: the Stumpjumper HT The FACT 10m carbon frameset will be right at home on the...
Big changes afoot for Turner in 2009, as the company that pioneered chainstay-pivot, four-bar suspension designs moves wholesale to Dave Weagle’s DW-Link design. Turner had...
Orange The Orange Alpine 160 is, yes you guessed it, a 160mm version of the 5. Geometry has been tweaked to make it all a bit...
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