Guy Kesteven

Review I’ve been riding Continental’s Race King tire to find out what focusing on ultimate rolling speed rather than reassuring grip feels like on the trail

Review GT's carbon fiber, short-travel trail bike is one of many being sold super cheap right now. Guy Kesteven and his northern test team have been riding it for months to see if it's actually worth buying

Review The affordable mountain bike market has never had more excellent, new, or 'old stock sold cheap’ options than it does now. So is the all-new Calibre Bossnut a straight to the top comeback? Guy Kesteven has been putting the hours in to tell you exactly what you need to know about this awesome affordable all-rounder

Review Vittoria’s Peyote XC Race Formulation uses combines their latest rubber compound and carcass with a distinctive new tread pattern, but how does it compare to other high speed tires in a range of conditions?

Review Will Mezcal’s fanatically loyal fan base still love the latest version and who else should now consider using the bigger, tougher, more controlled version of this classic speed tire?

Review Does Manitou’s mid-travel Mattoc Pro perform well enough to tell the suspension sheep to flock off? Guy Kesteven has been riding two sets for several months to find out

Review It’s been ten years since Panaracer became the first brand to release a dedicated gravel tire that became an instant classic. A decade later has its latest design retaken the mixed surface crown and become the true GravelKing again?

Review More travel, smoother suspension and rowdier angles make Hightower hardcore enduro ready but it’ll still run with the pedal pack all day

Review Racing Ray is one of Schwalbe’s newest tires but it’s a perfect front match for the legendary Racing Ralph when it comes to exceptional speed with more grip than you’d expect

Review Were Schwalbe’s XC speed tire fans right to be worried when Racing Ralph got a complete redesign or is Ralph V2.0 an even better, faster all-rounder?

Review WTB haven’t had new rubber in the XC game for a long time, so how does the new Macro measure up to the other podium contenders in the speed, grip and survival stakes?

Review Pace reckons its latest steel RC429 hardtail works as a proper progressive trail slayer AND a fully loaded, kitchen sink spec drop bar adventurer. Surely there have to be some compromises?

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Review The numbers and features of SRAM’s new RED XPLR AXS gravel group look next level, but how do they add up in terms of practical performance on the trail?