Latest articles by Guy Kesteven
Buyer's Guide The best gravel shoes that will make your pedaling more efficient so you can ride faster and longer in comfort
Review Is Yeti’s all-round ‘mountain bike’ the ultimate blend of iconic brand and innovative technology? Guy Kesteven has been enjoying the last few months finding out.
Opinion Guy Kesteven is a firm believer in the mental as well as physical benefits of biking at all ages, but now the evidence is so strong even Hollywood is picking up on it
Opinion Mountain and gravel bike riders have to cope with a lot. Rocks, roots, drops, techy climbs, slippery surfaces, filthy weather, stinging, scratching plants, punctures, mechanicals. But whatever level you ride at, sometimes the worst challenge you can face is other people
News You could win a Trek gravel bike or Rab clothing when you ride the new trails around Coed y Brenin at Saturday's opening
Buyer's Guide No matter your riding style and budget, our experts have picked out the best mountain bike brakes available
Opinion E–MTBs get you further, or fit in more fun runs however fit you are (or aren’t), but which design trends are dead ends and which features fail? Guy Kesteven gets revved up about his biggest e–MTB frustrations
Opinion Guy Kesteven had an awesome day previewing the new gravel bike trails at Coed y Brenin, but what does this reinvention of past pioneering tell us about the future of off-road riding?
Review The G2 packages twenty years of Kinesis design experience into an affordable alloy all-road / gravel all-rounder. I've been riding one all spring to find out how it performs
Buyer's Guide The best enduro helmets offer good ventilation and high levels of protection for riding fast on technical, DH-graded MTB terrain
Features Guy Kesteven roasts horrible headsets, compromised cockpits, e-MTB mount madness, stupid storage and hidden spec horror so you don’t have to suffer at the hands of dumb design
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Opinion It’s Local Bike Shop Day on May the 4th and Guy Kesteven reckons that sort of initiative is a great idea. However, he also thinks a brief forensic study of how the day has officially been presented tells us why some small scale shops might be struggling.
Buyer's Guide Whether you're riding XC or enduro, here's our test team's choice of the best dropper posts to get your saddle out of the way for maximum maneuverability
Review Guy Kesteven has been riding Cervelo’s new fast but friendly drop bar dirt bike to see who it’ll suit best and he reckons it’s potentially a real sweet spot for the road rooted but gravel curious
Opinion Guy Kesteven reckons it’s time most of us stopped thinking about what we can upgrade on our mountain bikes to go faster and look at the real weak link in the system – ourselves
Features Guy Kesteven is one of the most experienced bike testers in the world, so what does he think are essential features on a cheap gravel / all-road bike?
Features Starting cheap, seeing the whole system, trying before you buy, measuring carefully, or servicing rather than upgrading. What can our most experienced test editor tell you about improving your mountain bike?
Buyer's Guide Our test team's round-up of the best $1000 mountain bikes for hitting the trails on a budget
Features Broken brakes? Grinding gears? Loose bearings? Dead suspension? Droopy droppers? Wobbly wheels? Here's the niggles that could be a nightmare if you don’t get them sorted straight away
Buyer's Guide The best light mountain bikes combine sensational acceleration and XC speed for ultimate off-road climbing performance
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