Latest articles by Lance Branquinho
Best gravel bike helmets 2024 – top-rated head protection for riding on- and off-road
Buyer's Guide The best gravel bike helmets offer a combination of style, safety and comfort to get you through the longest days off-road
Best BMX bikes for kids – small bikes for small people
Buyer's Guide What is the best BMX bike to buy kids when they transition from balancing bikes?
What is a hardtail mountain bike?
Feature The hardtail is where mountain biking starts for most riders and offers an efficient ride for advanced riders
Hardtail vs full suspension: How to choose the right type of mountain bike
Feature Choosing between a hardtail and full-suspension mountain bike depends on terrain and riding style
Suspension travel: Understanding fork length and how it affects your mountain bike
Feature Forks come in varying lengths of suspension travel and stanchion sizes, this is what they mean for your riding
Ride Concepts adds new Vice flat pedal shoe
News The Vice has expanded the range of Ride Concepts flat pedal mountain bike shoes, with design input from pro riders
Gravel bike suspension: Everything you need to know
For hardcore gravel riding there are several suspension options to reduce fatigue – and empower your riding.
Best kids' mountain bikes: smaller bikes that are just as capable on the trail
Buyers Guide These are the best kids' mountain bikes for junior trail and enduro riders
Best budget dropper posts: lower saddles at lower prices
Buyer's Guide Budget dropper posts are readily available these days, so a fun time on the trails doesn't have to sap all your cash
Best dirt jump bikes: For riders who can never get enough airtime
Buyers Guide Here is Bike Perfect's pick of the best dirt jump bikes available for aerial acrobatics, skatepark stunts or simply brushing up on some skills at the pump track
Pro bike: Christopher Blevins' Specialized Epic S-Works
Pro Bike What spec was the highest place Specialized at the 2022 Cape Epic? We take a closer look at Christopher Blevins' race bike
Pro bike: Karl Platt's Bulls Wild Edge
Pro Bike To many, the greatest Cape Epic rider. This is the Bulls Wild Edge, that Karl Platt is using to the master the 2022 event
Pro bike: Marco Joubert's Giant Anthem
Pro Bike Giant’s Anthem isn’t the first bike you think of for a Cape Epic pro rider. But Marco Joubert won stage 5 on this one
Pro bike: Kaysee Armstrong's Liv Pique
Pro Bike Fox Factory damping and XTR shifting – but the most interesting aspect of this Liv Pique, is the noise it can make, on demand
Pro bike: Jaco Venter's Cape Epic 2022 Trek Supercaliber
Pro Bike What does a former Grand Tour road racer build for the world’s toughest mountain bike race? A Trek Supercaliber
Best gravel bike pedals 2024 – light yet tough pedals for getting the power down off-road
Buyers Guide What makes the best gravel bike pedals – road ones, mountain bike or something else? Check our list and find out!
Santa Cruz Heckler e-MTB goes 29er
News More wheel options and bigger battery capacity for the Santa Cruz's Heckler e-MTB
Reeb's Sqweeb V4 frame is a three-in-one trail/enduro monster bike
News The Reeb Sqweeb frame range is now lighter and provides travel spanning 130- to 163mm
Tektro reveals ED9: An all-new, simple e-MTB drivetrain
News A possible e-MTB drivetrain value breakthrough, with Tektro's new ED9 1x9 system
Giant updates alloy Trance X E+ with new motor and bigger battery for 2022
News The 2022 Giant Trance X E+ also gets redesigned controls and adjustable geometry for even better trail manners
Phase MX Team is Orange's new 165mm e-MTB
News The latest e-MTB offering from Orange has a bigger battery, better mid-drive motor and lots of suspension tech
PNW Components shows off all-new Loam Pedal
News PNW enters the flat-pedal market with a low-profile, alloy 22-pin option
