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Lance Branquinho
Lance Branquinho is a Namibian-born media professional who graduated to mountain biking after injuries curtailed his fascination with trail running. He has a weakness for British steel hardtails, especially those which only run a single gear. Rides: Morewood Kwela Cotic Simple 26 Pyga 160mm aluminium prototype

Articles by: Lance Branquinho

Rose Ground Control trail bike

Great value with the new Ground Control from Rose Bikes

By Lance Branquinho

News The Rose Ground Control range offers amazing value for those seeking a 120mm trail bike

Best enduro bikes

Best enduro mountain bike: carbon and alloy enduro mountain bikes for all skill sets

By Lance Branquinho, Graham Cottingham

Buyer's Guide BikePerfect’s roundup of the best enduro mountain bike available to buy this year

GVX forks are short on travel, but high on tech

GVX is an ultra short suspension fork

By Lance Branquinho

News SR Suntour has revealed a new range of GVX suspension forks, which are much shorter than usual.

Pirelli Scorpion XC RC MTB tyre

Pirelli's new XCO-obsessed Scorpion XC RC tyre

By Lance Branquinho

News Pirelli has expanded its Scorpion tyre range with a new version, aimed specifically at XCO racers

Cannondale Topstone Neo Lefty

Cannondale launches new Topstone Neo gravel e-bike

By Lance Branquinho

News Cannondale's new Topstone Neo combines battery-assistance and suspension to define a new off-road bike category

Roval SL Team wheels

Roval goes wider with new Control SL Team wheelset

By Lance Branquinho

News Roval has redesigned its Control SL Team wheelset, featuring the latest DT Swiss hub internals

Dynaplug's very light tubeless repair tool

Dynaplug debuts world's lightest plugging tool

By Lance Branquinho

News Dynaplug is a tested name in tubeless tyre repair and its new Carbon Racer tool, is remarkably light

Scalpel has new angles where it counts

Cannondale slackens geometry on new 2021 Scalpel

By Lance Branquinho

News Cannondale’s Scalpel sharpens its singletrack focus with more progressive geometry

TRP's new 12-speed mech

TRP's 12-speed challenge to Shimano and SRAM

By Lance Branquinho

News TRP enters the 12-speed drivetrain market with a premium component set

Shimano PD-ME700 trail pedals

Shimano PD-ME700 pedal replaces M530

By Lance Branquinho

News Shimano SPD pedals are peerless and now there is a new value offering, for trail riders

Deity Deftrap flat pedals

Deity Deftraps are nylon fibre flat pedals

By Lance Branquinho

News Deity has a new nylon flat pedal, which is affordable without being cheap

Specialized Rockhopper

Rockhopper returns with a redesigned frame

By Lance Branquinho

News New Rockhopper sports a huge range of model options, for singletrack seekers on a budget

Last Tarvo carbon enduro bike

Last Tarvo is full-enduro at 12.4kg

By Lance Branquinho

News Last has applied its engineering resources to a very convincing new 160mm carbon enduro frame

GT Zaskar LT 29er hardtail

Zaskar LT is a great value trail hardtail

By Lance Branquinho

News GT's Zaskar LT alters the brand's legendary triple triangle frame technology

Shimano Deore12-speed groupset

Shimano Deore gains 12 gears and better brakes

By Lance Branquinho

News Deore M6100 gains more gears and better brakes

full-face mountain bike helmet

Best full-face mountain bike helmets of 2020

By Lance Branquinho

Buyer's Guide Full-face mountain bike helmets offer the best protection possible when riding gnarly trails, this is Bike Perfect's choice of the best full-face helmets available

Manifest with advanced MIPS system

Giro's Manifest has Spherical safety tech

By Lance Branquinho

News Giro's Manifest helmet brings the latest Spherical safety technology to trail riders

Hutchinson Kraken tyre

Kraken combines XC speed with trail tyre grip

By Lance Branquinho

News Hutchinson's Kraken is an XC tyre designed for more demanding trails, without sacrificing ground speed

Privateer 161 enduro frame

Privateer's 161 is incredible value

By Lance Branquinho

News Privateer's 161 offers black trail riding ability at a bargain price

DT Swiss 240 EXP hubs

DT Swiss 240 hubs upgraded to EXP spec

By Lance Branquinho

News DT Swiss now offers mountain bikers even better engagement with EXP-enabled 240 hubs

Ascend XL long-travel dropper post

Ascend XL is an affordable 200mm dropper

By Lance Branquinho

News The Ascend XL has been designed for tall riders who need 200mm of drop on their seatpost

100% Hypercraft

100% Hypercraft sunglasses are only 23g

By Lance Branquinho

News Carbon-reinforced minimalism, with the new Hypercraft from 100%

Transition Sentinel

Transition Sentinel gains more travel

By Lance Branquinho

News Transition's Sentinel has gone even slacker, thanks to a revised frame design

Rockshox AXS best dropper post

Best dropper posts 2020: dropper posts to suit all abilities

By Lance Branquinho, Graham Cottingham

Buyer's Guide Bikeperfect's round-up of the best dropper posts for 2020

Thule Rail hip packs

Thule goes hip with Rail pack range

By Lance Branquinho

News The Thule Rail hip packs offer comfort and convenience for mountain bikers who dislike backpacks