Paul Brett

Paul Brett

Staff writer

Paul Brett joined BikePerfect as a staff writer in 2022. He has been an avid cyclist for as long as he can remember, initially catching the mountain biking bug in the 1990s, and raced mountain bikes for over a decade before injury cut short a glittering career. He’s since developed an obsession for gravel riding and recently has dabbled in the dark art of cyclocross. A fan of the idea of bikepacking he has occasionally got involved and has ridden routes like the North Coast 500, Scotland and the Via Francigena (Pilgrim Route), Italy.

An award-winning photographer, when not riding a bike, he can be found at the side of a cyclocross track or a downhill mountain bike world championship shooting the action. Paul has been the founder, editor and writer of Proper Cycling magazine which has seen him travel the world interviewing some of the biggest names in mountain biking and writing about some of the biggest cycling brands.


Current rides: Canyon Inflite, Specialized Diverge, Marin Alpine Trail 2



Latest articles by Paul Brett

Frameworks Racing downhill bike side on
Frameworks Racing dealt a sickening blow as the team's downhill bikes and van are stolen

By Paul Brett Published

News Fresh from a Downhill World Cup win, Neko Mulally's fledging downhill team are victims of what looks like a targeted attack

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YT Industries Tues being ridden down a rock trail
It's the Fort William Downhill World Cup weekend. Our news round-up includes top DH launches including the new YT Tues, Vittoria's gravity tire, and we chat with Greg Minnaar

By Paul Brett Published

News As well as the DH news, Hutchison launches the "fastest gravel tire ever" and Cervelo drops the new Aspero gravel bike. So read on for all this week's bike and gear stories dropped into one, easy-to-read article

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The Vittoria Mostro tire
Vittoria launches the Mostro – two gravity focussed tires with a new grippy rubber compound and innovative design features

By Paul Brett Published

News The Italian tire brand's new range will make a UCI World Series debut in Fort William this weekend

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Deprela at Fort William
World Series Downhill MTB racing comes to Fort William this weekend. Here's how to watch all the action live in the US, UK and elsewhere

By Paul Brett Published

News Round One of the 2024 Whoop UCI Downhill Mountain Bike World Series promises exciting racing for armchair fans. Our viewing guide has everything you need to know

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Redtail Overland's Skyloft
Could this be the most expensive camper van ever created? It's well-prepped for wild mountain bike adventures but the price is just insane

By Paul Brett Published

Features You'll need $500,000 to get one, but the Redland Overland Skyloft camper has everything you need for uber-luxury off-grid van life

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Trek Marlin side on view on a bridge
Trek has slashed up to 30% off bikes and gear in its sale. I've picked out the best MTB bargains on offer

By Paul Brett Published

News TrekFest is on now and there are huge discounts on MTBs, e-MTBs and top Trek and Bontrager gear

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The Canyon Neuron:ONfly
Canyon launches its lightest ever e-MTB, Saracen's downhill bike is a budget-friendly ripper, Mondraker reinvents its Dusty e-gravel bike, and big MTB brands drop huge Spring sales. It's been a busy week of MTB and off-road news!

By Paul Brett Published

News All this week's must-read, off-road bike and gear stories dropped into a single, easy to digest article

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Roval Traverse HD rim being ridden
Specialized has a massive sale on – with up to 50% off bikes and gear. Here's my pick of the biggest MTB and off-road bargains

By Paul Brett Published

News The Specialized Spring Sale has huge discounts on bikes, parts, helmets, and shoes

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Pinarello Dogma XC
Tom Pidcock's XC race bike tested, super light tires, a host of new budget suspension, Kona's gravel bike that's almost an MTB, plus much more in the week's off-road cycling top stories

By Paul Brett Published

News All this week's must-read, off-road bike and gear stories dropped into a single, easy to digest article

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Hope Tech RX24 gravel wheelset details
Hope Technology launches its new RX24 gravel wheelset – a lightweight alloy rim designed for bikepacking adventure riding

By Paul Brett Published

news The RX24 rolls on Hope's Pro 5 hubs and can be color-matched with the newly revealed Hope tubeless valves

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Kona Ouroboros Supreme gravel bike side on
The Kona Ouroboros gravel bike may look like an old-school MTB with drop bars but it's way more than just a retro throwback

By Paul Brett Published

News Kona's latest three-model gravel platform features an all-new carbon frame, top-end spec and a "design built around mountain bike components"

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The Hutchison Python Race tire
Hutchison aims for home Olympic XC MTB gold with its new Python Race and Python 3 tires

By Paul Brett Published

News Developed in collaboration with the Decathlon Ford Racing Team, these new tires are claimed to be super lightweight, offer enhanced puncture protection, and are ready for modern XC racing

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Views of the Cane Creek Invert gravel suspension fork
Cane Creek's new Invert gravel bike fork is the lightest 'proper' suspension model you can buy

By Paul Brett Published

News The brand also bizarrely claims to have invented the "world's first gravel fork" a mere eight years after everyone else

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Challenge Gravel Grinder tire
Best gravel bike tires – our test team's top-rated rubber for drop-bar dirt road rides

By Graham Cottingham Last updated

Buyer's Guide Combining road and mountain biking tire technology, these are the fastest and grippiest gravel bike tires available

Buyer's Guide
Quoc GT Lace shoe side on
Does the Quoc Gran Tourer XC Lace shoe build on the award-winning success of its Boa fastening sibling?

By Paul Brett Published

Not yet rated

Review UK brand Quoc has released its latest Gran Tourer shoe and we had a first look at its all-new off-road offering

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MY25 Fox 36 Factory GRIP X fork on the ground
Off-road cycling top stories – Three new e-MTBs, a ton of new suspension including Fox's ultra-bling forks, fresh gravel and MTB bikes, plus much more

By Paul Brett Published

News Condensing all the must-read, off-road bike and gear news into one easy to absorb, weekly dose

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Saracen Ariel 30 Elite
Saracen updates its entire Ariel MTB range and introduces an all-new downcountry option – the Ariel Elite 130

By Paul Brett Published

News New colors and budget-friendly pricing could make the Ariel range worthy contenders in the best mountain bike market

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Yeti SB165
Yeti builds on the SB165's Red Bull Rampage legacy and says the latest addition to its next-gen mountain bike range is more capable than ever

By Paul Brett Published

News It's lost 10mm of fork travel but will the new Yeti SB165 be a ready-for-anything, MX wheeled masterpiece?

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Mondraker Dune XR
Mondraker's Dune enduro MTB is back from the dead and returns in a brand-new guise

By Paul Brett Published

News The bike gets a complete reimagining as Mondraker move it into a new category

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The Forbidden Dreadnought V2
The Forbidden Dreadnought is back rowdier than ever and V2 gets 160mm of high-pivot next-gen suspension

By Paul Brett Published

News The Canadian brand promises the Dreadnought V2 will have the same versatile enduro MTB performance as its predecessor but also has the coolest colorway names we've ever seen

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The Norco Range VLT C1
Norco gives its updated Range VLT and Sight VLT e-MTBs an all-new high-pivot suspension system

By Paul Brett Published

News The Canadian brand also switches from the Shimano EP8 motor to Bosch Performance Line CX

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Loïc Bruni
Red Bull TV launches Race Tapes Season 2 – take a deep dive behind the scenes of the 2023 UCI MTB World Cup season

By Paul Brett Published

News The Red Bull racing TV six-part series reveals the rivalry, and drama of an intense MTB season – setting armchair fans up perfectly for this weekend's 2024 XC World Cup opener

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Close up on the Scott Ransom 900 RC
Swiss police called to intervene amid reports of corporate turmoil, so just what is going on at Scott Sports?

By Paul Brett Published

news Scott's long-standing CEO is replaced to "refresh" the brand, but he doesn't seem to want to leave quietly

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Close up on the Michelin DH22 tire
Michelin says its new trio of downhill tires are the grippiest it's ever made, so could they stick to the trails better than Maxxis MaxxGrip?

By Paul Brett Published

News The revamped range gets enhanced protection, grip and a weight reduction set to deliver optimum gravity performance

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Michelin tires on a mountain bike
Michelin becomes the new partner brand of the Whoop UCI Mountain Bike World Series

By Paul Brett Published

News The French tire manufacturer is putting its tires front and center at the highest level of MTB racing

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