Reviews

Review Is Specialized’s new Status the super confident but still playful gateway gravity bike they’ve been subversively suggesting on social media? Bike Perfect has been pushing it flat out to find out

Review Kenda’s Regolith tires are designed as trustworthy all-rounders with a penchant for looser, drier days. We have been riding the lightly armoured STC and E-bike ready EMC versions through a varied summer to see how they fare

Review Have Sweet Protection found the sweet spot of comfortable all day pedalling without compromising protection

Review It might be DH tagged but Mavic’s lightweight, secure-fitting, safety boosted helmet is a well-sorted trail all-rounder for the ups and the downs

Review Panaracer’s Driver Pro is now available in large-volume sizes to make the most of its super-supple Japanese construction

Review Velocio only makes lycra right? Wrong!

Review Smoother steel frame and high control ‘Race’ spec make Ragley’s Big Wig look a lot of fun on paper. We've been blasting the local singletrack and enduro descents to see if that’s true on the trails

Review Bontrager’s Rally mountain bike helmet brings WaveCel protection tech to a much lower price point but what’s it like to ride in?

Review Can you still make a competitive XC race wheel out of metal for under £400? Hunt reckons you can but what does our test editor Guy Kesteven think after a couple of months hard work?

Review Birzman always has a stylish and innovative take on tools and these puncture-beating pieces are no exception

Review Lapierre's short-travel 29er chassis looks promising on paper but how does the complete bike ride on the trail?

Review Pirelli enters the e-MTB tyre market with its new dedicated Scorpion e-MTB aggressive trail and enduro tyre range

Review The mid-travel, mid-sized wheel 5010 has always been the rowdy rider's bike in the Santa Cruz range. We test the brand-new fourth-generation bike to see if some big changes have altered its chaos-loving character

Review Leatt’s DBX mountain bike kit delivers extra weatherproofing without sacrificing all-mountain style and protection

Review Leatt’s most affordable and most expensive AM helmets are both based around Turbine 360 G-force reduction and a similar increased protection head form. So what are the differences between them?

Review SRAM’s Eagle spreads its wings further with wider ratio range, better shifting and new colour options

Review Coros wants to add extra safety to your ride while bringing the hills alive with the sound of music with its Safe Sound Mountain Helmet

Review Merida's eONE-SIXTY Limited Edition is a new aluminium version of its 'SUV' enduro eMTB range, but how capable is it?

Review Giro’s new Ventana mountain bike shoe takes elements from its multi-award-winning Chamber DH shoe and adds a state of the art trail upper. Bike Perfect has been busy blurring the gravity and anti-gravity line to check it out