Reviews

Review For 2021, Merida’s eOne-Sixty 9000 comes equipped with Shimano’s EP8 motor and a Fox 38 fork, but is this enough of a performance boost?

Review Cotic’s latest bike slots into the mid-travel sweet spot but can a semi-steel small bike builder compete with the best carbon and alloy mega brand machines?

Review The Merida 20-in-1 multi-tool is robust and neatly sized for mid-ride repairs

Review Lazer has just launched their Jackal MTB helmet but we’ve been riding it already, and it’s right up there with the best you can get

Review Endura has totally revamped its flagship filthy weather kit this year. So how does it shape up when the riding gets rancid?

Review Extremely light for the category and stiffer and slacker to be faster uphill and down, the new Epic Evo is a blisteringly quick and enjoyable XC/Trail bike if you don’t want extra reach

Review Bontrager’s GR2 shoes go with a civilian aesthetic for low key cruising, but what are they like when you need to put the power through the pedals?

Review Can Specialized new 2FO Roost Clip shoes match serious shredding performance with relaxed steez?

Review Is DVO’s affordable Beryl enduro fork a diamond in the rough? We check the performance to price ratio after a year of testing

Review Bullit is back but is Santa Cruz’s Shimano-powered, mixed-wheel 170mm travel play bike on target for tearing up the rowdiest trails with the biggest grin?

Review Vittoria’s Mazza and Agarro are the faster but still aggressively targeted tires in the Italian brand’s trail/enduro range. We’ve run them both from late summer to early winter to see how they cope with a full range of conditions

Review Specialized’s new Stumpjumper is significantly slacker and longer in reach but it’s also shorter in travel, much lighter and loses its rear pivot. New benchmark or still work to do?

review Specialized’s new Stumpjumper Evo is a lightweight carbon daily driver with downhill geometry, but does that work on the trail?

Review High-performance all-day knee safety from the South African mountain bike protection specialists

Review POC’s new Axion Spin helmet might be its cheapest helmet but we are struggling to find any sacrifice in quality or performance

Review Merida Telescope MTB mini-pump is an affordable pocketable bike pump for mountain bike and gravel riding

Review The Judge is WTB’s burly rear-specific tire which targets the rowdiest of riders. Bike Perfect hits an array of trails to see how they fare against a heavy field of aggressive-treaded competition

Review The Vigilante is a long-standing and top-performing member of WTB’s tire line-up, but can a new rubber blend and wider width improve its trusty performance even more? Bike Perfect hit the trails to find out

Review The first full-suspension XC bike from Polish MTB brand, NS Bikes, is literally a long way from conventional. But can a lightweight frame and componentry live up to the frantic fun promise of enduro geometry?