Like a lot of bike-related purchases, winter gloves often tend to be a compromise of some form or other. They trade-off varying degrees of warmth, waterproofness and bulkiness ...
On December 21, 2017 / By Stace KThe original Met Parachute from a decade or so ago had some diehard fans, but was a bit of a joke due to it’s “distinctive” (read: dorky) look. ...
On November 1, 2017 / By Stace KThere was a time I thought I’d always have a steel hardtail. I rode them exclusively for the first 19 years of my mountain biking life, mainly on ...
On October 26, 2017 / By Stace KYou might have heard that the Naughty Northumbrian enduro was a bit of a handful at the weekend. Here’s Neal Jarrett’s race report from the trenches… Wowzer I ...
On October 4, 2017 / By Stace KIt’s funny how I’ll constantly change some of the bits on my bikes, trying different tyres, stems, bars etc – but when it comes to grips I settle ...
On September 28, 2017 / By Stace KThis is a duplicate of a piece I wrote for OpenMTB on Pinkbike Wales has always been a big player on the UK MTB scene, from the XC ...
On September 27, 2017 / By Stace KI’ve been a fan of WTB tyres for quite a while, going right back to their Velociraptors and then onto the Weirwolf LT – which was probably my ...
On August 19, 2017 / By Stace KI’m almost ashamed to admit that despite spending about quarter of a century as a mountain biker, it wasn’t until this year that I finally put wheels to ...
On August 19, 2017 / By Stace KAsk a group of MTBers to name a few iconic bikes and it’s dead cert that at least one person will mention the Specialized Enduro. The 2005 version ...
On May 29, 2017 / By Stace KThe annual Wheelbase Big Demo Day has become something of an institution in the Lake District, but Saturday was my first visit to the event – since I ...
On March 14, 2017 / By Stace K