FORKED UP
Mountain bike forks have evolved beyond all recognition over the past four decades. We take an in-depth look at the development of MTB front suspension and try to figure out what might be coming next.

GOING SOLO
While some people see riding by themselves as little more than the result of being let down by their mates, others seek it out. Ric McLaughlin digs deep to explain the appeal of going it alone.

REECE WILSON
Three years ago, this young Scottish racer was resigned to life as a welder. Now he’s the world downhill champ. We find out how an affinity for wild conditions and zero grip helped him seize a historic win.

HIGH & DRY IN THE CANYONLANDS
Photographer Adam Klimek and his riding buddies experience extreme heat and a warm welcome on a four-day bikepacking trip through the iconic desert landscape of Moab, Utah.

ONE OF THE LADS
Our cover star Ben Deakin is known for his web videos, where he rides and mucks about with some talented mates. We find out what the Deakinator’s really like and how he landed such a jammy gig.

SOWING THE SEEDS
Meet the unsung hero who’s helped turn Madeira into a mountain biking hotspot. When he’s not busy growing veg on his family’s clifftop terraces, Alex Gouveia quietly hand-crafts the island’s world-class trails..

ROCKIN’ AND ROLLIN’
It’s amazing the places you can get to with a mountain bike – and a climbing rope! Mountain (or should that be ‘mad’?) man Joe Flanagan gives our Ed a few scares on their very own ‘Hard Rock Enduro’.

BALANCE OF POWER
Mix Hans Rey, Rob Warner, e-bikes and trials riding, and watch the magic (and mayhem) unfold. Is this really the perfect blend of MTB and moto trials? We send snapper Steve Behr along to find out.

PLAY TIME! 6 WAYS TO SPICE UP EVEN THE TAMEST OF RIDES...

LIVING THE DREAM - Do you wish you could spend a carefree summer being a bike bum in Whistler, BC? Well, with youth and no commitments on his side, that’s exactly what Harry Griffiths did, and it turned out to be the trip of a lifetime.

RAIL MADRID! - Fancy some late-season sun? A short flight away, you could be smashing dusty turns and pinballing through rocks. Here are five reasons why we reckon the Spanish capital’s trails are the place to head this winter.

TOGETHER AGAIN
We mark the easing of the lockdown with our first team ride in months. Turns out we’d all missed each other’s ugly mugs and we had a cracking time in the Cotswolds, even if we did keep losing Chris.

LAURIE GREENLAND
The young lad from Bristol has become a podium threat on the World Cup downhill circuit. We talk to him about what it takes to get to the top, his new Mondraker team bike and just how good that winning feeling is.

LEGENDS OF THE FALL LINE
Freeride pioneers Darren Berrecloth, Richie Schley and Geoff Gulevich got together for a (pre-coronavirus) roadtrip to hit up some crazy lines in Italy’s Dolomites, and the photos prove that old guys do indeed rule..

10 YEARS OF TRIUMPH & TRAGEDY
With no way to get our DH racing fix until the rescheduled World Cup series finally kicks off in September (hopefully!), we look back at the trials and tribulations, epic wins and painful losses of the past decade.

DON’T TRY THIS AT HOME!
We call in on Brendan Fairclough and Matt Jones as they take backyard bike tracks to a whole new, gnarlier level – we’re talking huge jumps, slopestyle features and Brendog even incorporating the roof of his house...

SAM HILL: 20 YEARS AT THE TOP
Whether racing DH or enduro, it seems like Sam Hill has always been the rider to beat. We look back at how the Australian came to rewrite the rule book on how to ride a bike and get the inside line from the man himself.

AOSTA VALLEY 
Dan Milner explores this beautiful area of the Italian Alps and finds it’s a pristine playground for mountain bikers and wildlife alike. One to add to the wishlist for when non-essential travel resumes!

PILGRIM’S PROGRESS
From gap-toothed dirt jumper to freeride star and then YouTube success story – we spend a day with the irrepressible Sam Pilgrim finding out how he’s still making a living from doing what he loves: riding his bike every day.

LOCAL SCENES: FORT WILLIAM
A new series exploring MTB hotspots around the UK from local riders’ perspectives. First up, Scottish racer James Shirley gives us an insight into what makes Fort William so great, beyond its annual World Cup race..

EXMOOR WITHOUT THE BEASTING
The MBUK team head down to Exmoor National Park, in South West England, to try out a new uplift-assisted guiding service that aims to deliver all the area’s best descents without so much uphill grind.

INTO UNGRADED TERRITORY
Scotland’s Tweed Valley has a gnarly reputation but local guide Aneela McKenna reckons that with the right approach, anyone can conquer these wild, remote trails without eating (much) dirt.

ON ANY SUNDAY
Mountain biking is booming here in the UK. We visited BikePark Wales to meet some of the folk who travel halfway across the country to visit the trails, and hear why they love this sport enough to do so!7

THE IDEAS MAN
The Enduro World Series has quickly become one of mountain biking’s most high-profile race series. We chew the fat with Chris Ball, the soft-spoken Scot behind the EWS, and hear where he thinks it’s headed

ULTIMATE BIKE BUYER’S GUIDE
Whether you’re scraping some cash together for your first proper MTB or shelling out the big bucks for a superbike, we’ll help you decipher the salesman-speak and navigate the baffling world of buying a modern MTB.

NO MOUNTAIN HIGH ENOUGH
Chris and Jimmer head to France’s Queyras national park for some guided alpine riding and discover that e-bikes and eight-course meals are the perfect set-up for exploring this beautiful and unspoilt region..

FINDING NINO
Phenomenal skills and a continual hunt for fun on his bike have made Nino Schurter the most successful MTB racer ever. We ride with the reigning XC world and Olympic champ to take a peek into his world.

RUSSIAN REVOLUTION
Snapper Dan Milner and his intrepid team survived glaciers, icy river crossings and brutal rocky terrain in their mission to circumnavigate Europe’s highest peak, Mount Elbrus – so you don’t have to!..

YOGA MAT S & MOTOLAPS
7 WAYS TO GET FITTER , STRONG E R AND FASTER – WITH NO GYM TIME.

BRINGING XC BACK
CAN THESE LIGHTWEIGHT CLIMB-KILLERS NOW BEAST THE DESCENTS TOO?..

"IT’LL BLOW OVER..."
When the weather turns against you, you’ve just got to dig deep – especially if it’s the day you’d picked to ride the toughest trail in the UK and you’re atop a Lakeland fell being blasted by gale-force winds and icy rain.

BIKETEST 
2020’S HOTTEST NEW BIKES - We put eight of next year’s most exciting rides through their paces, priced from £1,100 to £8,999

GEOMETRY LESSONS - Get your geek on and learn how
frame angles and tube lengths affect the way your bike handles – and, ultimately, how fast and confidently you can hit the trails.

SILK ROAD RACE - A quick look at some of the characters taking part in this 1,700km, self-supported ride across the sparsely inhabited mountains of Kyrgyzstan..

Red Bull Hardline
Naughty Northumbrian
Manitou’s Mezzer Pro
fork The Great North Trail
Mont-Saint-Anne MTB
World Championships, Your letters and photos,
including a roadtrip
weekender with mates,
keeping up with
tech-heads on an old bike
and more of your best
riding snaps...

SUB"£700 TRAIL RIPPERS: Four alloy hardtails that are ready
to shred and ripe for upgrading –
which is the most fun on the trail?, SIX OF THE BEST: Lightweight gloves – we test-ride six pairs to find the best options for balancing bar
grip, comfort and protection...

WHEEL SIZE TESTING: Racer, coach and tech expert
Will Soffe sets out to discover if big-wheelers are always fastest, or if ‘mullet’ bikes can bring the
speed to match their attitude, BIKEPACKING: Ed crosses the Cambrian mountains of Mid Wales to try
out bikepacking, the combination of off-road biking, wild camping and adventures in nature...

PRO VS PRIVATEER: Two very different experiences
of the Fort William World Cup, as we follow factory pro Reece Wilson and independent racer
Taylor Vernon, ENDURO RACING: In part five of our Dirty Half Dozen series, Luke returns to the racing scene to show why every MTBer should consider trying an enduro...

Riding in the fickle Welsh weather Enduro World
Series in Madeira OneUp Components’ EDC cockpit Ethan Shandro – DH young gun Scotland’s plans to boost mountain biking, Your letters and photos,
including how riding your bike is the best
remedy for mental stress, why British bikes are best and more of your best riding snaps...

The World Cup kicks off in Maribor Right-to-roam reform in Wales Santa Cruz V10 29er comes to market Cody Kelley
shines at EWS whip-off jam New bike park underway in Devon, Your letters and photos, including getting your kids away from their screens and onto bikes, why budget bikes are ace
and more of your best riding snaps...

SWITCHBACKS FOR DAYS: We encounter big climbs,
gnarly descents and endless singletrack on a multi-day adventure in the Swiss Alps, travelling from hut to hut, GREAT BRITISH HARDTAIL: We’ve finally got our handmade bike painted, lacquered, faced
and reamed. Now to build it up – but what ‘best of British’ parts have we gone for?...

STRATHPUFFER: Braving sub-zero temperatures and exactly zero sleep, Ed and Ben take on the infamous
Scottish 24-hour race and live to tell the tale!, SEE NAPLES AND DIE!: Always up for a challenge, Hans Rey braves live volcanoes and sheer cliff drops, not to mention gangsters and Italian drivers, as he rides the Amalfi Coast...

GREAT BRITISH HARDTAIL: We pool our collective knowledge to try to design and build the ultimate UK allrounder. In this first part, Ed heads over
to The Bicycle Academy in Somerset to construct the frame, BIG IN JAPAN: Catching up with the 50to01 lads in the Land of the Rising Sun, we find out more about their past, present and future – and why the bike media should focus less on race results and more on having a laugh...

FRESH BLOOD: Ten of the hottest UK riders to
watch in 2019 –expect to see these up-and-comers blowing the field apart at races and blowing up on Instagram!, EARTH, WIND & FIRE: Self-confessed ‘geo nerds’ Manon Carpenter and Monet Adams head to Iceland for spectacular volcanic landscapes
and trails that flow like lava...

Jordie Lunn’s jaw-dropping new edit Matt Jones swaps big
tricks for pump track fun Snowy shenanigans Home fitness gear The
man behind the Hurly Burly World Cup annual, We check out the Aaron Gwin-approved YT Tues CF Pro Race MOB Edition, the new Rocky Mountain Altitude Powerplay Carbon 70 e-bike and Ghost’s FR
AMR 6.7 AL freeride rig...

SIX OF THE BEST: Waterproof shorts – no one likes a soggy
backside, so what are the best options for
keeping your delicate bits dry and comfy?, WRECKED & RATED:

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