Mountain Biking UK

Mountain Biking UK has got all the latest news, kit and exclusive info on the newest and best bikes. The MBUK Wrecking Crew testing team are out there right now, riding new bikes and products to destruction, to give you expert reviews you can count on to be brutally honest. We live to ride - and that's what makes MBUK Britain’s best-selling bike magazine.

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IN THE MAG THIS MONTH

MEET THE TEAM • Categories we think should have been included in our Rider of the Year awards...

SMOOTH AS ICE

KEITH BONTRAGER • The food and drink that sustains some of our favourite riders

A WIRELESS POST TO RIVAL THE REVERB?

SEND IT! • YOUR MAIL, PHOTOS, IDEAS & RANTS

THE TRAIL EVANGELIST

ROUTES QUICK BLASTS • Facing shorter days and inclement weather, Max finds three satisfying routes that show it doesn’t have to be an all-day ride or nothing

Launch Pad THE NEWLY-UNVEILED BIKES & KIT GETTING US EXCITED THIS MONTH

MBUK Month • The highs & lows of life on the mag

STRAIGHT OUT OF THE BOX & ONTO THE TRAILS FIRST RIDES

THE BIG REVEAL! • You voted in your thousands – now meet our winners…

CASEY GEMMA • Winning the popular vote by a landslide, Cornwall-based Casey has shown incredible courage and determination since she crashed while downhill riding and broke her spine

MORGAN PICKSTOCK • Aged just 15, this super-talented Welsh MTB and BMX rider stepped things up massively this season and even earned a wildcard entry to Dirt Wars UK

Lifetime ACHIEVEMENT AWARD THE ATHERTONS • British mountain biking has more than its fair share of legendary riders, but no one can deny it’s been this family’s year

THROW DOWN THE GAUNTLET#5 RIDE UP A DH TRACK • In our final challenge of the series, we see if e-bikes really are as good at climbing as they’re cracked up to be, as we tackle Antur Stiniog back to front

From dust it did rise • Steve Thomas traces the birth of British mountain biking, from ‘tracker bikes’ to Muddy Fox

WRECKED & RATED • THE BEST BIKES & MTB KIT GIVEN A THRASHING

6 OF THE BEST WINTER GLOVES • Keep your pinkies warm this winter

LONGTERM RIDES • Team bikes ridden hard for a year

BIKETEST BACKCOUNTRY HARDTAILS • We see whether carbon fibre or steel, big-name value or boutique attention to detail comes out on top on the trails

GROUPTEST CLIPLESS PEDALS • Nine all-rounder trail options thrashed and rated

TRAILCREW HAVOK BIKE PARK • A hand-cut, rider-built bike park, Havok reopened earlier this year at a new site in West Yorkshire and is still expanding

GRIME TIME • EXPERT WORKSHOP ADVICE

HOW TO... GET FASTER, QUICK! • Pro coach Olly Morris explains how to have more fun (safely) ripping the trails, while remaining a pilot, not merely a passenger

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