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Mountain Biking UK

Sep 01 2019
Magazine

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.

EDITOR’S LETTER

the cycle show

WILD IN WHISTLER

ENDURANCE HAS A NEW NAME

VICTORY IN VAL DI SOLE

EVERYTHING’S NEW APART FROM THE NAME

OUT OF OFFICE

CRANK IT UP! • Four things we took away from Crankworx Whistler, the year’s biggest MTB festival

VERONIQUE SANDLER • Vero’s stoked on the amazing response to her film ‘Vision’

WHERE LEGENDS RULE • Mont-St-Anne has crowned DH’s most worthy world champions

EMERGENCY EQUIPMENT • If the worst happens, these might just mean the difference between life and death

BRAGE VESTAVIK

BARNOLDSWICK’S BEST ARE BACK! • UK master builders Hope have released their HB.130 trail bike – here are five reasons to be excited…

ENDURO BY NAME… • Specialized’s newly redesigned up-and-downer aims for greater speeds

MBUK’S MONTH • The highs & lows of life on the mag

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

& WIN ALL OF THIS!

WINNER! THAT’S GOTTA HURT

NEXT MONTH’S GIFT 2019 E-BIKE GUIDE • How they work, which to buy & tips to get the most from them

Mountain Biking UK

SANTA CRUZ V10 CC 29 X01 • £8,199 Newly big-wheeled downhill speed king

SPEC

DEVINCI DJANGO CARBON 29 GX LTD (2020) • £3,522 Have some tweaks unchained Devinci’s Django?

SPEC

NS BIKES DEFINE 1501 • £5,500Enduro bike of DH-bike-like proportions

SPEC

First LOOK MBUK

LOG OUT DROP IN • After Torridon was voted the UK’s best route in our Britain’s Best Wild Rides guide, we felt compelled to seek out our own adventure on Scotland’s wild west coast

WHERE ARE WE?

MTB GUIDING

ADVENTURE UNPACKED • VENTURING INTO THE UNKNOWN IS EASIER THAN YOU MIGHT THINK, SAYS INTREPID PHOTOGRAPHER DAN MILNER

FROM LITTLE HELL TO HEAVEN’S RIDGE • Following ancient Inca paths and cowboy trails, Thomas Vanderham and Scotty Laughland hunt for trail gold in darkest Ecuador

THE RIDERS

THE LOWDOWN: A DESTINATION APART

WRECKED & Rated MBUK

OUR RATINGS • We base our scores on value for money and performance

MEET THE MBUK TEST TEAM

LIGHTWEIGHT GLOVES • Thin gloves for maximum grip feel without cooking your hands

ED’S MARIN ALPINE TRAIL 7 £2,200 • Hopefully this won’t be Ed’s last long-term report…

JCW’S CANNONDALE HABIT CARBON 1 £5,999 • It’s not been JCW’s month, with a dodgy knee and lost pivot part

LUKE’S SCOTT RANSOM 720 £3,599 • Riding sparkly new bikes has made Luke realise the Scott needs some TLC

JIMMER’S GT FORCE CARBON EXPERT £3,199.99 • The Force is strong with Jimmer, at long last

RUSSELL’S SPECIALIZED TURBO LEVO EXPERT FSR £7,250 • A bar-mounted route app has Russell heading for the horizon

ROB’S NUKEPROOF SCOUT 275 COMP £1,699.99

CHRIS’S VITUS ESCARPE 29 VRX £2,999.99

ROB’S WHYTE G-170C RS 29ER £3,750

SUB-£700 TRAIL RIPPERS • Seven hundred quid gets you a fair bit of bike these days, but where’s the best place to buy and which of these four is best?

THE TESTER

THE LINE-UP

JARGON

MARIN SAN QUENTIN 1 • £650 Radical shape boosts performance despite budget kit

JARGON

VOODOO BIZANGO • £650 Big wheels and good kit add up to all-day...


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Frequency: Monthly Pages: 132 Publisher: Our Media Limited Edition: Sep 01 2019

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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.

EDITOR’S LETTER

the cycle show

WILD IN WHISTLER

ENDURANCE HAS A NEW NAME

VICTORY IN VAL DI SOLE

EVERYTHING’S NEW APART FROM THE NAME

OUT OF OFFICE

CRANK IT UP! • Four things we took away from Crankworx Whistler, the year’s biggest MTB festival

VERONIQUE SANDLER • Vero’s stoked on the amazing response to her film ‘Vision’

WHERE LEGENDS RULE • Mont-St-Anne has crowned DH’s most worthy world champions

EMERGENCY EQUIPMENT • If the worst happens, these might just mean the difference between life and death

BRAGE VESTAVIK

BARNOLDSWICK’S BEST ARE BACK! • UK master builders Hope have released their HB.130 trail bike – here are five reasons to be excited…

ENDURO BY NAME… • Specialized’s newly redesigned up-and-downer aims for greater speeds

MBUK’S MONTH • The highs & lows of life on the mag

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

& WIN ALL OF THIS!

WINNER! THAT’S GOTTA HURT

NEXT MONTH’S GIFT 2019 E-BIKE GUIDE • How they work, which to buy & tips to get the most from them

Mountain Biking UK

SANTA CRUZ V10 CC 29 X01 • £8,199 Newly big-wheeled downhill speed king

SPEC

DEVINCI DJANGO CARBON 29 GX LTD (2020) • £3,522 Have some tweaks unchained Devinci’s Django?

SPEC

NS BIKES DEFINE 1501 • £5,500Enduro bike of DH-bike-like proportions

SPEC

First LOOK MBUK

LOG OUT DROP IN • After Torridon was voted the UK’s best route in our Britain’s Best Wild Rides guide, we felt compelled to seek out our own adventure on Scotland’s wild west coast

WHERE ARE WE?

MTB GUIDING

ADVENTURE UNPACKED • VENTURING INTO THE UNKNOWN IS EASIER THAN YOU MIGHT THINK, SAYS INTREPID PHOTOGRAPHER DAN MILNER

FROM LITTLE HELL TO HEAVEN’S RIDGE • Following ancient Inca paths and cowboy trails, Thomas Vanderham and Scotty Laughland hunt for trail gold in darkest Ecuador

THE RIDERS

THE LOWDOWN: A DESTINATION APART

WRECKED & Rated MBUK

OUR RATINGS • We base our scores on value for money and performance

MEET THE MBUK TEST TEAM

LIGHTWEIGHT GLOVES • Thin gloves for maximum grip feel without cooking your hands

ED’S MARIN ALPINE TRAIL 7 £2,200 • Hopefully this won’t be Ed’s last long-term report…

JCW’S CANNONDALE HABIT CARBON 1 £5,999 • It’s not been JCW’s month, with a dodgy knee and lost pivot part

LUKE’S SCOTT RANSOM 720 £3,599 • Riding sparkly new bikes has made Luke realise the Scott needs some TLC

JIMMER’S GT FORCE CARBON EXPERT £3,199.99 • The Force is strong with Jimmer, at long last

RUSSELL’S SPECIALIZED TURBO LEVO EXPERT FSR £7,250 • A bar-mounted route app has Russell heading for the horizon

ROB’S NUKEPROOF SCOUT 275 COMP £1,699.99

CHRIS’S VITUS ESCARPE 29 VRX £2,999.99

ROB’S WHYTE G-170C RS 29ER £3,750

SUB-£700 TRAIL RIPPERS • Seven hundred quid gets you a fair bit of bike these days, but where’s the best place to buy and which of these four is best?

THE TESTER

THE LINE-UP

JARGON

MARIN SAN QUENTIN 1 • £650 Radical shape boosts performance despite budget kit

JARGON

VOODOO BIZANGO • £650 Big wheels and good kit add up to all-day...


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