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

MOVERS AND SHAKERS

ROUTES SHORT & SWEET RIDES • Don’t let the darker days stop you – Max finds three stunning routes that cram a lot of epic scenery and satisfying trails into a short distance

SEND IT! + win all of this • YOUR MAIL, PHOTOS, IDEAS & RANTS

A COIL CONVERSION WITHOUT A COIL?

THE PRICE IS RIGHT! • Riding kit that’s trail-tough but gentle on your wallet

NINA HOFFMAN • The Santa Cruz Syndicate’s first female signing had a great debut season with the US brand in 2022, winning the Fort William World Cup, podiuming at the final four rounds and taking the Fox US Open title, too. This German downhill racer is set for big things in 2023, all fueled by... chocolate?

DNA • We get down and dirty with Gary Fisher, one of the founding fathers of mountain biking, and find out what lies behind his flamboyant image

Exposuve NILS AMELINCKX • THE STORIES BEHIND SOME FAMILIAR NAMES’ FAVOURITE SHOTS

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

FIRST RIDES

FIRST LOOK

Seasonal Affective Disorder • ANDY LLOYD DISCOVERS THE RISKS AND REWARDS OF OUT-OF-SEASON ALPINE RIDING IN AUSTRIA’S PAZNAUN VALLEY

THE GOD FATHER • BRINGING BMX MOVES TO MTB, STEVE GEALL INSPIRED A WHOLE GENERATION OF UK DIRT JUMP AND FREERIDE TALENT – AND HE’S STILL SHREDDING TODAY

Turkish delights • A journey through Cappadocia in Central Anatolia, home to some of the world’s most surreal landscapes, laced together with old-school singletrack

WRECKED & RATED

6 OF THE BEST WATERPROOF SHORTS • Weather protection for warm-but-wet days and trouser-haters

LONGTERM RIDES • Introducing more of our 2023 team bikes

HARDCORE HARDTAIL HEAD-TO-HEAD • Best of British – two UK-designed bikes with no rear-end bounce battle it out

LONG-SLEEVE BASELAYERS • A riding wardrobe essential to keep you warm and sweat-free

HAVE A BLAST WITH NO REAR BOUNCE • A hardtail gives you maximum trail ‘bang’ for your buck – if you know how to get the most from one

GRIME TIME • EXPERT WORKSHOP ADVICE

WHITE’S LEVEL • One of the original Welsh MTB trails and a classic of Noughties mountain biking, we see if this Afan Forest Park red route has stood the test of time

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