As a cyclist appraising an unfamiliar bike, what are the first two things you do? You give the brakes a cursory squeeze, then pick it up. Weight really is the only proper performance metric that anyon

Quick rule of thumb: for the average rider (say 80kg) riding at an average speed up an average slope (say 12kmh for 10km up a 6% gradient), it costs around 2W in extra energy for every extra kilo of w

When Keegan Swenson crossed the finish line to win the gruelling Leadville Trail 100 MTB race in a time of five hours and 45 minutes, as soon as the celebrations died down, it was his Santa Cruz Blur

The Swiss rider’s adventure-focused BMC URS was readied for the rough

After success as a prototype under the likes of Troy Brosnan, Tahnée Seagrave and Luca Shaw, Canyon finally released their new Sender downhill bike earlier this year. The move to a high-pivot suspensi

Somewhere along the way, the bicycle lost its identity. The wireless-geared, internally routed, carbon fibre creations of today are barely recognisable next to their simple metal predecessors. It’s li