The workhorse

Creating the lightest bikes possible has always been the goal in road and cross-country racing, and that tradition managed to seep its way into downhill too. Does anyone else remember pro racers runni

If you can ride in Yorkshire, so the saying goes, you can ride anywhere. And it’s thanks to roads like Rosedale Chimney Bank – a 1.3km wall of tarmac that hits 30% in places – that this phrase exists.

In days gone by, winter riding was a stern test, as much because of the kit we had to wear as the weather we wore it in. Bibtights were akin to the wearing the lower half of a wetsuit with some fleece

‘I used to be in this club called Nine to Five Racing,’ says Graham Shrive, Factor’s director of engineering. ‘As you can imagine, it was for racers who also had a normal job. With the Monza, that’s w

Places we've been, things we've seen, and mountain-related stuff we like

The UCI should allow the separation of pro-race bikes from mass-market bikes. That way, the pros would enjoy better-suited bikes and so would we. At the minute, even the most dedicated race machine is