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As if it was meant to be, I finally managed to get my hands on the parts and tools needed to upgrade the cranks and chainring on my Wild. After some flurried Googling and general expert-bothering, I w

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

Giant’s latest Reign Advanced E+ is cut from the same cloth as many other gravity-focused e-bikes on the market, with slack, long and low geometry, plenty of suspension travel and a robust, familiar f

Aluminium, steel and titanium have their place in bike building, but nothing compares to carbon fibre in terms of design freedom. Makers can blend light weight with comfort, aerodynamic profiles with

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

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