Fast and furious!

Maxxis’s Rekon is targeted at fast cross-country and light trail use, and has the tallest tread blocks on test, which offer solid grip in slow, technical corners and good braking traction. Despite the

This year we’re doing things a little differently and focusing solely on trail bikes for our Bike of the Year test. It’s an exciting category that’s really developed over the past few years, with bike

In the second instalment of Group Think, we turn our minds to race bikes. The all-road bikes featured in part one of this series (see issue 164) may be hogging the spotlight currently, but race bikes

Cube Attain C:62 SLT £2,999 This is one of the best pure endurance bikes around, and it’s incredible value for money. The carbon fibre frame has stiff and light high-modulus fibres in the head tube an

Wilier Rave SLR ID2 £9,200 (read full review next issue) The SLR ID2 is designed for speed, with aero tube shapes and a widened down tube that shields water bottles from the wind, plus a racy geometry

Whittling this group of eight bikes down to just three was a mammoth task. Each one is excellent in its own right, so when it came to making the call, we really had to nitpick the details. It’s fair t