Entry-level mountain bikes have got so much better over the past decade. Before then, £500 to £1,000 bikes would give you a taste of the sport, but the ride would often feel precarious, rough and norm

After riding a tandem the length of Britain stopping only by pubs, Ben McFarland and Tom Sandham argue that bikes and beer do mix – and that pedal-pushers need to keep pint-pullers in business

It’s always risky trying somewhere new, when you really like the place that you’ve been going to at February half-term for the past three years. Add to this our annual craving to see the sea after a l

TUESDAY 6 JANUARY

MBUK TV’s presenter has just pimped his ride, big time Within the rosy confines of being a bike tester/journo and all the rather nice side effects that has when it comes to bike and kit, I do try to t

Jim Moore borrows RiDE’s T7 for an off-road run to a great chippy