Biketest mid-range all-rounders

Merida’s Big Nine and Big Seven hardtails offer premium tech at an entry-level price KEY STATS Travel: 100mm (Big Seven) or 120mm (Big Nine) fork Wheels: 650b (Big Seven) or 29in (Big Nine) Frame: Alu

As gravel riding evolves and diverges, the off-road racing scene has been no exception. That means the bikes have been changing at quite a pace too. We’ve assembled three great examples of cutting-edg

There are some good eggs in the bike industry, and Jake Ireland from Sprung Suspension is one of them. He’s always keen to help with my suspension-related woes, working his magic on my longtermers’ fo

This month, we ask the question, ‘Can mountain bike suspension get any better?’ You’ll find our tech experts’ responses on p20. But what I want to know is, ‘Can mountain bikes get any better?’. We see

TECH Q&A Our test team answer your mechanical queries SUITED AND BOOTED Why don’t manufacturers put suspension boots on modern forks? I think they’d extend service intervals and help keep suspension f

Some of the most common mountain bike technologies today were once written off as gimmicks, fads or outright failures. But while the initial backlash was often loud, many of these so-called bad ideas