Longterm rides

It seems that bike design progresses in leaps and bounds every year, helping unlock new levels of potential out on the trails. Whether that’s through geometry and suspension tweaks or entire redesigns

Canyon’s carved out a reputation for high-performance bikes at a good price, driven by both German precision and know-how and a direct-to-consumer (DTC) retail model that cuts out the middleman to kee

Weight 8.3kg (58cm with SmartSense, 2x bottle cages, StashPort storage bags) Frame and fork LAB71 Hi-Mod carbon fibre Groupset SRAM Red XPLR AXS with power meter (44t, 10-46t) Wheels Reserve 42|49 TA

Climbing is one of my least favourite parts of riding a bike. I’m not a fan of riding up a small, mellow hill on an e-MTB, let alone pedalling a bike with 160mm of travel up the sort of ascent an XC e

The Fluid made its debut in our November issue and I’ve already been asked to return it so, sadly, I won’t be able to give it a proper summer of riding – the kind of conditions in which this lightweig

TRIUMPH TIGER 1200 RALLY EXPLORER 11,295 MILES