The many faces of mountain biking

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

“I loved bikes as soon as I could ride. When I was a teenager, I ended up with a Puch Murray BMX, which we used to go and ride at ‘The Batch’ (a local Somerset coal tip). Nothing grows on them, so you

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

The Doc decides that most cycling disciplines are all a little bit unusual

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

Too fast to fettle: the Doc isn’t a stickler for set-ups