Bike'25 o the year trail

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

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

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

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

“In the short time mountain bikes have existed, they’ve come a long way, and we now have several proven suspension layouts – single-pivot, virtual-pivot, linkage-actuated single-pivot and four- and si

Brilliant box-fresh bikes that bring ballistic bangs for your bucks