Not A Bike Review
Simply Tweaking
Rome wasn't built in a day, they say. A year and a half later, Ferrentino finally gets his Starling dialed.
INJURED RESERVE
First Look: Cooper's New Titanium Hardware
Plus some bougie Italian leather, Fox takes the 34 to SL, and Rocky's latest Element.
First Look | Product Launch
2025 Kona Hei Hei
Kona updates the Hei Hei with more travel, longer reach, and slacker angles to create a compelling trail bike
EXCLUSIVE
Lal Katana
Based on the Sunshine Coast, Lal Bikes' Katana is a very interesting bike designed to showcase a very interesting drivetrain design.
Review
Back for More: the Forbidden Druid V2
Giving the Forbidden Druid V2 some trail time on the North Shore.
First Impressions
2025 Rocky Mountain Element
"When the new one launched, I was immediately a bit concerned. Everything sounded a little lighter, a little more XC..."
Review
2025 Santa Cruz Bronson
The 5th gen Bronson has enduro geometry, comes with Maven brakes and burly tires. Is this the downhiller's trail bike?
Stretching the legs on Trek's Top Fuel
More? Better?
Does adding 10mm travel further weaponize Trek's versatile Top Fuel, or is this an exercise in deferred flex points? Yes.
REVIEW
2024 Kona Process 153 CR/DL Gen. 3
Kona's Process 153 CR/DL splits the difference between trail and enduro in all the best ways, at a price is reasonable even without a 40% discount
Bike Review
Privateer 141: The Modern Primitive
Privateer's "trail bike" is not for the faint of heart nor the weak of limb
Bike Review
The Quiet Overachiever: The 2025 Trek Top Fuel
3 months aboard the 9.8 GX AXS version of Trek's XC-plus, trail-lite, most of the bell curve-targeted Top Fuel
FIRST LOOK REVIEW
2025 Transition Sentinel
The Sentinel has always been known as a trail bike that can be bent to fit different categories. The latest version continues the tradition.
Bike Review
2024 Transition Smuggler
Ten years ago, the Transition Smuggler was a burly short travel trailblazer. Does history repeat itself?
REVIEW
Ibis Ripmo 3 Review
Is this the mythical one bike to do it all?
First Impressions
2024 Kona Process 153 CR DL Gen. 3 First Look
The third generation of the popular Process 153 carries over a lot from the previous generation but has some clever changes and upgrade - and now you can get it in carbon
FIRST RIDE
Santa Cruz Bronson 5
The Bronson 5 features a tweaked VPP layout, less anti-squat, and a revival of some very popular colours.
Review
Devinci E-Troy Lite GX AXS
Devinci's lightweight eMTB packs a sneaky punch
Launch & First Impressions
Ibis Ripmo 3
The third generation of Ibis' much-loved middle child makes its debut.
Preview
Trek Top Fuel for 2025
Trek's longstanding MoreXC steed gets a versatility makeover
Bike Review
¿Asesino De Cajar?
Mondraker Raze RR - quiver killer en español?
BIKE LAUNCH
Specialized Unveils All New Stumpjumper 15
Over 43 years after the debut of the first Stumpjumper, Specialized introduces their 15th full suspension version of the platform
Bike Review
Yeti SB120 Long Term
What A Long Strange Trip It Has Been
Review
2024 Revel Rascal V2
Emma hops aboard Revel's trail bike to see how it handles her home terrain on the shore.
Long Term Review
Knolly Chilcotin 155
Knolly's Enduro Racer disguised as a Trail bike in the same platform