First Impressions
Canyon Neuron CF 9 SL
More trail-friendly than a Lux, not as burly as a Spectral, the Neuron is Canyon’s bread and butter mountain bike. How does it respond to getting hit with the Longer/Slacker/More stick?
EDITORIAL
Zero Darco Thirty
Andrew borrows the mix-matched travel full-suspension-hardtail concept from the Chromag Darco and applies it to his own bike.
MIN MAX
Min-Max: Daniel's Aluminum Guerrilla Gravity Smash
Daniel's Smash is from one of the last batches of aluminum frames that Guerrilla Gravity produced…
Tech talk
Getting Inside The Digit Datum
Frame integrated suspension; hero or villain?
MIN MAX
Min-Max: Brian's 2015 Kona Process 111
How do you min-max a 2015 Kona Process 111 with nice parts and high-end suspension?
Long Term Review
2023 Santa Cruz 5010 Review
The bike from Santa Cruz designed to make you a better rider
FIRST IMPRESSIONS
Chromag Darco
A hardtail.... with rear suspension?
PRESS RELEASE
The Chromag Darco is Finally Here
Chromag's first adult full suspension bike is a tale a decade in the making. Here is the scoop on the Darco (yup, and the Darco Titanium).
REVIEW
2023 Juliana Furtado MX Long Term Review
Three Months on the Little Bike that Could
Preview
In Pursuit Of Simplicity
The Digit Datum is looking to slice up the big trail/all-mountain pie in a simple, efficient way. Will it?
Trail Bike Review
2023 Norco Fluid FS A1 Long-Term Review
"Anything new that’s been introduced in the last 2 or 3 years feels to me like it’s either a marginal improvement or simply a way to raise the price ceiling..."
LONG TERM REVIEW
2022 Specialized Stumpjumper EVO Elite Alloy
Can the Enduro's little brother hang in the steeps and deeps of The North Shore?
Long Term Review
Santa Cruz Hightower III
is 3 a crowd or the best version of the Santa Cruz Hightower yet?
Short Term Review
We Are One Arrival 152 SP1
The We Are One Arrival 152 is fast, way faster than you, it's faster than you, and you, and me too.
MADE IN CANADA | BIKE RELEASE
We Are One releases 2023 Arrivals
The long-awaited Arrival 170 is here and We Are One has also updated the Arrival 152.
FIRST IMPRESSIONS
2023 We Are One Arrival 152
If you have been keen to order a new Arrival - the wait may be over. Andrew Major - who has one - goes over the new spec...
FIRST LOOK
2023 Santa Cruz 5010 MX
The friendliest Santa Cruz trail bike gets a bigger front wheel and some other tweaks for 2023.
FIRST LOOK
2023 Juliana Furtado MX
Three days in the Chilcotins is a risky way to break in a bike, but Karin did it anyway.
Not A Bike Review
The Not So Hard Times Hardtail
A hand-crafted steel hardtail, in a world of carbon, built during the pandemic. Meet my Falconer Pro Cruiser tribute.
MIN MAX
Min-Max : Jeff's 2011 Turner 5 Spot
"Steampunk" aesthetics and familiar fit: How a used $300 2011 Turner 5 Spot frame went from a niche air-travel rig to regular trail riding.
ASSORTED RANDOMS FROM THE VILLAGE
Stuff We Saw at Crankworx Part II
Transition's new lightweight E-MTBs, breast cancer awareness shoes, and a whole lot of aluminum anodizing.
TI CHROMAG DUALLY!
Stuff we saw at Crankworx
No point burying the lead: a Ti Chromag Darco graced the SRAM booth. But we found a few other fun things, too.
Review
A Tale of 2 Mullets: Canyon Spectral and Torque
Big brawlin' Torque vs go-anywhere Spectral - who brings the business without spoiling the party out back?
PRESS RELEASE
The New Santa Cruz Nomad Has Landed
The Nomad now rocks the mullet, and has more travel than a camper van.