Gear

A Kortal Race MIPS Helmet, $200 shorts, my favourite knee pads ever, and some eyewear to satisfy your inner DB...

This small hip pack from Hyperlite packs a big punch.

Bike brands are performing well, Driven exceeds crowdfunding goal, by a large margin, and new protection from One-Hundred Percent…

Designed and CNC machined from scratch for a lucky toddler, who won't be able to appreciate the love that went in for years...

None of the upgrades I'm suggesting here are cheap but they are key to your shredder's best mountain bike experience.

If your is goal giggles per dollar, it may make sense to opt for an inexpensive coil fork rather than cheap air...

SRAM's MatchMaker mounting system and Shimano's I-Spec have spawned an entire branch of the bicycling industrial complex for riders trying to keep their bars uncluttered...

Ti bling is the heart of this working horse build which has a very specific cockpit setup…

"Last November, I put down a deposit on my Plan A dream bike - one that was featured on your website in a direct comparison to my Plan B bike..."

After a two year search and a year-long 200 hour rebuild, this one of a kind gearbox driven DH sled is back in showroom condition...

Uncle Dave Takes on four bike-specific tool kits from the German maker of quality tools...

Reignite your passion for the bike you have at home, because that shiny new one you've been eyeing up is already spoken for...

Considering the system weight limit for these wheels is at least 275lbs, they should be able to take a fair bit of abuse from a guy who weighs 160...

Most dropper posts are durable and damn good, so the post with the most drop, with the smallest stack height and shortest insertion depth wins the crown.

Doing a little pre-ride bike work, no matter how minor, can have an outsized impact on your experience on the trail, but it's not always that simple...

"It's just a 27.5 bike with the wheel I'm used to in front."

Is the latest 27.5" wheeled Nomad fun, playful and poppy enough to usurp long travel 29ers?

OneUp's new EDC is the easiest to install, most complete, best sealed, in-the-steerer-tube tool system on the market, and it's available in eight colours.

Making some smooth shifting improvements to my kid's 20" wheeled mountain bike, and ditching a couple of cogs in the process...

Uncle Dave got stuck with a slightly lower spec version of the Spectral - and he'll have to somehow get by on Shimano XT componentry...

As it turns out, when you remove the sleeve from each side of a SRAM DUB bottom bracket, you are left with 30mm bearings, which means you can reverse engineer a solution....

OneUp engineer and co-founder, Jon Staples' Gucci build will get your eyes watering…

On the preferred pedaling positions of 'cyclists' versus 'mountain bikers' and making the steep seat tube angle Banshee Titan work with a more saddle-behind-the-bottom-bracket bike fit.

This isn't the every day clean for most of us, but if you want to go a little OCD or you are selling a bike - this is the ticket...