Forestal, the Andorran start-up e-bike brand, has just announced a package of upgrades to its motor and battery system designed to improve range and user-experience.…
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Trek launches new electric Slash+ enduro bike with TQ motor and bigger battery, and its even cheaper than the analogue version!
With its new electrified Slash+, Trek is the latest big brand to join the likes of Mondraker with its Dune, Specialized with its Kenevo SL,…
This changes everything! Are these next gen motors killing off the low-power e-bike?
On episode 10 of the MBR Show, we take a look at the arrival of two massive outside-industry players into the e-bike market. The first…
Specialized has a new Status; it’s still alloy, still relatively affordable, and still built to shred! And now’s there’s also a downhill version…
Specialized has launched the Status 2, an updated version of one of the best mountain bikes around that now comes with 170mm travel, more aggressive…
Trek’s Top Fuel was my fave down-country bike last year: now it’s lighter, gets a four-position flip chip, and there’s more space for sandwiches
Trek has added a new flip chip to its latest Top Fuel that lets riders change the bike’s geometry and the shock’s progression independently of…
Back from the brink: Kona launches its next gen Process 153 and 134, with more sizes and mullet wheel options
Less than two months after being saved from closure, Kona bikes has released its next generation Process trail bikes, and a whole new (or rather,…
Lapierre’s new Spicy CF enduro bike can be converted from high-pivot design to low-pivot by just switching a few parts
Lapierre’s new Spicy CF enduro bike utilises an innovative suspension design to offer both low and high pivot options using the same frame. There are…
YT’s new lightweight e-bike is the Decoy SN, but at 20.6kg it’s anything but light
It’s taken over five years but at long last YT has a new version of the Decoy, which I reckon is still one of the…
Drone brand DJI swoops into the e-bike market with the new Amflow PL Carbon, boasting the best power-to-weight ratio of any electric mountain bike
Best known for drones and action cameras, Chinese brand DJI enters the e-bike market with an exciting new motor that combines lightweight with big power.…
I’ve loved Merida’s Big Trail since it went 29er, now the geo changes could make it my hardtail pick
Merida has a new version of its Big Trail hardtail, with bigger sizing, better geometry and improved components. That’s an impressive jobs list to tick…
Specialized kills the Stumpjumper Evo, but the new Stumpjumper 15 has a Genie in the shock that claims to bring a magic carpet ride
43 years after the first Stumpjumper was introduced, Specialized has brought out the latest iteration: the Stumpjumper 15. The American brand’s trail bike gets a…
Orbea releases new versions of the Rise e-bike, including lower-cost alloy-framed options
Launched recently, the new Orbea Rise bridged the gap between the best full-fat e-bikes and diet models with its 85Nm Shimano EP801 motor and sub-20kg…
Fazua is ‘listening’ to its e-bike motors to improve reliability and diagnose faults
E-bikes, washing machines, your toothbrush… it’s well known they all make weird sounds when they’re about to go wrong, and if we just listened hard…
Specialized Chisel is a 13kg down-country trail bike you could race too… for just £2,000
Specialized has launched a full-suspension version of its aluminium XC hardtail, the Chisel. It’s been modelled closely on its carbon fibre cousin, the Epic 8,…
Scott’s Spark RC race bike always had a remote lockout, but the latest model is now fully automatic thanks to RockShox Flight Attendant
Scott’s Spark RC cross-country (XC) racing bike has always boasted a clever suspension adjustment system, giving three modes optimised to climbing, descending and sprinting, controlled…
Bread, milk, eggs, and an eMTB? Lidl becomes latest supermarket to sell electric bikes
Cheap electric mountain bikes aren’t anything new, but seeing them in the middle aisle as you do your weekly shop is. Lidl is the latest…
I’ve scoured the internet to find the best value eMTB with the biggest discount: it’s Privateer’s E161
British brand Privateer has dropped the price of its electric enduro bike, the E161 by £2,500 to £3,999 making it one of the best value…
Geometron has updated its flagship G1 with more adustability and the ability to change the rear travel
Geometron has announced its flagship G1 mountain bike has been redesigned. It’s been around since 2019, when the brand collaborated with Nicolai Bikes to launch…
Mondraker’s Neat is the first e-bike to flaunt a Fox 2025 Grip X2 damper… but it’ll cost you nearly £12k
Spanish mountain bike brand Mondraker has released a limited edition Gulf liveried version of its Neat e-bike. There are only 50 bikes to be made…
Giant’s Most affordable full-power e-bike goes on sale, at just £3,400
Giant has a decent-sized summer sale on right now, discounting 22 bikes in its range, from lightweight downcountry bikes to full-power eebs. It also includes…