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Why Buy A Fat Bike? The Truth.

Confessions of a Cycling Journalist; Guy Andrews reminisces about custom frame builds and waiting lists and looks at steel making a come-back, but is he...

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Confessions of a Cycling Journalist, Part Three: What Goes Around, Comes Around

Canyon offer a plethora of strings to the mountain biking bow, but which is the best trail bike? The Strive, the Spectral or the Neuron?

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Canyon MTB Review: Strive vs Spectral vs Neuron

How to choose your first cycling helmet that's right for you.

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Buyers' Guide: Buying Your First Helmet

Ed has been bikepacking for 17 years, and while he has been on epic solo adventures through places like Iceland & China, it all has to start somewhere.

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Bikepacking: Where to Start, What You Need & How to Carry It

Confessions of a cycling journalist — Part One: Buying yourself a new bike, but alas, where to start? Time for this reviewer to put his money on the counter.

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Confessions of a Cycling Journalist — Part One: Buying Yourself a New Bike

buyers' guide to the top best steel road bikes off-the-peg.

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Buyers' Guide: Best Performance Steel Road Bikes for 2017

buyers' guide to the top xc cross-country mountain bike hardtails, 650b or 29er wheel bikes, from the best brands sold in the UK.

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Buyers' Guide: Best 29er & 650b Cross Country Hardtail Mountain Bikes

So how different can a Canyon road bike really be? Well, the short answer is; very different! Never underestimate the power of subtle changes to geometry

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How Different Can a Road Bike Be? Canyon Ultimate vs Endurace vs Aeroad

Giant Chanka; Why old bikes are often better than new ones. A vintage city bike that outperforms in speed, comfort and price.

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Giant Chanka; Why Old Bikes Are Often Better than New Ones

Here's a guide to 20 of the best and most popular fat bikes available on the market here in the UK and online. From hardtail rigid bikes to full suspension.

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Buyers' Guide: The Best 20 Fat Bikes for 2017

Living in the UK is a real privilege for cycling fans, because the best that France has to offer in cycle routes is right there on our doorstep.

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A Guide to Cycle Routes Close To Ferry Ports in France

There's still just about enough time for the final mad dash, so here's some of my favourite gift ideas for cyclists, between £5 and £30.

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Last Minute Christmas Gift Ideas for Cyclists, from £5 - £30

A selection of some of the most popular brands of 650B Plus mountain bikes; from rigid hardtail to full suspension.

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Buyers' Guide: The Best 650b Plus (27.5+) Mountain Bikes 2017

Here's a list of the best and most well-loved enduro stage races on the planet; from NZ to BC and all of Europe. This is gravity-oriented multi-day racing

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A Guide to the 11 Best Enduro Stage Races in the World

A Buyers' Guide to the best kids' bikes from leading bike manufacturers and a brief explanation of how to find the right size bicycle for your children

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Buyers' Guide: The Best in Proper Branded Kids' Bikes

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A Survivor's Guide to Trans Savoie: How to Train & Prepare for an Enduro Stage Race

Here's ten of our favourite e-mountain bikes, from budget towpath tamers, to proper all-mountain and downhill rigs that'll save money on the uplift.

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Buyers' Guide: 10 Best E-Mountain Bikes for Cross-Country, Enduro and Downhill

e-bike is offering commuters and leisure riders a way to get around quickly and cheaply without working up a sweat. Here's 10 of our favourites:

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Buyers' Guide: The 10 Best E-Bikes For 2017 Road, Commuting & Touring

Like them or loathe them, disc road bikes are here to stay. And what better time to consider one than the winter period.

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Buyers' Guide: 17 Best Disc Road Bikes for Winter 2016 / 2017

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Are Cantilevers Dead for Cyclocross?

A list of the best cyclocross bikes for racing from the top brands, both cantilever and disc brake with women's specific suggestions too.

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Buyers' Guide: 15 of the Best Cyclocross Race Bikes for 2016/17

So we all know that Chris Froome of Team Sky dominated the Yellow jersey, but what bikes were the fastest in the Tour de France?

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Guide: Which Bikes Won the Tour de France?

A guide to going fat, and a list of 20 of the best Fat Bikes from the leading brands.

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Buyers' Guide: The 20 Best Fat Bikes for 2016

Here are our top 10 favourite hardtails, which are best for cross country mountain biking, and a buyer's guide to which is the best on price.

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Buyer's Guide: 10 Best Cross Country Hardtail Mountain Bikes

You don't need to be a bike geek to need cycling tools; sometimes the poo hits the fan and a mechanic is nowhere to be seen. Here's 5 of the best BBB tools

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Buyers' Guide: Five of the Best BBB Tools You Should Have in Your Toolbox

Here is a good to all super fast aero bikes for time trial, triathlon and Ironman, as well as an explanation of what the difference is.

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Buyers Guide: Review the Best Time Trial & Ironman Triathlon Bikes in 2016

A guide to going tubeless road cycling; what you need, how to do it, and a test of the best of three options from Bontrager, Schwalbe, Hutchinson...

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Buyers' Guide: The Best Tubeless Road Wheels, Tyres and Sealant

A buyer's guide to what belt drive bicycles are and what models are available on the market.

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Buyers' Guide: 10 Best Gates Carbon Belt Drive Bikes