Reviews

The Michelin Wild Enduro has received a revamp to improve grip, reduce rolling resistance and shave weight off the original design. 

Fox joins the bleep-bloop dropper party with the superb Transfer Neo. It’s fast and light action, and the remote is excellent too. Fox offers the Neo in more drops than the RockShox Reverb AXS—200mm, most notably where RockShox tops out at 170mm—and Fox lets riders customize drop force and return speed with air pressure while RockShox does not.

The 100% Slendale cycling sunglasses are one of the most affordable options in the company's Sports Performance Glasses range, yet they don't skimp on quality. They feature 100%'s top-tier HiPER lens technology, which has really impressed me with its superb contrast and clarity, especially considering these glasses cost less than £100.

Get excited lovers of all things high-tech, because the Fox Transfer Neo is here! A brand new wireless dropper post, the Transfer Neo arrives as the long-awaited response to the RockShox Reverb AXS. 

With over a decade of manufacturing cable-actuated dropper posts, Fox has now entered the wireless matrix. 

Earlier this year Fox Dropped the all-new Transfer post with some much needed updates. Today Fox expands on that Transfer product line with their first wireless electronic dropper, dubbed “Transfer Neo”.

With wireless dropper posts becoming increasingly common, and some 200mm variants finally proliferating the market, it was only a matter of time before one of the big players came out with their own long-travel option. 

The wireless dropper post market has been heating up lately, with several new entrants throwing their hats in the ring. 

It's not a secret that Fox has been working on this, but today is the day they announce the Fox Transfer Neo wireless dropper post. Five and a half years on from the announcement of RockShox's AXS Reverb, Fox has finally fired back.

Featuring the all-new VPSHP, high pivot suspension platform, our crew was excited to review the new Norco Sight C1. The high pivot design may seem to be a drastic departure from previous generations of the Sight, but if you’ve been paying attention to Norco’s longer travel mountain bikes then the 5th generation Norco Sight shouldn’t be all that surprising.

Upgraded with a slimmed-down damper, the all-mountain 36 promises a wide performance band

The 100% Slendale sunglasses are the cheapest glasses in the 100% Sports Performance Glasses range while still featuring its top of the range HiPER lens technology. 

The 100% Aerocraft sunglasses are the latest model from 100% and sit at the top of its range of cycling sunglasses. They feature 3DPlane Molded lenses, found in 100%’s goggles, for the first time in the brand’s cycling glasses. This technology means the lens folds in at the edges to improve protection and field of view, although that does cause some distortion. 

After much anticipation, the Bosch SX motor has arrived as the German brand's first system designed specifically for lightweight electric mountain bikes. As exciting as it is, the SX motor does arrive somewhat late to the party with the likes of Specialized, TQ and Fazua having dominated the lightweight e-MTB category over the past four years.

The Michelin Lithion 4 will only set you back £30 and addresses the “diverse needs of road cyclists”, including ride enjoyment, wet-weather performance and high durability.

With the crossover between mountain biking and gravel riding kit sometimes blurred, it’s no surprise that the 100% Altis mountain bike helmet gets a gravel model. 

An attractively priced gravel specific helmet that packs in a lot of features, a good level of airflow with tons of protection, but fit and looks may not suit all.

For our second-ever high-pivot bike review, Travis tests the third-generation Norco Optic. Turns out short travel and short chainstays pair pretty well with high pivots and high speed, both downhill and uphill.

What tools/food/equipment/clothing won’t we leave home without? This could be something you eat, a well-designed bike bottle or hydration pack, a multi-tool you particularly like (inflator/Allen-key set/tubeless plug), or even a stashable waterproof jacket.

Norco has updated its flagship all-mountain bike for 2024 with some major changes to the suspension layout and kinematics. Does the new Sight raise the bar from its very popular predecessor? We've been testing the Sight C1 MX to find out!

It’s been a while since Fox released a new gravity-oriented fork or damper. By my count, it’s been three years since I reviewed the Fox 40 with the Grip 2 VVC damper back in 2021.

125mm rear wheel travel might have you imagining something of an XC bike, but think again, as Norco’s latest high pivot Optic blurs the boundaries and brings maximum downhill attitude to the short travel trail bike segment

Norco entered the lightweight eMTB market earlier this year with the all-new Fluid VLT, a Bosch SX-powered trail bike with a 400 Wh battery and a dedicated MX wheel configuration.

When the cut of your jib is judged by the girth of your chops, the smaller-stanchioned forks often get overlooked. It is interesting the way the major players position their forks in their line up.