Drift Launch First product - Fork Armour

Drift is a new bike component company based in the Southwest of England and today announced the launch of its first product: Fork Armour, a titanium protector for the vulnerable alloy lowers of the suspension forks.
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Surface Aquaphobic Wool Jacket Review

Not all of us mountain bikers live and work in our playgrounds. Some of us make the weary trudge from the North Downs into London every day, past the shiny new multi-story bike racks at Waterloo and onwards into the heart of the town.
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Closer look at the Rose Beef Cake DH

A while back we had a brief look at Rose Bikes and introduced you to their range for 2010. This time we checkout their downhill bike, the Beefcake.
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Dakine 8 Track Freeride Shorts

I've been well pleased with these 2009 Dakine 8 track freeride shorts. At a glance they look pretty plain in black with a discreet abstract grey print on one leg and the odd blue logo here and there.
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Juice Lubes Fork Juice Tested

We have been using some of the Juice Lubes Fork Juice for nearly a year now and it's become one of our favourite maintenance products.
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Zumbi Voodoo Review

You may remember a few months ago I reviewed the Zumbi F44, well for the last few weeks, I've had the opportunity to test the Voodoo, the hardtail of the range. Though Zumbi may be small they certainly know how to produce one hell of a hardtail.
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Average Joe reviews the Dirt School DVD

MTB technique DVDs have previously been a bit 'hit and miss'; mostly 'miss' to be honest. Often the sections don't offer tuition in a manner that the average rider can get and even if they do, often sections are too short to implant any kind of permanent understanding.
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Average Joe Reviews... Green Oil Products

As a loosely knit fraternity, the cycling world is generally considered to be pretty green but it is refreshing when you find another small way to be greener.
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Average Joe Reviews... Mace T-II arm and leg armour

For the harder core of us in the mountain biking world, soft pads just wont do and something with a plastic shell is a must and the proliferation of knee/shin and forearm/elbow pads has increased year on year.
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Shimano DX MP66 Shoes Review

Shimano DX MP66 shoes have now been around a fair few years now with very minimal changes, and there’s a very simple reason for this in that they were very good when they were released and they still are now for their price.
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Average Joe Reviews The Tough Stuff Alarmed D-Lock

Like a lot of people when I needed to buy a lock for my bike I went for a cheapie D – lock. At the time I wasn’t going to be locking up my beloved bikes but the old banger for riding to and from the station every day.
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Giro Flak Review

Giro are pretty much at the top of the league as for producing the most protective helmets. At one point in time I'm sure most of you have owned a Giro or two.
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Average Joe Reviews The Fox RP23

I guess you are either a lover of Fox or you aren't but you cannot deny that they are still at the top in the suspension world and the RP23 was a revolution for me when long term tested.
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Dakine Shuttle Hydro-Pack Review

At times I like to just go out and ride without the worry of packing everything: tools, spare clothes and so forth. However there's one thing that I always need on a ride whatever the length and that's water, there's not that many packs that are tailored this way for the FR market until recently.
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Raceface Diabolus long term groupset review

Raceface have always supported the Freeride movement from its inception with the now legendary Diabolus stem, it showed that as well as being functional, products didn’t need to look like simple unrefined blocks of aluminium.
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