Mountain Biking UK - November 2022

In this issue

Because it’s there
A session on Google Earth leads MTB snapper James Vincent on a treacherous mission to Scotland.

Let battle commence!
Can legendary old dogs compete with spry young guns at the Malverns Classic’s Dirt Wars contest?

FREEZE FRAME FOX'S DEN

Top riders including Laurie Greenland, Phoebe Gale, Kaos Seagrave and Dennis Luffman headed to BikePark Wales for the Fox Hit The Park event, to ride the trails and show off their sponsor's latest gear.

1 min

Fairytale trails

Two Euros find amazing riding, incredible landscapes and rediscover their happy place Ona Scottish roadtrip

2 mins

THE HAND OF GOD?

Canadian endurance racer Cory Wallace spends much of his life bikepacking in remote lands. Here, the three-time 24-hour world champ shares a frightening, and enlightening, close call. Did divine intervention save the day?

2 mins

LIFE ON THE ROAD: THORFINN BARTON

Part 2: The young Scot reaches Portugal

1 min

#119 Greg Minnaar's World Championships Santa Cruz V10

A customised downhill race bike worthy of the wily GOAT

2 mins

ZINN AND THE ART OF MOUNTAIN CYCLE MAINTENANCE

When UK cross-country legend Sally Reid (née Hibberd) saw a pic of herself on her 1991 Team MBUK bike earlier this year, she remarked that she wished she'd never sold it.

1 min

THE HUCK TO END ALL HUCKS!

Stunts with parachutes aren't new - from Dave Morris riding out of a plane in our August 1990 mag to 'Darren Berrecloth' (clearly a stunt double) sending it off a cliff in 2005's New World Disorder VI.

1 min

TREK FUEL EX 9.9 XX1 AXS

£12,500 Does Trek's pedigree trail bike still reign supreme on the trail?

3 mins

MERIDA ONE-SIXTY 8000

£6,600 Taiwanese brand's most aggressive enduro bike to date

3 mins

SPECIALIZED FUSE COMP 29

£2,000 Spesh’s burly aluminium hardtail is very good, but not perfect

2 mins

BECAUSE IT'S THERE

AFTER A SESSION ON GOOGLE EARTH, JAMES VINCENT AND HIS RAGTAG RIDING CREW HEAD TO SCOTLAND TO RIDE WHAT'S NEVER BEEN RIDDEN BEFORE... AND FIND OUT WHY

7 mins

LET BATTLE COMMENCE!

OLD-SKOOL VERSUS NU-SU AT THE MALVERNS ROUND OF DIRT WARS

4 mins

TEAM IDOLS

ANDY WARD, OWNER OF THE MBUK-BACKED GT VIRIS TEAM, LOOKS BACK ON A SUCCESSFUL 2022 RACE SEASON FOR HIS FIVE TALENTED YOUNG RIDERS

6 mins

6 of the best helmet lights

Great for illuminating more than just the trail ahead

3 mins

LONGTERM RIDES

Team bikes ridden hard for a year

7 mins

Head-to-head: biketest downcountry duel

Two contemporary short-travel steeds pitted against one another to see which is fastest and most fun

10+ mins

GROUP TEST WATERPROOF JACKETS

Twelve of this season's newest styles ridden-in and rated

10 mins

HOW TO...RIDE ON THE LIMIT

Pushing just beyond your comfort zone is the key to progression, but just how far should you take it?

3 mins

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