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The Most Important Mountain Bike Component? Talking Tyres with Maxxis’ Aaron Chamberlain

  • June 15, 2021
  • Tagged as: technical, Tyres

A mountain bike’s tyres are the only part of the bike in contact with the ground and they are the first part of your suspension system, so they are super important. Modern tyres are pretty…

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Do Bike Designers and Bike Testers Actually Get On?

  • May 11, 2021
  • Tagged as: Bike Designer, Bike Tester

This week we’re continuing the mountain bike testing theme. I recently got invited to a ride with MBUK and BikeRadar Tech Editor, Rob Weaver, and owner and designer of Cotic Bikes, Cy Turner. Cy wanted…

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Inside Öhlins, With MTB Racing Team Leader, TJ Hansen

  • March 23, 2021
  • Tagged as: mountain bike suspension, Öhlins, Suspension

Today we’re going behind the scenes at Öhlins with their MTB racing team leader, TJ Hansen. We get a bit of history on Öhlins and their background in motorsport. Then chat about their entry into…

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Fabien Barel’s 2020 Review, Ultimate Trail Bikes, 2021 and More

  • January 26, 2021
  • Tagged as: canyon factory racing, enduro world series, Fabien Barel, World Cup Downhill

Fabien Barel clearly has a huge passion, energy and deep understanding of our sport. Today we’re catching up with Fabien on the 2020 season and finding out how he feels his enduro and downhill teams…

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Privateer to Pinkbike – Paul Aston – Part Two

  • December 30, 2020
  • Tagged as: downhill world cup, Pinkbike, Privateer

Paul Aston is someone who’s dedicated his life to bikes. From the early days of dirt jumping in the Midlands of the UK, all the way to racing Downhill World Cups as a privateer. Paul…

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Shaping the Technology That You Ride – Chris Hilton, CTO of YT Industries

  • December 15, 2020
  • Tagged as: mtb technology, YT, yt industries

Chris Hilton has spent his career shaping the technology that we get to ride, and his journey has now taken him to Chief Technology Officer at YT Industries. We sat down to find out about…

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Are E-Bikes Good or Bad?

  • December 1, 2020
  • Tagged as: ebike

E-bikes are a huge area of growth, with some trail centres in the UK already seeing around 50% of their traffic coming from e-bikes. Therefore, whether you like them or not, they are here to…

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Inside Privateer Bikes – The Development of the 161

  • November 3, 2020
  • Tagged as: 141, 161, enduro mountain bike, enduro world series, Privateer

Today we are going inside Privateer Bikes. We are joined by their MTB Brand Manager, Sam Meegan, and Redburn Design’s Ali Beckett to chat about the development of their enduro bike, the 161. We chat…

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The Engineer You Haven’t Heard Of Yet – Erick Auger From Faction Bike Studio

  • October 20, 2020
  • Tagged as: mountain bike design

You probably haven’t heard of Erick Auger, but you definitely should. Erick has been into mountain bikes since the very beginning and now runs Faction Bike Studio, a consultancy which supports the bike industry in…

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Behind the Scenes of the New Specialized Stumpjumper EVO

  • October 6, 2020
  • Tagged as: Specialized

Today I’m going to be finding out all about the brand new Specialized Stumpjumper EVO. In order to do so I’m joined by product manager, Steve Saletnik, and engineering guru, Brian Robinson. We are going…

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