We kick off a new series called 'Up in the Park' featuring Ollie Jones in Whistler. 2015 Vitus Escarpe Pro Tested a Mountain Biking video by jonesdirt Vitus Escarpe Pro The 135mm Vitus Escarpe proves ...

Final year juniors is a tough test for a young racer. While the Red Bull cameras may not be focussed on you, the team managers from Factory set-ups certainly are. The teenagers generally aren’t paid ...

Words by Steve Jones. Photos by Steve Jones. The great and often giddy paradox of marketing and performance that often exposes itself within mountainbikes comes crashing down to a more absolute level ...

Eight mil’ higher in the bottom bracket but the same amount longer in wheelbase than a similarly sized large Demo and with a slightly longer front centre, those are the numbers many will be looking at ...

We’ve been sold on 29ers for years and it was only a matter of time before they came to the downhill market. Lenz produced a bike that could be fitted with 27.5 or 29 inch wheels, and we’ve seen ...

Gearboxes are a tricky one. On one hand they keep your gears safe and clean, while centralising the mass of the bike. On the other they are heavier than traditional drivetrains. In enduro, where every ...

Someone at GT must have read the memo incorrectly when the boss said let’s light a candle for the new Fury and hope it burns brightly. This bike is a bonfire VISUALLY AND PRACTICALLY. With the ...

140mm trail mountain bikes is a tough bracket to characterise. On one hand you could say that these bikes are a bit too fragile for enduro duties but a bit too burly to be fun at trail centres or on ...

A bike that stands near the very top of the all-time most successful race bikes. Only the likes of the inimitable Sunn team of the nineties stands above. Since 2006 when they signed Steve Peat, the ...

With a visually stunning profile, classic enduro geometry and a lightweight build the Tyee CF ticks many of the boxes that a lot of riders are seeking. On top of that Propain say this the carbon ...

If you picked up issue #152 of the mag and wondered where the rest of this review was then wonder no more. Apologies for the error, mistakes happen and we blame a lack of tea! The Transition TR500 ...

Words by Steve Jones. Photos by Steve Jones. Racing teams are not known for their permanence. Few companies can boast dedication to competition at the highest level of downhill since those giddy days ...