Configured as a value all-terrain offering, the Rockrider E-ST 500 utilises 27.5-inch wheels and offers a lot of e-MTB for the price. A Brose mid-drive motor adds 280% to your pedal inputs at its most potent setting and uses a torque sensor to ensure smooth uptake. 

As enduro mountain bike geometry has migrated to short-travel bikes, riders are demanding tyres that are a deft blend of low-rolling resistance and peak mid-corner grip.

They might not be available in the brand’s iconic celeste-green hue, but Bianchi’s new entrant to the best e-MTB category will appeal to enduro and trail mountain bikers. 

The UCI Mountain Bike World Championships return to the high Alps this week in France. Les Gets hasn't hosted the World Championship since 2004, and riders will be tested on a classically steep and technical French cross-country mountain biking track. With altitude. A lot of altitude. 

Nino Schurter is unequivocally the greatest cross-country mountain bike rider of all time, and his win at the UCI Mountain Bike World Championship 2022 in Les Gets has all but proved it. That said, it wasn't an easy win for Schurter as young British talent, Tom Pidcock, had other plans.

The Santa Cruz Tallboy 5 represents an evolution, not a revolution. As the brand’s best full suspension mountain bike, it retains the same VPP lower-link and shock position as Tallboy 4, which heralded a significant suspension configuration change for the model - when it debuted last year. Travel values are unchanged, with Santa Cruz recommending a 130mm fork to go with the Tallboy 5’s 120mm rear suspension. 

The Factor OSTRO gravel bike joins the brand’s existing LS and Vista platforms giving customers the choice of three distinct off-road-specific models, a rarity in the best gravel bike category.

Hosted around Vincenza, Italy riders navigated the 2022 UCI Gravel World Championships course that routed from Campo Marzio, eastward to Padova, then tacking north for a finish in Cittadella. Organisers chose to add a two-lap section to the men’s race, increasing its race distance to 194km, compared to the women’s 140km. 

Gravel bike dampers are nothing new for Specialized. The Diverge has offered its headset-mounted Future Shock since 2016. With gravel riders venturing onto more technical routes, Specialized’s product planners recognised the opportunity for an advanced Diverge, with additional damping in the middle and a progressive flex seatpost system. 

Swiss mountain bike brand, Scott, has today revealed its 2023 Genius trail bike, which now features the same hidden shock arrangement as the Scott Spark.