Orbea has today released an all-new mountain bike in the form of a pretty aggressive-looking hardtail. It's built with all-out fun in mind while remaining durable and versatile. Orbea claims that it'll be capable through cross-country loops and catching air on your local trails and make for a great first step into mountain biking.

Yes, winter is coming and, while that means darker days, it shouldn't mean less riding. With help from the best mountain bike lights riders can illuminate the trail ahead and ride with confidence. Finding the right light for you can be a minefield for new buyers but we've done the hard work for you and compiled the best we've tested to make your buying experience trouble-free.

It was back in 2016 when Jeffsy brought two firsts to YT Industries' lineup. It was the first trail bike in the brand's range, and it was the first to roll on 29-inch wheels. Now, years later it's adding more firsts to the list. Not only has the trail platform been upgraded but it also gets downtube storage, something we're yet to see on any other YT bike.

Cotic has today announced an update to its steel mountain bike range, the Jeht. This iteration of the trail-going ripper gets subtle tweaks, rather than a drastic overhaul, taking the learnings of the FlareMAX and RocketMAX bikes and applying them to this mid-travel platform.

Bombtrack's Hook range is built for a bit of everything, whether that's your daily commute or long days ion the saddle. Embodying the spirit of gravel, the Hook lineup offers bikes in almost all frame materials, including steel, carbon and titanium. For 2024, the brand has completely revamped its carbon EXT C model. Here are all of the details.

Reynolds’ Blacklabel 309 Enduro Pro is a mid-to-high-end wheelset that should be seen as an investment. In return, you’re getting a flawless pair of hoops. Its blend of lightweight, superior durability and dialled stiffness-to-compliance ratio makes for one of the best mountain bike wheel options on the market. 

When it launched in 2020, the RockShox ZEB was the first fork to pack fat stanchions that mimicked those of downhill forks. In the 2023 guise, the ZEB Ultimate brings the very latest technologies in the hope of challenging the top runners in the best mountain bike fork space. Even though a few of its features fly under the radar, its blend of stiffness and damping will please even the heaviest of enduro riders. However, a retune will massively open up this fork’s opportunity for adjustment.

Dangerholm has forged a name for not only donning the tightest jean shorts in the industry but also creating some of the lightest and most radical bike builds around. Most recently, Scott handed him a Scale RC and boy, has he worked some magic.

The Silverado is a staple saddle for WTB, finding itself as a standard fitment on a range of bikes, and for 2023, the brand revisited its design, giving it a host of new interesting new tech with great results. Whereas the previous saddle presented a few bugbears, this fresh model solves a number of those - but this model is also marginally more expensive than other carbon saddles.

In a crowded segment, Canyon’s Neuron:ON CF 8 stakes its claim as the versatility and distance-focused trail bike. Realised through several specific geometry and component choices, as well as its suspension travel, the brand has successfully hit those aims as it can comfortably traverse all terrain in a fun and responsive manner. While Canyon has nailed the trail bike geometry, some component choices are a bit odd and negatively affect its downhill potential.