Race Face's Aeffect pedal was hailed for its durability but criticized for its size in our review. Since, the brand has recognised these points and has announced the Aeffect R, an all-new pedal that's said to be 25% bigger.

Deuter may not be the first name you think of for mountain biking, but with the Flyt 14, the brand has created a backpack that’s comfortable, secure, and full of handy features. It’s just a shame that this particular colour isn’t quite as attractive as the price and that the waist straps need better organisation. 

Peaty's has expanded its range of bike care and tubeless set up kit to now offer a tubeless puncture repair kit and a CO2 inflator. Titled HOLESHOT, the CO2 Inflator Kit claims to be the fastest, safest, easiest and smartest inflator around, while the HOLESHOT Tubeless Puncture Plugger Kit is said to offer a stripped-down, rider innovated design.

YT Industries' bikes have reviewed rather well on off-road.cc and now the brand has stepped into the trail wear game with the new YT Performance Wear range. The new lineup of clothing features both long, and short sleeve technical jerseys. Here are all of the details.

We're very used to bikes coming built using a range of frame materials; carbon, aluminium, steel, titanium, we've had them all but magnesium? That's rare. Landed in the office is Vaast's A/1, an all-road or gravel bike built using the brand's innovative ALLITE SUPER MAGNESIUM which claims to offer a range of interesting benefits.

In this week's 5 cool things we've got adventure clothing from Fjällräven and Specialized's collaboration, a pump that should make tubeless installation simpler, along with some brakes made especially for modern trail and e-bikes. There's also a pair of minimalist shorts. Here's a sneak peek at what we've got in for testing.

While edging towards the spendy side for an all-mountain clipless shoe, Bontrager’s Rally fills that price with an impressively sturdy build, respectable weight, and solid security. It also has the looks to boot, making it a shoe well worth considering if you're of the clipless and gravity-fed/trail persuasion.

Carbon Wasp, a brand producing carbon frames from scratch all within the UK has announced its newest bike. The Truffle is a full suspension mountain bike that's designed to do it all, whether that's cross country, trail, or even a bike park lap or two. Here's everything you need to know.

Cotic has given the much-loved RocketMAX an update for 2022. This time around, the bike benefits from a new sizing system, a tweaked geometry to suit longer and fatter forks, and the bike's seat angles are adjusted for a rider's height. 

It's been a little while since we've had a hardtail in for testing here at off-road.cc but Santa Cruz has stepped in to break the drought. Fresh in is the brand's versatile hardtail, the Chameleon and we're told that this bike can become many things to a range of different riders. Here's a quick look at the bike we've got on test.