The Specialized Turbo Levo SL Comp Carbon is a sleek, light and very useable take on the e-bike. The motor might be less powerful than most, but it also has far less mass to push, it's smooth and the battery lasts really well. The spec – in particular the fork – holds it back on rowdy trails and the geometry verges on dated, but for flowy trails and long adventures, the 'superlight' e-bike concept is a winner.

Spotted on the US Giant website yesterday was a new and reincarnated Trance X. 2021 see's this bike as a short travel trail ripper with aggressive geometry, decent specs for hard riding and low prices too. 

The WTB Verdict 2.5 is a super-aggressive intermediate tyre that excels on loose surfaces whether it's wet or dry. The support and damping from the TCS Tough casing is up there with the best, and the High Grip compound is excellent. It's priced well too, but it's heavy and not quite at home on hardpacked surfaces.

In for test this week are new e-bike specific tyres from Vittoria with added Graphene compound, plus the latest light full face helmet to hit the shelves from Smith Optics. Also in are Smith goggles, a new hardtail from Merida and a 3 litre hip pack from Evoc. 

Dedicated just to women, the sister company to Giant Bicycles, Liv Cycling, has just launched a new gravel bike. With carbon and aluminium bikes in the five model range, the Devote looks adventure ready for all budgets.

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Frame bags are a super useful piece of kit, not just for bike packing trips they are also a great way of carrying tools, food and other ride essentials on gravel, road and mountain bikes. Here are the best ones we've tested that you can buy in 2021

Style and comfort is the name of the game for Alpina's Rootage helmet. This sleek carbon fibre lid is easy to live with and comfy to boot, but it's a little hot – and it's expensive too.

Sold in Halfords stores and online Boardman Bikes has a large range of both mountain and gravel bikes at competitive prices. 2021 sees both the mountain and the gravel and adventure range get good spec updates. We're fans of the full suspension mountain bikes, they are top-scoring in review here at off-road.cc

We've only gone and got ourselves a drop-down menu! Yep, it's been a long time coming but now our site is now easier to navigate than ever before with reviews divided up into six simple sections and their subsequent sub-sections.

The new Garmin Edge 130 Plus is an updated 130 with a load of new features and connectivity. Good for road, gravel and mountain biking with metrics that measure how far you jump, the Edge 130 Plus is a tiny package that's straightforward to use – it's suited to pretty much every regular rider.