Marin recently put the versatility of their gravel bike, the Four Corners, through its paces in Malaga with Veronique Sandler and Nikki Whiles. With an element of bikepacking, this is certainly more about single track shredding, watch the video for a taste of winter sun and some dust kicking action! 

The Highland Trail 550 is a race, 60 riders gunning along, beneath and above the beautiful landscape of the Scottish Highlands. Its 550 miles of completely self-supported riding, there's no entry fee, no prize money but it's definitely a race. Bombtrack rider, Joachim Rosenlund tell us about the pain, the friendship, the fellowship and conquering the Highland Trail in this gorgeous edit. 

The Specialized Women’s Epic Comp Carbon is a task master, a bike where nothing other than full speed will do. It will be your best training partner and likely podium companion, if you don’t mind the clunk in the 'Brain' shock and choose the right setting for the race conditions too.

The enduro race season is almost upon us and we reckon the guys over at the Welsh Gravity Enduro Series have the best race format if you are thinking of giving racing a go for the first time. Entries are now open for the 2018 series of five races, we're in, are you? 

Cool things come in all different shapes and sizes, from super wide Hope Technology rims to short and stumpy Pacenti bar and stem combo's. We'll be testing these soon, along with a winter-worthy tyre from Specialized and some comfy perches from SDG. 

The new Escapade from Cotic is drop bar gorgeous, it might be dubbed as a road bike but look further and you'll see it's a super versatile, tough gravel bike.The 2018 version of the bike sees revised geometry, new brake mounts and a little weight shedding.

The Women's Dyce Gloves from Vaude are an understated, eco-friendly, lightweight trail option that prove to be super breathable but have one too many seams across the top of the hand giving them a low score on the comfort front. 

New patent seen online suggests that Shimano’s e-bike ambitions will continue with an electric smart bike system and, ambitiously, on a mountain bike too! Named the ‘bicycle control device’, the new listings shows a system that allows the rider to tune the bike to deliver optimum performance across the bike, automatically or manually. 

The Crankbrothers Mallet DH pedals are designed for downhill racing or riding with a wider q-factor and a larger platform than the similarly priced Mallet E’s. These aren’t to be limited to DH use though, the supportive pedal is equally at home on regular trails too.

The Marin Four Corners is all things to all people, an adventure, gravel, road and commuter bike. It's made of steel, it's got 'biometric geometry' (we'll explain later) and a massive amount of room on the frame for all your bikepacking gear.