After meeting the guys at the guiding company H+I Adventures we were intrigued by their recent trip to Morocco with Diamondback pro rider, Eric Porter. They sent us over photos and video from what looks like a truly epic trip in the Atlas mountain range, full of stunning landscapes in an incredible country. Read the story from a rider on the trip here...

Last week was all about the Cycle Show, whilst we were away a load of new kit landed at off-road.cc including wheels from Crankbrothers, a saddle from Tioga, tyres from Donnelly, Gusset grips and a nifty way to attach kit to your bike from Problem Solvers.

This week we've got some e-bike specific cleaner from Muc Off, heavy duty tyres from Specialized, two value dropper posts from the Chain Reaction Cycles brand, Brand-X. Clothing wise we are preparing for winter with cold weather gloves care of 100% and protecting one testers noggin with a new lid from TSG. 

Only a short distance from Scotland’s capital Edinburgh, East Lothian provides the right ingredients for bikepacking adventures for all ages. With funding from East Lothian Council, Bikepacking Scotland has added another trail to its offer of bikepacking routes, and today released the new short film ‘Go East Lothian’ to showcase the route.

The 2.6” Specialized Hillbilly provide grip by the bucket load in wet conditions, also proving to be a pretty good partner for very soft, dry loam. At the cheap price of £45 we can’t really see many reasons to moan!

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