The Showers Pass women's IMBA waterproof jacket is a relatively heavy duty mountain bike jacket that is adept at fending off the worst weather. It just gets a little hot, with poorly placed vents that don’t work too well if you plan on wearing a pack.

The CamelBak Solstice LR10 is the women’s version of the Skyline men’s pack. It’s been revamped and is now more secure than ever before whilst still retaining the ability to carry weight low on the back. It’s a great mid sized pack for all occasions.

The Polaris Bikewear Aquanought backpack is a hydration pack designed for mountain biking with rugged, waterproof qualities and a clever segmented tool organiser. The bag isn’t as stable as other packs of this size though and the design seems better suited to taller riders.

With two steel bikes from Ritchey and Shand to ride and Shimano winter shoes to test, it feels like Christmas has come early! We also get our mitts on one of those clever new lids from Specialized and some 'gravel' bar tape from Fizik. 

The latest steed in for test is this steel beauty from Ritchey, the new Ultra. Freshened up, 30 years after its inception, the Ultra is a cross-country mile muncher with a tendency to get rowdy on the downhills. We take a first look at a full build of the Ultra here...

Trouble finding something to buy the enduro mountain bike rider that has everything for Christmas? We've lined up five gravity fed gifts in this guide that are sure to please the enduro bro (or girl) in your life. 

Specialized’s Turbo Kenevo e-mtb is quite some gravity monster, both up and down. Flatter trails aren’t its foray, but point it down a steep and rough track and it becomes a rocket ship, the 180mm of travel combined with the weight that comes with an e-bike, and it’ll suck up anything in its path. 

There are more brand new shoes here than there are feet on the off-road team which must mean someone is in for a lot of riding! We take a look at the new cross country kicks from Shimano, plus a pair of flat shoes from FLR. We'll also be testing a bike packer essential, a good stove and new tubeless valves from MucOff. 

With the last postage dates for Christmas presents coming up fast, its time to get the last of the internet shopping done to save any disappointments. With that in mind here's the ultimate roundup of our gift guides for Xmas 2019.