The Jena is an all new carbon gravel bike from Wiler, designed, they say, to give riders freedom of choice. Freedom to choose the surface to ride on from gravel, to singletrack to bikepacking on tarmac, the Jena is another do-it-all drop bar bike to add to the mix.

The bods at Strava have just told us that yesterday, the 17th January, is the day that we are most likely to give up our New Year's resolutions. After just a measly 17 days of #newyearnewme, all that clean eating and long cycle rides, we will statistically speaking, be back to our old 2018 ways. 

The Shand Shug is an aggressive short travel, steel hardtail hero that we’d be very happy to have in our bike stable. The progressive geometry will see you tackling techy terrain and the beautifully made frame will no doubt be the awe of all your friends. If you have the cash to spare the Shug will be an excellent trail bike for those who love the feel of riding steel and like to thrash a hardtail on any type of trail.

The trails of Glentress, Scotland have been used to test pilot a new mountain bike scheme to support mental health patients in the UK. 

The Gusset S2 grips are good value, fatter grips that are best for bigger hands. There’s plenty of grip but the compound isn’t the softest.

After a one-year sabbatical, Ragley is back! They've got two brand new bikes for 2019 plus the old favourites get updates to geometry, tube profiles, frame ‘standards’ and spec. The new bikes are the Big Al which slots into the range as a 29-inch wheeled counterpart to the Marley. Also new is the Trig, a drop-handlebar bike in two guises for all your adventure/gravel/commuting/tow-path needs. Ragley gave us all the details below.

The Osprey Raven 10 is a women’s fit mountain bike backpack incorporating a 2.5 litre reservoir and back system specifically designed for ladies. It’s a secure and sturdy pack that I reach for time and time again, despite some excess strap niggles.

There's no word on quite how 'limited' the limited run of stealth black Renthal Fatbars will be but we reckon if you want some, you should probably get on and buy some!

Twelve months on from the launch of their General Cleaner the new Proper Degreaser from Proper Cleaner by Guy Martin has been released. Again made with water soluble capsules the degreaser has all the same eco-friendly credentials of the Cleaner.