It's only right that we find the best 'couples' mountain bike video on Valentines day. Jackson and Rose Green hit the nail on the head with supreme skill and trust between these two as they rail downhill on their 200mm tandem!

TweedLove’s award-winning bike festival is undergoing major changes for 2019, with a new name, a new location and partnerships with local businesses which aim to create a new event with the potential to attract thousands of bike and festival fans to the area.

From the mountains to the sea in Slovenia, Juliana ambassadors know all the best places to go by mountain bike. Let Rachael and Julia inspire your next adventure...

The Shimano MW7 boots are the new incarnation of the popular MW5. These new SPD trail boots use Gore-Tex, are waterproof, warm and are super comfortable with performance akin to the fairer weather ME7 option. We found in the very wet they did get slightly damp inside though.

The Smith Optics Arena Glasses with Chromaop are a rimless pair of sunglasses that don’t steam up and offer a crisp clear field of view, but we were left wanting in terms of coverage from the bottom of the glasses.

Billed as a wallet-friendly 1x drivetrain, the new Microshift Advent 9 speed drivetrain costs $125 for a cassette, mech and shifter and still offers a range from 11-42t. The Taiwanese company have a UK distributor to so, could this be the newest budget drivetrain for lower specification gravel and mountain bikes? 

The Haibike SDURO HardSeven 8.0 is an aluminium hardtail e-bike best suited to touring and tamer terrain. Built for comfort over the distance the e-mtb does what it says on the tin and is pretty good value too, but it’s not a trail shredder.

There are more bikes on test this week, we've got two rather different gravel bikes, a carbon Ibis and an alloy Bergamont. There's also a MIPS lid from Bell for under £40, another packless hydration option from Camelbak and some tyre inserts that you can use with tubes - dig in!