Rachael Wight
Articles by Rachael Wight
First Look: Bergamont Grandurance 6 gravel and all-road bike
With striking looks and a funky paint job, the Bergamont Grandurance 6 turned our heads at Eurobike last year. On closer inspection, the all-road and gravel bike looks well specced at a decent price too. We take a first look at the bike here, prior to testing.
Video: The Starling Cycles Murmur Factory - starring Leo Sandler
Starling Cycles lent their Murmur Factory 29er to Leo Sandler, a supreme Kiwi shredder, to see what he could do with the bike on a wet, wild and slippy day in South Wales at the Black Mountains Cycle Centre.
Video: Hazzard Racing #1 - In The Beginning
After splitting with Canyon, Joe Barnes swtiches to Orange bikes and builds an enduro race team, here's their first team video...
First Look: Ibis Hakka MX gravel bike
Billed as the Swiss Army knife of the gravel bike world, the carbon Ibis Hakka MX in black certainly looks the part. Understated and purposeful, the do-it-all gravel bike looks versatile, clever and useful in many situations, here's our first look:
5 cool things from Trek, Dynaplug, Marin, Giro and Shimano
It's a week of two bikes again, this time there'sone to suit all tastes with a Trek Remedy 7 mountain bike and a Marin Gestalt gravel grinder gracing off-road.cc HQ. Also delivered was a neat but expensive tubeless plug system from Dynaplug, new shoes from Giro and brand new sunnies from Shimano.
First Look: 2019 Marin Gestalt gravel and 'Beyond Road' bike
After reviewing the Marin Gestalt X11, it's now the turn of the base model Gestalt to go through our test process. The cheapest bike in the range keeps the same svelte good looks of its pricier brother but with a very reasonable £750 price tag. We take a look at what you get for your money before heading out and getting it dirty.
Scottish accommodation providers offered grant to get a shed
Developing Mountain Biking in Scotland (DMBinS), with funding support from Scottish Enterprise, have just launched a trial project to help Scottish B&B's and hotels get a grant for a shed or to enable them to provide secure bike storage.
Bell 4Forty helmet review
The Bell 4Forty helmet is one of the cheaper options in the Bell range, available in a MIPS and non-MIPS version (the latter tested here), it’s a stable lid that, should the fit suit you, is a good looking all-mountain and enduro lid that isn’t uber pricey.