The Mondraker Factor is no newbie to the trail bike gang, the singletrack slayer has been doing the rounds on slithers of dirt in various guises for a while now. This bike has been a 26er, a 29er, it's seen a foray with plus wheels and is now settling back at 27.5" for 2018, is this the magic formula for a 120mm trail bike? 

Ritchey has another new bike up its sleeve: the brand new Carbon Break Away Outback - a foldable adventure bike. Your adventure doesn't need to end when you run out of land, just hop on a plane and travel to another part of the world, suitcases at the ready!

Pivot’s new Mach 6 Carbon is longer, lower and Pivot say, sets a new benchmark for enduro and aggressive trail bikes. The bike is designed to have a great pedalling ability and be able to hit technical features at race pace, it's "enduro performance redefined" says Pivot, let's see what that means.....

We are self-confessed tyre geeks here at off-road.cc, Maxxis, Scwalbe, Continental, we'll have them all! We're that type that are forever changing tyres to suit the conditions and then fervently agonise over said choices whilst preparing to ride. Our tyre geekiness is something we are getting help with (honestly) but in a momentary relapse at Eurobike this year we found ourselves trawling the halls in search of new rubber.

Endura have just launched their first mountain bike overshoe for flat pedal riders, the MT500 Plus Overshoe. Let winter commence!

In 2018 the MTBMeetup will, once again, be working with the guys at Oneplanet Adventure, Llandegla for the event, which will take place 1^st, 2^nd & 3^rd June 2018. Now into its 5^th year the award nominated, charity event is a fun and friendly free weekend of riding and socializing for all the family.

The Race Face Charlie shorts are a lightweight, casual trail short ready to hit both long days in the saddle and short stops in the cafe.

With what is looking like a sunny weekend ahead for us we are itching to get out of the office and onto the trails! It's been a week of cockpit components here at off road.cc with grips from Lizard Skins, pedals from crankbrothers and a saddle from SQ Lab that Rachael is hoping will solve all her saddle woes. Let us begin......

Calibre, the bike brand of the budget outdoor equipment superstore, Go Outdoors, have today released a brand new hardtail mountain bike called the Line 10. Calibre is the brand brought us the Bossnut, a bike that has big performance for a small price and trumped many others along the way and the Line 10 hopes to continue that theme.

Scotland-based Shand Cycles has been bought by an Indian tycoon who has pledged to rejuvenate the UK bicycle manufacturing industry.