There is more news this week of Coronavirus affected events, some new dated for those previously cancelled plus new gear on show. There's a new full face lid from Kask, a single speed gravel bike from Salsa and lightweight gear from Restrap. 

29er wheels, tick. Plenty of suspensions, tick. A dropper post, tick. 12 speed drivetrain, tick. Sorted geometry, tick. Withing budget, tick. The brand new Vitus Mythique ticks a lot of boxes and seeing as good value trail bikes are right up our street at off-road.cc we got the 29 VRS version in for review. Here's a first look ahead of our test time. 

Litter picking organisation Trash Free Trails have just teamed up with Trek Bicycles, Hope Technology for their second annual Spring Trail Clean Tour, ramping up their bid to reduce plastic pollution on our trails and wild places! Here are the details of how you can get involved!

The Bell Super Air R MIPS helmet is a convertible trail and enduro helmet that's extremely light and well ventilated. It’s comfy and the chin bar is easy to remove – or replace – but it’s an expensive lid, and if you're gravity-focused it's no substitute for a traditional, certified full-face helmet.

The Alpkit Possum is a half-sized frame bag, meaning it leaves space for easy access to water bottles on both mountain and gravel bikes. It’s stable, fits a lot of different frames easily and is ideal for carrying tools and spares. It really doesn't carry very much, however, and it’s a tad pricey considering it isn’t waterproof and has a rather basic system securing it to the frame.

Salsa Cycles have just launched a new single speed, alloy gravel bike that they say is ripe for riding in muddy conditions where you don't want the worry of wrecking a rear derailleur. It looks like a one-way ticket to the pain cave to us, but hey, horses for courses and all that.

The Candy 2 from Crankbrothers is a small-platform clipless pedal that's ideal for cross-country mountain bikes and gravel bikes. The quality bearings and mud-shedding design impress, but despite the upgrade to an alloy body it's heavier than the functionally identical – yet far cheaper – Candy 1.

The RockShox SID cross-country fork range gets an update for 2021, bringing the SID and SID SL models to the table. The range gets a new lighter Race Day damper, a Debonair Air spring tuned specifically for XC, is now just available as a 29er suspension fork and the 120mm version gets a 35mm chassis.

In response to the global Coronavirus COVIDV-19 outbreak, TweedLove organisers Hillside Outside have announced a huge rescheduling of their 2020 events calendar. Many of the events due to take place early this summer in and around the town of Peebles in the Scottish Borders are now rescheduled for later in the year.