Mountain Bike Rider  |  September 2022
KEEPER OF THE PEAK
Social media, when used right, can make a huge positive impact. Just ask Chris Maloney, aka Keeper Of The Peak, the man who decided to set up a Twitter account to help mountain bikers plan their rides around the Peak District, but ended up delivering real change. We head out on a ride to see how “making a polite nuisance” of himself helped put mountain bikers on an equal footing with other, more established user groups.
FIRST RIDES
We ride the Forestal Cyon Halo, a lightweight e-bike like nothing else – powered by a Bafang-built EonDrive motor delivering 60Nm torque, it also sports an amazing full colour top tube display complete with GPS mapping. And one of our favourite e-bikes gets an update, the Whyte E-160 now comes with an easy-access 750Wh battery across all models. Plus the ARC8 Evolve FS gets a first ride, it’s a seriously lightweight down-country-cumXC-bike with gravity geometry, aerodynamic tubing and something called Slider Suspension.
LONGTERMERS
Ben Smith gets to grips with the Privateer 141 and its burly Öhlins build. Plus Sean heaps praise on the Sonder Signal’s generous geometry, JD switches his tyre set-up back to the original OEM Butcher combo for dry weather grip, and PB adds a 250Wh EnergyPak Plus range extender to his Reign E+ 1 to give his bike a little more grunt (and weight).
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Articles in this issue
Below is a selection of articles in Mountain Bike Rider September 2022.