CANNONDALE HABIT CARBON 3

PADDED WITH KNOWLEDGE.

There’s a fresh sign that’s recently popped up on a

MAKING HAY ON WYE

Barney takes a trip to Hay, while the sun shines…

A DAY IN THE LIFE OF… BIKEPARK WALES

Sam Dugon goes behind the scenes at BikePark Wales and follows the staff during a typical day.

THE ART OF THE POSSIBLE

Has your biking mojo taken a knock of late? No longer quite feeling the love? Sanny reckons you might just need a wee challenge in your life to fire you up. Like a few Scottish Munros.

CAPITAL TO COAST

Max Darkins rides off-road as much as possible from Richmond Park in London to dip his toes in the sea at Brighton beach.

Jason Miles

WITH GREAT POWER COMES GREAT GRUMPINESS.

CHAIRLIFTED ORIENTEERING

Chipps takes on a mountain orienteering event in the Italian Dolomites, organised by Germans, where the idea is to hunt for dumplings that don’t actually exist, but which everybody gets at the end.

ELECTRIC BOOGALOO

Chipps infiltrates the underground world of electric-bike-only riding weekends to discover the secret customs and handshakes of this growing mountain bike world.

NU SKOOL 29ERS

Dean Hersey gets stuck into three distinctive 29ers that span the width of the new (ahem, nu) school of full suspension 29er trail bikes.

SPECIALIZED STUMPJUMPER EVO COMP ALLOY 29

Price: £3,400.00 (as tested) From: Specialized UK,

TREK FULL STACHE 8

Chunky tyre ‘plus’ bikes are relatively new in mountain

(NOT) CATCHING UP WITH PEATY

Pete Scullion catches up with one of the most successful mountain bikers of all time, and a giant of the sport in many ways.

TEARS OF A CLOWN.

Hannah catches up with the off.ial joker of the British mountain bike scene and finds a darker side that nearly did for him.

THE ROAD TO THUNDERGAY

Sanny and Dave explore the western slopes of the Scottish isle of Arran, far removed from the tourist-heavy honeypots of Brodick and Goatfell.

MARK

SWAPPING CARS FOR HANDLEBARS