Mountain Bike Rider — March 2018

TECHNIQUE MARCH 2018 l £4.99 l mbr.co.uk Secrets of ace o res eerec sn e rac e ox FIRST RIDES ROCKY MOUNTAIN, MERIDA & SPECI ...

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MARCH 2018mbr 5 Contents ON THE COVER Steffi Marth goes border hopping in the Alps. Photographer: Ale di Lullo MARCH 2018 ONTHE ...

6 mbrMARCH 2018 EDITOR’S LETTER Back to the future W henItookupmountainbiking,a bike was just a bike. There was no pigeon-holing ...

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MARCH 2018 mbr 9 Big picture It is fair to say bikes and snow have a love-hate relationship, moderated by temperature. On a mild ...

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MARCH 2018 mbr 11 Big picture Would you ride this? That’s a question we tend not to ask in our Big Picture gallery, choosing to ...

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MARCH 2018 mbr 13 Big picture Mountain biking doesn’t always have to be about the gnarliest lines, the loamiest turns or the mos ...

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START YOUR RIDE HERE Edited byJamie Darlow GEAR RIDES FAST & FIT INSPIRATION GET STARTED Bunkers and fairways are out, table ...

Evanshasareputationforpickingoutkiller bikes from overseas and bringing them to the UK. It introduced us to BMC back in 2011 and ...

MARCH 2018 mbr 17 came with a Suntour shock front and rear so we swapped them for RockShox,” David says. The bike’s squarely aim ...

18 mbrMARCH 2018 WHAT WE’RE EXCITED ABOUT THIS MONTH HOT STUFF MOST WANTED If you’re after the widest spread of gears on the mar ...

MARCH 2018mbr 19 MUD CAPS Suckingonamuddynozzlecouldbeathing ofthepastthankstothenewCamelbakDirt Series Podium bottle with its s ...

SECRET HIGHS Five great mountain rides you’ve hopefully never heard of. Shhhh! RIDES 20 mbr MARCH 2018 CROOK PEAK, MENDIP HILLS ...