We have just taken delivery of a brand new DT Swiss F535 One fork, a mountain bike fork so new it hasn't even hit the shelves of the distributor Madison yet! With an innovative combination of coil and air spring tech and the Plushport floating piston design to control compression damping, we are very excited to fit these and see how they fare against the other big players in the suspension world. 

We've had some super cool kit in through the doors this week, there's been the F535 One fork from DT Swiss and a budget cross country bike from Rose. We've also got another good looking pack from Camelbak in the form of the Toro 14 Protector and bikepacking gear from BBB.

There is plenty of new stuff at the off-road HQ for test this week. Here are the five top things from Spesh, Juice Lubes, Mule Bar, DMR and Vaude that we are looking forward to using eating, testing and rating!

Aside from riding brand spanking new Yeti's this week we have also been collecting new kit in the office for test. There are a couple of new helmets from Smith Optics, a frame bag that also doubles as a vehicle for putting weights on your downtube and some tasty looking snacks from Clif. 

The Jurassic Gravel is a new event, just launched by the makers of the Kinesis Gravelcross series. Set to take on the stunning Dorset coastline, the 40 or 60km routes are sure to take in the best of the Jurassic Coast and give the legs and lungs a good workout! Dates are 8th-9th September 2018 and entries are open now. 

The Aussie Grit Apparel competition is now closed and we have a winner!

The winning time of the Leadville 100 MTB race was, 6:18:08, the win taken for the second year in a row by Howard Grotts. Our winner is Philip Austin - well done Philip! He guessed the nearest time within 4 seconds of the winning time. 

If you want to find out how Mark Webber did, head over to the Aussie Grit site now and read his race blog. 

The new Specialized Stumpjumper caused quite a splash when it was launched, with long and short travel options, bikes for ladies and gents, carbon or alloy choices and lastly the tease of the more progressive Evo version. The range is huge but we've picked out the women's Comp Alloy 27.5 bike to test, here's a first look at this gorgeous steed.

How much you spend on a mountain bike is up to you and your bank balance. If that sum happens to be at the 3K mark, you are in for a treat. There are plenty of great specced bikes on sale that are far more capable than their price belies. Here are the best mountain bikes we have tested that come in under three thousand pounds. All the bikes here have received four stars or above on our scoring system, dig in, your next bike could be here.....

We've evolved! Being a pretty new website, just over a year old now, we are always hard at work developing the platform and bringing you the best user interface we can so you get the most out of the time you spend with us. Today the computer whizz's on the team have launched an update to the website which includes a new search bar and also continuously scrolling homepage.