Nukeproof has just launched a new trail bike bearing the namesake of an old school hardtail from 20 years ago. This new bike looks well sorted with modern geometry, a flip-chip for angle adjustment and carbon seat stays on alloy bikes to reduce unsprung weight.

The Crankbrothers Stamp 2 is the brands' budget aluminium flat pedal offering with two sizes available, small (tested) and large. Grip is ok but they feel too small and lacking support even for feet falling at the lower end of the recommended size spectrum. 

The Smith Optics Wildcat cycling glasses are goggle-like mountain bike glasses that offer huge coverage, a clear lens, cool styling and unfortunately a sky-high price. We think they are worth it though, look after these and they'll last you a lifetime. 

The Cycle Show at the NEC kicked off yesterday, we as the media, get a pass on trade day to check out all the new and exciting bikes and tech before the doors open to the public on Friday. There's always a plethora of new kit from brands and distributors alike and this year was no different.

We got wind of a new e-bike from Kinesis on the morning of the 2019 NEC Cycle Show and the new Rise hardtail e-mtb didn't disappoint. With a lightweight Fazua motor, 29er wheels and some pretty progressive geometry, we liked the look of the brands first foray into the electric mountain bike market.

Whyte are clearly hitting the electric bike market hard, following up on the release of the E-150 mountain bike with this e-gravel bike, the Gosford. It's got a Fazua motor and looks to be specced in a pretty aggressive way, we took a first look at the NEC Cycle show. 

We've just had a load of new Continental tyres drop at the office, plus some Morvelo kit for the colder days and a multi sport watch from Sigma with which we are looking forward to testing the GPS function. There's also some Cush Core for gravel wheels and tyres which we are going to hand over to our main gravel man, Dave plus a neat tool organiser from Lezyne... dig in.

In for test this week we've got two gravel bikes in very different price brackets, the Genesis Croix de Fer Ti and the Merlin Malt G1-X Apex 1, road.cc will be testing those for us later this month. We've also got a signature 'Deakinator' saddle from DMR and a new lid from Italian brand Kask. Dig in....

The 2020 Calibre Bikes Bossnut 3 hit the Go Outdoors shelves in August this year boasting new geometry, better components and dare I say it, even better value. Here at off-road.cc, we love this budget busting trail bike, its fun, its upgradable and in its full suspension form it’s a great, accessible introduction to mountain biking.

Sector wheels are new from Kinesis UK, the brand bringing carbon gravel and 29er wheelsets to the table in the first instance. The carbon wheels use tech from Innegra and TeXtreme®​, creating wheels with a particular layup of carbon which Kinesis UK says allows for 50% more vertical compliance than a standard carbon rim.