This month we reveal our Rider(s) of the Year, bring you pro tips for riding faster, try to ride up a DH track and visit Yorkshire's reborn Havok Bike Park.
We deliver our verdicts on this year’s best clipless pedals and winter gloves, and test big-brand carbon hardtails against boutique steel ones.
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Rider of the Year 2023
The votes are in! It’s time to meet our inaugural MBUK Rider of the Year, Newcomer of the Year and Lifetime Achievement winner.
Ride faster!
Pro coach Olly Morris explains how to have more fun (safely) ripping the trails, while remaining a pilot, not merely a passenger.
Steel versus carbon
In a head-to-head biketest, we see whether carbon fibre or steel, big-name value or boutique attention to detail comes out on top on the trails.
Clip in with confidence
This issue's grouptest is clipless pedals – nine versatile trail options ridden and rated to find the best platform for your rig.
Back to the future
We return to the 1980s to trace the origins of British mountain biking via the Rough Stuff Fellowship, Muddy Fox and other leftfield innovators.
Reverse downhill challenge
DH tracks are designed to be ridden, er, downhill – but is it possible to ride them back to front? We send Will Longden and Will Soffe to Antur Stiniog in Eryri, North Wales to find out…
And that's not all…
This issue of MBUK is jam-packed with all the latest and greatest bikes, product reviews and news stories from the mountain biking world. We've got six of the best pairs of winter gloves on test, tips to understand steering geometry and much more, along with pages of product reviews in Wrecked and Rated.
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