Although Maxxis have always made great grippy winter/spring/autumn tyres, we’ve never thought their more summer-orientated rubber matched up. But now their Ardent tyre plugs the gap. You still get the ...

Big wheels are here to stay. If ever any proof were needed, just take a look at the results sheets of pretty much any high-level mountain bike race: The likes of Kate Courtney and more-or-less every ...