Mountain Biking UK – January 2018

In the new issue of MBUK:
• Meet World Champ in the making Katy Winton as we follow her down her local Scottish trails and find out how she’s carving a route to the top.
• We slam on the brakes as we test 10 sets of stoppers across all budgets to find which is the best for the way you ride. We also put 4 rapid XC bikes through their paces to find which is the best short-travel full-suspension bike for going far and fast.
• Hannah Barnes and Rachel Walker head to the Highlands for a remote and wild escape and end up staying a night in a haunted Bothy… And we find out how a relationship bust-up led to a rediscovery of mountain biking and whole different way of life.
• Learn how to master winter trail riding, send huge jumps with style, improve your strength, plus remove a ding from a wheel and find out the 4 essential trail tools that every rider should be packing.
• Get out and ride with our new routes at Flyingdales in the North York Moors; Brewood, Staffordshire; Merrick in Scotland and Wallingford, Oxfordshire. Plus the Wrecking Crew head to the Forest of Dean to see how the trails are standing up to years of heavy traffic