What Mountain Bike

Like most folk I don't have £2000 pounds to spend on a bike, or £100 to spend on a set of handle bars, so it was a refreshing change to come across a magazine that seems to be a bit more in tune with your average (i.e. skint) mountain biker. Published every couple of months, What Mountain Bike manages to fit much more of interest between it's covers than either MBR or MBUK. Core to this success are the product tests. The tests are comprehensive and cover a good range of examples of the subject. But more importantly they check out the sort of regular stuff you find down your local bike shop and not just the specialist hardcore and expensive bits that often ...

Other than MBR, What MountainBike?, is one of my favorites. This mag comes out quarterly, but if you want it make sure you're there when it enters the shops, as, even though its just a mag, it sells out in no time. Its similar to MBR by the fact that its not just downhill/jumping orientated, like many others such as MBuk are. As it comes out 4 times a year, its always packed full of reviews and bike tests. The best part of the mag for me is the way they do the testing. Other mags will do a variety of different products, but only one model from each type. On the other hand What Mountain Bike?, tests, for example, every single brake ...

i thinc that whot mountain bike offers a wide range of knowlage but lacks some of the mpre finer thi - Advantages: loas of free bits, good shops, its ace - Disadvantages: consentrates on xc