Mountain Bike Rider Magazine July 2022 Back Issue

TRAILBLAZERS: FARMER JOHN, GRENOSIDE
Four of the UK’s best trail builders come together to form a trail builder supergroup, and make Grenoside in Sheffield great again. We were lucky enough to be there on the spot and watch a 10-year old trail get a complete rebuild.

KIDS DO ENDURO
Mountain bike races for kids have typically been either XC or downhill. Now though there’s a swathe of enduro races across the country catering for the latest crop of little shredders. mbr heads north to try out the dedicated ‘Mums and Kids’ three-stage enduro race, at PMBA’s Gisburn Grassroots Enduro.

FIRST RIDES
The latest and greatest Canyon Strive CFR gets an update, with longer and slacker geometry, adjustable headset cups to tune the reach, and the famous Canyon Shapeshifter technology with two distinct modes. We sling a leg over to find our inner Jack Moir. Plus we ride the new Starling Roost MX bike from British designer Joe McEwan, and V3 of the Nukeproof Scout 290 hardtail.

TESTED: TYRES Tyres have increased incrementally in performance over the last decade, but this year is a bit special thanks to the introduction of Continental’s latest crop: four years in production, and at last we have the Kryptotal Enduro. Conti isn’t the only brand investing big bucks either, Goodyear has a new version of the Newton, after opening its specialist bike division. There’s also a great looking new option from e*thirteen called the Grappler Enduro MoPo, and they all go up against old favourites.