Am I the only one who's got edition 1 of MBUK?? And each and every edition for the next 3 years (with free gifts attatched still).

As for the Zaskar, I owned 2 of them...best frame Ive ever owned. Cost a fortune back then....around £400 iirc (memory's s**t)


I always scour the web to find a mint condition frame now.

Old Skool is the way forward

And that is based on fact is it??? 

yeah exactly i thought it was great say 3 years ago but now am starting to not findit as interesting or thrillseeking as the sport can actually be (if that makes sense)

but its not hard to understand the stuff they write, however there appears to be quite an obvious mistake at some point in each issue, and yes no magazine is perfect but some of the errors really were of school boy standard 

I heard they were up to those sorts of antics from people in the business about 5 years ago. Maybe there is something in it after all

I don't think there is any bias with advertising / testing within MBUK. I know they have f*cked certain companies off in the past with honest reviews, and most companies will not send MBUK or What MTB any dodgy kit as it will get found out and slagged off...


its actually a corporate policy of Future Publishing (who own MBUK)

having been on bike tests for MBUK and seen the test notes (that the editorial test team give to the photo stunt dummies / photographer) it all seems above board

they don't always get their scores right, mistakes are made with pricing / information and sometimes the summary contradicts the main text on each item (i.e. a fork in a fork test - they might say the fork is "stiff" but in the main text say "the 32mm legs aren't the stiffest" )

I do know that they get their sh*t dirty and its actually used...Dirt are not testing bikes at the moment and so its really just a rehash of advertising bumpf / spin which is sent in by the company punting the bike or component, its rarely that you see a pic of a rider using anything shown in "fresh produce"?


I have seen this with Ride (BMX mag) also owned by same people behind Dirt - they don't actually "test" the parts they feature, its just a photo and some blurb..."this is the new S&M LAF and its a great frame"

i thaught it was pretty cool, nothing really interesting to read tho unlike the haldon review they did witch i was MAJORLY unimpressed by, as they riped the C**P out of it saying the berms were made with a mountain bike completely absent from mind or some Boll**ks, it really annoyed me. i liked the crunchie granola bar they gave away tho best iv ever eaten, god
I LOVE FREE STUFF!!!!!

I liked the 20places you must ride in the world, Dalby Forest & Grizdale were up there with Moah Utah & Whistler!! seriously wtf, surely Morroco, Queensland & many others are just slightly better destinations!
Utter rubbish magazine this issue was no different