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1 month ago | 
sparksunderland.com | Finlay Anderson |Kira Hunter
Sunderland Restaurant Week is set to return this month (March 2025), with many eateries across the city preparing for a much-needed hospitality boost. The popular event will take place between March 15-23, and have £10, £15 and £20 offers for diners to visit old favourites or try new cuisines.
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Jan 23, 2025 | 
bikeradar.com | Nick Clark |Finlay Anderson |Nick Anderson
The best full-face mountain bike helmets will give you the protection needed to tackle extreme downhill and enduro trails. Our team of dedicated testers have reviewed countless full-face helmets over the past 17 years, assessing the helmets in real-world conditions and considering factors such as safety, comfort, fit and ventilation. Following our latest testing of the Bell Sanction 2 DLX MIPS and Abus HiDrop, we’ve compiled our top picks of the best full-face mountain bike helmets.
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Jan 20, 2025 | 
bikeradar.com | Finlay Anderson
Suspension is one of the most important elements of a modern mountain bike, generating grip and control on the trail to help you ride smoother and faster. There’s no doubt that the best forks and the best shocks work incredibly well. But tuning your suspension can help eke that extra bit of performance from your fork and shock by optimising their setup for you, your bike and your riding style. Once upon a time, suspension tuning was reserved for a handful of pro riders.
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Dec 31, 2024 | 
bikeradar.com | Finlay Anderson
Smart bike lights take conventional illumination up a notch, by incorporating intelligent technology that aims to improve your safety when cycling on the road after dark. Many of these lights use motion-sensing technology. They respond to changes in your speed and even the speed of traffic behind you, to increase your visibility on the road.
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Dec 12, 2024 | 
bikeradar.com | Seb Stott |Finlay Anderson
Full-suspension mountain bikes can use single or multiple pivot locations, different linkages and swingarm designs to help dictate their suspension characteristics. How many pivots and links are used and how they’re laid out helps to determine how the bike will work, how it’ll feel on the trail and what type of riding it may be best suited to.
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Nov 29, 2024 | 
bikeradar.com | Jack Luke |Finlay Anderson |Jack Anderson
Sigma Sports' 2024 Black Friday deals are well and truly here, and there are some meaty offers to sink your teeth into. As usual, there are far too many deals for any one person to wade through, so we’ve had a look for you and picked out five amazing early bargains to pique your interest. Sigma Sports' Black Friday sale includes huge savings of up to 85 per cent (85!) on kit, components and bikes from Assos, Patagonia, Oaklay, Gore, Cannondale, Specialized and more.
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Nov 20, 2024 | 
bikeradar.com | Finlay Anderson
Setting your sag should be the first step when setting up your mountain bike suspension. This fundamental process sets your spring rate and is the foundation for all other suspension adjustments. In this guide, we’ll explain exactly how to do this for your front fork and, if you have one, your rear shock. Sag is how far your mountain bike sinks into its travel under your weight, while static. The correct sag enables your suspension to give you the perfect mix of grip and support.
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Nov 18, 2024 | 
bikeradar.com | Finlay Anderson
The image suspension seatposts conjure in the minds of many riders might be somewhat outdated. Older suspension seatposts tended to be basic, offering fairly crude damping. However, nowadays, suspension seatposts are sophisticated components, employing the kind of tech you might see on a mountain bike fork, and they often come with bold claims about improved ride efficiency.
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Nov 6, 2024 | 
bikeradar.com | Finlay Anderson
Getting your mountain bike suspension setup right can make all the difference. Most modern suspension works brilliantly if adjusted correctly, but finding the optimum settings can be tricky with so many adjustments and dials. It’s worth persevering, though, because getting the setup of your suspension fork or rear shock right will enable your bike to work at its best, improving handling, grip and comfort. In this guide, we explain the fundamentals of setting up mountain bike suspension.
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Oct 31, 2024 | 
bikeradar.com | Luke Marshall |Finlay Anderson |Luke Anderson
Suspension forks are commonplace on virtually all modern mountain bikes, thanks to the comfort, traction and control they bring to your riding. While you can spend more than £1,000 on a fork, the best budget mountain bike forks provide brilliant performance, work well in most scenarios and are easier to adjust. In short, upgrading to one of these forks is a sure way to improve your mountain bike’s suspension and get the most out of your riding.
