Australian Mountain Bike

Australian Mountain Bike magazine is Australia's leading off road cycling publication, and features extensive and industry-leading mountain bike and product reviews. It tracks down the greatest trails to ride, offers columns dedicated to both the first time rider and pro racer, plus some of the best mountain bike imagery in the world. Exclusive and inclusive - covering the full spectrum of the sport, trust AMB to give you the best advice from the sport's best journalists.

PUMPED

Australian Mountain Bike

The people of mountain biking

Aussies on the world stage!

Pivot send the Shuttle sky high

Join the best in the west at Cape to Cape!

The great Southern Peaks

GO ROCK THE CROC!

Pivot’s new Mach 4 SL

INSTA DROP

Trek’s new Top Fuel

TERRA IN THE BERRA IS BACK!

Merida update the eOne-Sixty eMTB

WIN PIRELLI SCORPION MTB TYRES!

NEW PRODUCTS • THE LATEST PRODUCTS TO HIT AUSTRALIAN SHORES, GET YOUR FIRST GLIMPSE HERE AS WE GIVE THE RUNDOWN ON THE LATEST GEAR.

CALENDAR

CYCLE OF SUSTAINABILITY

DATA WATT?

THE RIGHT MIX

THE ICONIC WANGETTI TRAIL

MARATHON CHAMPIONSHIPS • Johnston and Harris Blast the XCM Champs

2019 NATIONAL XCM CHAMPIONS

CAUGHT IN A STORM • Fort William has cemented itself in the lore of the Downhill World Cup of mountain biking, appearing no less than seventeen consecutive times in the race calendar since 2002. This, you already know but sponsors change as do riders and yet Fort William holds its place. Why is that?

PEOPLE OF CRANKWORX

BRETT TIPPIE • Brett Tippie should need no introduction. One of the founders of freeride mountain biking, Brett is now spending his time in the media realm, presenting and commentating events. He is an extreme bundle of energy and an amazing asset to our sport and it’s history.

JOSH CARLSON • Josh Carlson is an Australian Enduro racer on the Giant Factory Off-Road Team. He lives in Wollongong with his wife and 2 kids, then jets off around the globe to compete in the Enduro World Series. Josh is stoked on life and always up for a chat.

ROB METZ • Rob Metz is the main man behind Zerode Bikes, a unique bike company based in Rotorua, New Zealand. Focusing his engineering skills and mindset towards bypassing the things that don’t make sense on a bike to him, Rob works from his shed to design and bring to life gearbox mountain bikes for a truly different ride and spends a lot of time on the local trails he has helped build from the beginning in the local redwoods.

MIKEY HADERER • Mike ‘Mikey’ Haderer is a jack of all trades in the mountain biking world. Coming from northern California, he lives in a central area to some of America’s best riding. With so many years in the industry, Mikey seems to know everybody and has the kind of laughter you’ll hear from a mile away and instantly have a smile on your face.

PAIRING UP FOR PORT TO PORT

IMOGEN SMITH’S PAIRS RACING TIPS

MY BIKE FOR PORT TO PORT

THE EPIC OCEANIA SERIES

2019 RESULTS:

EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT SHIMANO’S 12 SPEED FAMILY • Is 12 gears just a matter of keeping up, or getting ahead? Shimano’s oldest mountain bike group set, Deore XT, was updated in late May. With SLX being redesigned as 12-speed as well and XTR M9100 launched in May 2018 Shimano now has 3 major group sets offering 12 speeds and a huge 510% range cassette. But it’s about a whole lot more than just having the extra gear.

Pivot Shuttle

SHUTTLE • PIVOTCYCLES.COM

Merida One-Twenty 8000

BRADLEY BABEL

ONE-TWENTY 8000 • ADVANCETRADERS.COM.AU

Momsen Vipa Ultra

VIPA ULTRA • MOMSENBIKES.COM

Schwalbe Eddy Current eMTB tyres

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