Australian Mountain Bike

Just over a year after a catastrophic crash at Crankworx New Zealand left her with 15 broken bones, a severe concussion and an uncertain future in mountain biking, the Central Coast rider returned to competition at the Australian Downhill National Championships – her first race back.

With minimal bike time, low expectations and a body still rebuilding, Smith delive...

In the beginning, before e-bikes, anti-squat and wheel size wars, there were clunkers. Steel was king and so were jeans, handlebars were almost as wide as the moustaches. The pioneers took those clunkers to the top of Mt Tamalpais, California and the bicycle world was never the same again.

The first mountain bikes were not invented so much as discovered – b...

There’s a palpable buzz in the mountain biking world right now around e-bikes that genuinely blur the line between pedalling efficiency and electrified, ascend-and-descend dominance, and the Kiwi-born Velduro Rogue R is very much at the centre of that conversation.

Velduro launched in 2025, and the brand’s first enduro offering – the Rogue R – is the kind of bike th...

There’s a good reason so many Australian mountain bikers keep heading across the ditch. Beyond the familiar accents and short flight time, New Zealand delivers some of the best riding anywhere in the Southern Hemisphere. From purpose-built flow trails winding through towering redwoods to remote backcountry singletrack that feels a world away from any form of civilisation, it’...

Amflow set the e-bike world on fire when they landed the Amflow PL in Australia last year, with the Avinox M1 motor blowing other manufacturers out of the water when it came to power and torque output. The one aspect of the Amflow package that wasn’t exactly blowing minds was the more conservative lines and geometry of the full 29” PL frame. While it was a fine bike to ride, ...