Giant has lifted the curtain on its next-generation Anthem — the Anthem Advanced SL — unveiled globally on Tuesday evening. The long-running cross-country race platform has been reimagined from the ground up, carrying forward the Anthem’s racing heritage while adapting to modern XC demands. If the bike looks familiar, that’s because it is. South African rider Alan Hatherly piloted the new Anthem Advanced SL to his 2025 UCI Mountain Bike World Championship title earlier this year — a dominant...

Hans, I’ve cancelled my flight!” read the message I received from Rob Warner the morning of the day he was supposed to arrive in Mexico City. I almost lost the plot… I’d been planning this trip for over a year and had arrived in Mexico one day ahead of Rob to get everything ready. Upon arrival, I’d realised that the e-bike battery we’d shipped to Mexico ahead of us was the wrong model. So Rob cancelled his flight thinking he wouldn’t be able to ride. It was so frustrating – I’d worked with...

Floating saunas, northern lights, shamanic wisdom dispensed by the fire, and endless trails crossing multi-coloured fjells: a bike tour...