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Mountain Bike (UK Magazine)
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Submitted by
Richard
a Downhiller
from Gloucs
Date Reviewed: March 4, 2004 | | Favorite Trail: | Lecky Hill | | Duration Product Used: | 1 Year | | Strengths: | Sometimes has good reviews of things that you are likely to buy | | Weaknesses: | Lots of boring articles on trial riding, 4X, jumping and the street sceen. To much aimed at the teenage market. If I wanted to read this rubbish I would buy a BMX mag | | Similar Products Used: | MBR and What Mountain Mike (by the same publisher as MBUK but better!!) | | Bike Setup: | SC Heckler, Hope, XT etc.. | | Bottom Line: | Used to be a great mag but now is trying to appeal to a younger market of spokey kids. Dont know why they have deserted the old skool as we are the ones with the $$$$ | Value Rating: Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Vendor
a Cross Country Rider
from Warsaw Poland
Date Reviewed: February 24, 2003 | | Duration Product Used: | 6 months | | Strengths: | Lots of useful stuff-tests previews with a bit of humour:> | | Weaknesses: | Sometimes boring articles-i.e. mbuk and marines | | Similar Products Used: | Mountain bike action | | Bottom Line: | Buy.Read.Repeat.(i know that's from specialized:P) | Value Rating: Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Simo
a Cross Country Rider
from Helsinki
Date Reviewed: August 1, 2000 | | Duration Product Used: | 1 Year | | Strengths: | Tests are great, pics are awesome and I like about their style! | | Weaknesses: | Hard to find from finland... :( | | Similar Products Used: | -- | | Bike Setup: | C'dale, XTR, raceface... | | Bottom Line: | Great mag for non-racers, who just like to have fun with their bikes... and have a nice touch of humor too!
Give it a trie! You'll be addicted... | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Gary Puttock
a Cross-Country Rider
from London England
Date Reviewed: January 6, 2000 | | Favorite Trail: |
Box Hill | | Duration Product Used: |
1 Year | | Strengths: |
Imformitive articles are written for adults to be read by adults. | | Weaknesses: |
Dropping issues every now and then | | Similar Products Used: |
MBR
Total Bike
MBUK | | Bike Setup: |
Specialized FSR Comp
Mavic 517s hope hubs, xtr group
easton carbon bars and post
race face stem | | Bottom Line: | Excellent magazine. Lets you know whats good and whats not in a readable manner. Does not treat its readers as though we're all under 15 as most do in th UK. Hopefully this magazine will go from strength to strength. | | Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
jonathan
a Weekend Warrior
from St Helens, England
Date Reviewed: December 9, 1999 | | Duration Product Used: |
1 Year | | Strengths: |
Well written, informative, aimed at true mountain bikers, not play bikers or kids who next month are into somthing else. Accurate equipment reveiws | | Weaknesses: |
poor subscription service (you recive it days after its out in the shops) | | Similar Products Used: |
All the rest | | Bike Setup: |
Marin Pinemountain, LX/XT, Judy sl's, synchros, control tech, ritchey, mavic, geax | | Bottom Line: | The only decent bike mag in thr UK, plus I got a free pair of De-feet socks from an offer in the first issue. I subsribed afetr issue one, it is that good. Much like the old MTB pro, and there are a few names (Brant Richards, John Stevenson) that keep cropping up. Now where have I heard those names before? Only 4 stars because by the time I get my copy through the post, I've already read it in WH Smiths | | Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Bikecrash
a Weekend Warrior
from Wellington, NZ
Date Reviewed: November 17, 1999 | | Duration Product Used: |
tested or demo'ed only | | Strengths: |
reviews, writing, maps, ads, glossy, good quality, big size | | Weaknesses: |
maps only for UK (natch), expensive, no A-Z bike list at back | | Similar Products Used: |
MBUK (for spotty young boys/children/oiks) MBR (OK) MBA (good previews/reviews) | | Bottom Line: | MMB, as other reviews state, is more adult (20+!) in tone than other UK mags, which is good, but it still has the same 'jokey' photos which are kept to a sensible number, unlike MBUK, and MBR to a lesser degree, which are a bit tits 'n lager mags. The reviews are good, but it needs an A-Z list at the back of bikes and bits. The pull out maps would be great if they had an utility here! How about maps of places visited like the recent trip to Cuba? Excellent quality print and pictures, why are US mags which are full of ads on every page such sh!te quality? | | Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Ashley
a Cross-Country Rider
from Godalming, UK
Date Reviewed: November 8, 1999 | | Favorite Trail: |
Ceasers Camp / Farnham | | Duration Product Used: |
2 Years | | Strengths: |
Informative, Good articles, Great read, Doesn't consetrate on one area or price bracket, Adult orriateted | | Weaknesses: |
Could be bigger. All routes tend to be in Scotland/Wales and not where the majority of the population lives. | | Similar Products Used: |
MBR, MBUK, MBI | | Bike Setup: |
99 Spec FSR XC (Great bike - crap Air shock, and own brand components) | | Bottom Line: | This is by far the best magazine for 20+ riders in the UK. The others seem to concetrate on jumping and this weeks trends and are moving towards BMXing every month. Every one who rides properly must read this mag at least once. You will read it every month after that. | | Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Steve
a Cross-Country Rider
from Sarnia, Ontario, Canada
Date Reviewed: September 13, 1999 | | Duration Product Used: |
1 Year | | Bottom Line: | I have bought every issue of this magazine since it started and have not missed one. I really love the repair section of the magazine and the way they spent a little extra on the coated paper. If you're working on your bike and you get some grease on one of the pages you can just wipe it clean with a damp cloth. I collected all the magazines and now have an excellent repair manual. The magazine also does a good job of keeping all classes of rider in mind. They do product testing on some everyday bikes for the average person and some of the elite products as well. I recommend this magazine to everyone. It is however, a little expensive but I realize that it has a long way to travel to get to Canada and that is also why all the issues I get are a month behind. It is still worth the $10/month I spend.If anyone from MMB is reading this, please tell everyone there to keep up the good work and congratulations on a very great magazine. | | Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Justin
a Cross-Country Rider
from Woodstock, GA
Date Reviewed: August 22, 1999 | | Favorite Trail: |
Carter's Lake | | Duration Product Used: |
less than 1 month | | Strengths: |
Great Mag! | | Weaknesses: |
none | | Similar Products Used: |
Mountain Bike, Bike, Mountain Biker, Bicycling, etc. | | Bottom Line: | This magazine is the best! | | Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Mikko Mellin
a Weekend Warrior
from Finland
Date Reviewed: July 23, 1999 | | Duration Product Used: |
6 months | | Strengths: |
Lots of ordinery trail riding and CrossCountry photos. | | Weaknesses: |
Well,ok.Maybe i need a bit more stunt riding... | | Similar Products Used: |
Mountainbike international,mountainbike,mountainbiker,mountainbike action,fillari,this maximum mm...Got it?Pretty much them all! | | Bike Setup: |
And this got to do with it???... | | Bottom Line: | Great mag,i hope that it would keep it`s readers in UK because i buy it regularly in my country of kiosk nearby me!I also like the way they test their bikes plus that they test ordinery bikes too and not just ELITE bikes with full XTR & Chris King bits. | | Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
hans kristian
a Weekend Warrior
from norway
Date Reviewed: April 24, 1999 | | Duration Product Used: |
3 months | | Strengths: |
great reviews of normal bikes. luckily no downhill-porn! | | Weaknesses: |
can`t wait for the next issue! | | Similar Products Used: |
all of them | | Bike Setup: |
trek 8900sl | | Bottom Line: | Best there is | | Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Andy
a Cross-Country Rider
from UK
Date Reviewed: April 14, 1999 | | Duration Product Used: |
6 months | | Strengths: |
Good Reviews, Well Written, Takes a slightly more adult view than some of the other mags. | | Weaknesses: |
Difficult to find | | Bottom Line: | Best British mag if your interests extend beyond downhill / trials. | | Overall Rating: |
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