MRP's XCG guard is designed to protect your chain rings from damage - especially important considering the replacement price of some of the current 2x10 rings. Watch MRP's own Noah Sears guide you through the installation.

Catch up with Blind Bobby McMullin to see what he's been up to, and get the lowdown on Suntour suspension from Darren Salsbury.

Winter is over, but consider A'ME's heated grips while you can still remember returning from a ride with hands so cold that your fingers can't unzip your - well, you get the point.

How thankful would you be if a busload of your friends pitched in to pay for a last-ditch experimental operation that restored your sight - after you were told that you would soon be blind?

Save your frame for about ten bucks. A frame designer teams up with a grip maker to market a simple fork stop.

Specialized Gravity USA team rider Curtis Keene rolled out his Demo 8 to the Sea Otter Classic with some interesting parts on it, including a custom 12x135mm rear end and the prototype DT Swiss downhill hub that we showed you earlier in the week. Check it out inside!

Jacob McGahey gives Pinkbike a video tour of the Industry Nine six-pawl freehub system. Industry Nine wheels are hand made in North Carolina, with 7075 aluminum spokes in a stunning array of contrasting anodized colors

One tiny sprocket may mean big changes for mountain bike drivetrains - and what the players who are spearheading the concept see in the future

Pinkbike is on the road to Sea Otter, but first we stopped off at Specialized HQ to have a look behind closed doors.

Here's a visual safety checklist that will ensure your ride will be as ready as you are when the time comes to shred. Make it a habit.