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Welcome to issue #208 of Australian Mountain Bike. This is our first issue that sits within our new quarterly timing. Hopefully you haven’t been left waiting too long for a new issue, but do remember we publish extensively on AMBmag.com.au so you can maintain your fix.

This new issue celebrates a little part of what a change to four issues per year allows us to do. You’ll notice there are more stories and reviews than previous issues thanks to the thicker magazine. And while we have a tonne of reviews in this issue, by moving quarterly we have a bit more room to write about some other ideas. Like – what does it mean to be a mountain biker? Is there a tick list? Or is each person’s path to being a mountain biker unique? And what about getting that feeling of flow – can that be curated, and sold? Dr Richard Buning dug into that. Adam Macbeth spent the time getting under the skin of his new home town of Mount Beauty, which has slowly revealed the deep and rich mountain biking history written in its trails.

Of course, sometimes it is all about the gear, and we went really deep into the tech for our Trail and Enduro Group Test. A huge crew put 24 popular trail and enduro tyres head to head over summer. They crashed, they railed corners, dented a few rims and got a few stitches. But fair from testing on vibe, our dedicated crew really put the differences under the microscope to help you make the best purchase when it is time to get a fresh set of tyres.

That’s just a sample of what our new issue holds – I really hope you enjoy it.