There’s all sorts of good stuff in MBUK 287. Here’s a few highlights…

Best buy full suspension bikes – which gives you the best performance at a bargain price?

First rides on the Ragley Marley, Scott Gambler 10 and Giant Anthem X 29er 1.

How to stay in control – be a pilot, not a passenger, with these skills and drills to keep you in charge on the trail.

New rides! Big Ride route around the Malvern Hills, and a Wrecking Crew ride around Kinlochleven.

Best holiday ever? Cal Jelley takes the ultimate tour of Northern California to ride the birthplaces of mountain biking!

Snow Patrol! Ric puts fat bikes to the test in the wintry Scottish Highlands.

The Coastal Crew – you’ll want their jobs once you’ve read our feature!

We meet the Coastal Crew – the mountain bikers, film-makers and photographers with the most enviable jobs in the world!

The plans for BikePark Wales are revealed – we’ve spoken to the developers and it’s looking amazing!

Awesome shots of the Athertons going massive on home turf!

15 sets of disc brakes tested – which are the superior stoppers?

Plus you get a free karabiner keyring and pull-out route maps!

MBUK 287 is in the shops now – or why not subscribe so you never miss an issue?

Fat bikes – just another fad? Ric finds out in the Highlands

Hannah Barnes shows the Wrecking Crew around her favourite Kinlochleven trails

The Giant XtC Advanced SL 29er 0 could be the ultimate velocity machine from the world’s leading composite bike builder – and it’s also the Super Bike in MBUK 287.

As usual, there wasn’t enough space in the magazine to fit in all the photos we wanted to, so you can feast your eyes on all the extra details shots below.

Guy Kesteven says: “When a company with the exceptional experience and facilities of Giant stick an ‘Advanced Super Light’ tag on a new race bike, you can be sure it’s something very special.”

Find out if he’s right in MBUK 287, on sale on 8 Feb.

First up, the current World Champion bares his Hart & Soul (part one)…

Specialized riders Sam Hill and Troy Brosnan’s pre-season training in Perth…

And ealier this week, GT Factory Racing unveiled their new look. It’s certainly a lot stealthier than the Athertons’ previous blue-and-white look with Commencal…

This year’s UCI World Cup series kicks off in Pietermaritzburg, South Africa this weekend. Red Bull will be streaming all rounds live.

It’s that time of year again for us when the big trade shows take place, unveiling lots of cool stuff.Ric was at Eurobike recently, and currently Rob and myself are at the Dirt Demo in Bootleg Canyon, Boulder City, Nevada.It’s a few mental days for us- 5am we’re out in the desert getting the sun rise, and shooting bikes all day through until 7.30 at night when the sun sets. It’s a chaotic few days, but a great chance to ride some of 2012′s best offerings.

Here’s a gallery of the shenanigans so far. Keep watch on the MBUK Facebook page and our Twitter feed for updates. Follow our hashtag on Twitter too… #vivalasMBUK

You can see all the gory Glory action in an MBUK headed toward a newstand near you soon. In the mean time though, I’ve got some serious TLC to administer…