Bikes

All the latest bikes comprehensively tested. If we don’t think a product is worthy of our hard-earned, we won’t tell you to part with yours for it. That’s the promise we make with our bike and equipment tests. For all our tests we guarantee that:

  • They’re conducted by some of the most experienced and knowledgeable riders in the business.
  • Ratings are awarded only after a thorough testing process on a variety of terrain.
  • Tests are independent, and in no way influenced by our advertisers.

In most cases, we fit control tyres, bars and stems to the test bikes to ensure a level playing field and to highlight differences in handling. Tyre pressures are equalised to keep grip levels identical. We also weigh and measure the bikes ourselves, because this data doesn’t always tally with the manufacturer’s official figures. The numbers you read in the tests are the actual angles and measurements.

Our ratings are awarded out of 10, with 10/10 being the top mark.

  • 1-4  Means something’s wrong. Possibly a design flaw or a major weakness.
  • 5-6  OK – one or two faults but has potential
  • 7  Worth considering
  • 8  Very good – for the money, we’d buy it
  • 9  Excellent – a slight mod or two and it might be perfect
  • 10  Simply the best!
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Need to know Second-from-top XC race bike in the Teamelite range Carbon frame with BMC’s Big Wheel Concept 29er geometry Fox 32 Float fork with 100mm travel and remote CTD…

£2,250.00

Need to know Enduro bike with 160mm travel and 650b wheels Carbon frame is 20 per cent lighter than aluminium version ‘Gravity Tune’ geometry sees effective chainstay length grow with…

£4,080.00

Orbea recently revealed the new Occam. The buzzword at its launch was ‘polyvalence’ — to reflect the fact that the Occam is intended to be a bike that can do…

£5,679.00
Lapierre fitted its own e.I. system to various bikes around 2013 but it was quietly discontinued

Need to know All-new Zesty trail bike with 120mm travel Longer top tubes, wider bars and shorter stems for improved fit and control Full carbon and alloy options Four frame…

£3,399.99

Need to Know All-carbon marathon machine built for speed Stiffer chainstay design optimised for 1×11 drivetrain New trail-friendly version in the pipeline A collaboration between renowned engineer Patrick Morewood and fellow…

£2,495.00

Superbly tuned, competitive spec and solid feel topped off with a great ride - £2,000

£2,000.00
Score 9

Need to know Full carbon frame and swingarm 150mm travel front and rear Higher spec S build (£3,999) comes with a Reverb and Pike fork Kashima shock upgrade available for…

£3,099.00

Need to know Full carbon trail bike with 130mm travel front and rear Riot-Link suspension uses a ‘floating’ design with rocker links controlling the shock at both ends Slick frame…

£3,599.99

Need to know Enduro bike with DH roots Split Pivot suspension delivers 165mm travel Carbon seatstay assembley reduces unsprung mass Asymmetric shock mount offers two geometry settings Available with a…

£2,899.99

Key Points Alloy version of the formidable Capra Available in an XL frame size RockShox suspension delivers 160mm of travel at the front, 165mm at the rear Geometry mirrors the carbon…

£1,939.13

The Mongoose Salvo Comp bills itself as an out-and-out XC rig. So, even though it has 120mm of travel and 650b wheels  it could almost be forgiven for having the…

£999.99
Score 4

Need to know: Full-carbon 160mm travel trail bike from Germany 2lb complete build Direct-to-customer sales model delivers a killer specification for the price. Entry-level version with the same carbon frame…

£2,555.90

The Snabb name is shared across two platforms; a longer-travel E model designed for enduro, and a shorter, tighter T bike built for trail riding. There are two price points for…

£2,999.00