Top 5 | 2024 Cross-Country Bikes
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What is the best cross-country mountain bike in 2024?
It’s probably one of the bikes on this list.
Cross-country bikes are all about light weight, efficiency and speed. And pain caves, digging deep and lactic acid. Cross-country racers are made of tough stuff and with courses getting ever more technical, the bikes have had to add tech trail handling into the equation.
Cross-country bikes are more capable than ever, with slacker, longer geometry, dropper posts on many models and some even going up in travel to around 120mm.
The bikes in this list are hot property, winning world cups and impressing our notoriously thorough test team.
Which bike would you choose to swing a leg over on the start line?
Let us know in the comments!
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00:00 Intro
00:21 Specialized Epic WC
01:49 Mondraker F-Podium
03:36 Orbea Oiz
05:21 Lapierre Prorace CF 9.9
06:47 Trek Supercaliber
08:40 outro
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Which of these bikes is your favourite?
@Sketchybackyardtrails
6 ай бұрын
Epic world cup
@kevinxodemonth
6 ай бұрын
Supercalibre
@cletusowns
6 ай бұрын
Oiz is so fast and TBH I love the integrated cable look.
@Sketchybackyardtrails
6 ай бұрын
@@cletusowns for short track I think it’s epic but anything longer is a nope
@RudyBoonekamp
6 ай бұрын
@@Sketchybackyardtrails Interesting, because Cape Epic 2022 was won on an Oiz. Second place 2023.
I guess Pinarello’s marketing department decided that winning World Cup races would be enough marketing…
@bikeradar
5 ай бұрын
We don't sell out these slots to bike brands. Any bikes in our top 5 videos are ones we pick ourselves as interesting and/or high performing bikes. If something is sponsored, we'll say so, otherwise, any thoughts or content we create is our own.
@kevinxodemonth
5 ай бұрын
@@bikeradar Thank you for the clarification. So did the Dogma XC not fulfil your criteria of interesting and/or high performing? Or did it not make the list because it isn't yet available for purchase?
I ride Specialized nuff said!!😂😂🤟🤟
@ratt5924
3 ай бұрын
Epic WC Pro here. Love it!!!
Specialized Epic WC. Great name choice.
@bikeradar
5 ай бұрын
We're waiting for the Super Epic EVO Mega Deluxe WC XC HD DC Team Race LTD AXS 🤣
@mircea5013
5 ай бұрын
@@bikeradar still a WC 🤣
I am a keen bikepacker so integrated cable routing works well for me. Lightweight full suspension with room for luggage 👍
@bikeradar
5 ай бұрын
That is a fair consideration for the bike packing crowd. But then if you need to do maintenance on your bike on a solo adventure, it will be more hassle still...
I like Rocky Mountain, but out of these bikes, I'd go for the Trek. But I would like to get an aluminium frame, not carbon.
@diehardbikes
5 ай бұрын
Can't do that with the SuperCaliber or Procaliber. Better go X Caliber.
@bikeradar
5 ай бұрын
Rocky Mountain make great bikes! As much as we looooove the Element, its more of a downcountry whip these days than a razor sharp XC weapon and the Vertex is no more 😟
scott spark rc
@richardokeefe2792
6 ай бұрын
I love you
@bikeradar
5 ай бұрын
An oldie but a goodie!
Wheres BMC fourstroke?
New superior xf Team looks really nice and promising with Portugal made frame.
@bikeradar
5 ай бұрын
A very nice looking bike, but a rarity on UK shores
Visualising your arms going ten to the dozen
@bikeradar
5 ай бұрын
You may notice Tom has started physically sitting on his hands to try and keep them under control! 😂
@fuckinellitsraymo
5 ай бұрын
@@bikeradar No chance haha
Where’s the scalpel???🤷🏻♂️
@bikeradar
5 ай бұрын
Great bike, but perhaps due a refresh when compared to some of the bikes in this list
@jaynolajones
5 ай бұрын
@@bikeradar Mona and Charlie do all right with it 😜
@danshilling4240
3 ай бұрын
Because only doctors buy that bike don't you know, hence the name. 😂
@jaynolajones
3 ай бұрын
@@danshilling4240 I have a scalpel ht and can only just about put a plaster on myself 😜…. Great bike
More F-podium!
only the oiz is good, none of the other makes any sence , epic evo is so much better and lighter than all of them, bmc , santa cruz blur, bh lynx, canyon lux, even sparks so much better bikes than these
I think maybe people have lost sight of what a cross country bike is.
Not worth the price tags... All marketing and greed profits. You can buy a car with these prices. Absolutely ridiculous
@bikeradar
5 ай бұрын
You can buy a car, but a pro-level race car, which is what a lot of these bikes are. You're not buying a (competitive) privateer race car for the same as a bike 😉
Trek = Trash Bike Pinerello for the Win!