What would be your trail bike of the year?

@rufusswackyworld

Ай бұрын

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@mwinner101

Ай бұрын

Yeti ARC

@waynelenderman1115

Ай бұрын

Specialized Stumpjumper EVO Comp Alloy. 160 front. 150 rear. Six different geo settings. Mullet capable.

@honzikhonzik86

Ай бұрын

Pivot Switchblade

@wd99999

Ай бұрын

Banshee Phantom

Title should be the best of the bikes we were sent, these are not the best trail bikes available by any stretch of the imagination.

@TomMarvin1

Ай бұрын

Hey @shaun1900 , it's true that these were three of the 8 bikes that mate it into the test, however the initial long-list of bikes we considered contained over 20 bikes. As always with bike of the year, we had price constraints - £3500-£4200 (before Whyte (and Scott) dropped their prices to £2999), and on the longer travel / more aggressive side of things. Of that 20 there were one or two that weren't available, however I'm pretty confident we collected a range of bikes that fulfilled what we were looking for in TBOTY 2024. Which bikes do you feel were missing? Always happy to receive feedback on our tests, of course :)

@duffyrides

Ай бұрын

@@TomMarvin1hey Tom, I would definitely like to have heard what you thought of the Santa Cruz Hightower or Tall Boy , as well as the Specialized Stumpjumper or Pivot Switchblade. There are quite a few bikes left out that we would have loved your team’s opinions on and how they compare against the Whyte etc.

@shaun1900

Ай бұрын

@@TomMarvin1 so did you ride all those 20 bikes, or only the ones that were supplied by manufacturers / distributors?

@Jacob99174

Ай бұрын

My imagination is really tired from stretching, with no success 😔

@shaun1900

Ай бұрын

@@Jacob99174 must be hard being so stunted

For 3k there’s no argument against the Whyte, that’s a hell of a lot of bike for the money

I love the colour of the Whyte.

How come 160/150 is a trail bike? It used to be 130/130. 160/150 used to be enduro few years back and now is all mountain.

@ivostarmans1199

Ай бұрын

130 is xc now😂

@MoriTouge

16 күн бұрын

2024 ​XCO's Crans Montana stage would have been a Enduro track years ago 😂.

I've just bought the Whyte t140, Awesome bike rips down hills

What about the YT Jeffsy

Santa Cruz Hightower - absolute dream to ride.

I've looked and looked at the market and have to agree for £2999 the Whyte is untouchable!!! It offers everything not to mention lifetime free frame bearings . Plus I have to say from personal experience the build quality on the Whyte is far superior to the yt ....👌🏻👌🏻 plus it looks the dogs bollucks 🚲💨

@bikeradar

2 сағат бұрын

Thanks for the feedback, glad you're enjoying the Whyte! ~ Will

The cannondale habit lt! 💙 best bike I’ve had

@TomMarvin1

Ай бұрын

It was a real contender for the top three!

Nice try but 160mm travel and Assegai tires is NOT a trail bike. Not to mention your comment about the most important quality is their descending capabilities... 🤨

"Don't let the 130mm travel decieve you, This is built for fun" - what planet are ppl living on when they think 130mm isn't any fun ???? Gobsmacked.....

Looks like Whyte reinvented the Specialized Stumpjumper Evo.

@Andy-co6pn

Ай бұрын

Climbs way better than the sj evo

The answer is the Orbea Occam. Unlucky

Eh..

Hahaha. What nonsense😂

No Ripmo AF? Get out!

Yt jeffsy. Trek Fuel ex, Specialized Stumpjumper, Orbea Occam?

@andrewlounsberry2371

18 күн бұрын

Exactly, REAL trail bikes!