Vote Now! Most Desirable Mountain Bike – Singletrack World Awards 2024

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Which bike do you most lust after? Which is the coolest mountain bike machine released in the past year? Simple, huh? Oh, if only it were…

These aren’t the bikes that you dreamt of when you were a teenager, these are the bikes you can go out and buy, now. There’s still plenty of innovative technology in all of these bikes, showing it’s more than just a pretty paint job that floats your boats. Although nice paint is always nice.

We’ve got three finalists for you in this category.

Atherton S.170

Yep, them again! Atherton Bikes had last year’s winning bike (essentially the carbon version of this metal machine). The S.170 may not be its latest offering (that’s the new Atherton S.150) but it’s still the model that most folk lust after. Read our Atherton S.170 first ride review.

Amflow PL Carbon

By far the most industry-disrupting release of 2024. The totally new everything-everywhere-all-at-once Amflow PL Carbon is the first e-bike to host the monstrously powerful DJI Avinox motor. In many ways it is really the motor that people are desiring but you can’t have a motor without a bike attached! Read our Amflow PL Carbon Pro first ride review.

Yeti ASR

Yeti’s lightest ever full suspension bike. Oof. The latest Yeti ASR is a modern cross-country race bike with 115mm of flexstay delivered at the rear and a 120mm fork up front. As ever from Yeti, it is not exactly a budget-minded choice. But that doesn’t matter here. This award is about heart, not head. Read more about the Yeti ASR.

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    matt_outandabout
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    Well, the first two are ugly or cheating, so the Yeti wins surely?

    andrewh
    Free Member

    No, I’ve had a Yeti, I’m not doing that again! Definitely not lusted after

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    DaveyBoyWonder
    Free Member

    None of them? I’ll have a Starling please…

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    nickc
    Full Member

    Of those three. The Atherton bikes IRL are really amazing to look at, would definitely like to have a go on one, the AM flow thing looks super interesting as well, so yes, that as well, and who doesn’t love a lightweight Yeti?

    So, that’s narrowed it down a bit…

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    kelvin
    Full Member

    If anyone has one of those metal Athertons, in my size (whatever that is… so much choice) and consider it too ugly for them to ride in public… please send my way… in the flesh they look NASA level smart to me… would love to try one.

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    wheelsonfire1
    Full Member

    Where’s the Bossnut? It’s desirable to me whereas those three don’t tickle my fancy at all!

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    prettygreenparrot
    Full Member

    The Atherton bikes IRL are really amazing to look at

    Yes! Saw some at Bespoked Manchester. Tested one at Dyfi. Expecting one 1Q2025!

    tomhoward
    Full Member

    Weirdly, it was seeing them at Bespoked that put me off the Athertons. That being said, my eye was being drawn elsewhere… the result of which will also arrive in Q1 2025 🙂

    FunkyDunc
    Free Member

    Does desirable mean something you can’t afford ?

    I wouldn’t say any of them are desirable

    Something that is desirable is worth having or doing because it is useful, necessary, or popular.

    According to Colin

    vinnyeh
    Full Member

    Does desirable mean something you can’t afford ?

    I wouldn’t say any of them are desirable

    Braggart.

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    grahamt1980
    Full Member

    Wtf is the amflow considered desirable.

    Looks nasty – admittedly not ebike nasty but still

    sillyoldman
    Full Member

    None have any appeal whatsoever to me.

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    tomhoward
    Full Member

    What did everyone nominate? Mine was the Dawley T16

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    sillyoldman
    Full Member

    Now you’re talking. That Dawley is top of my list.

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    jameso
    Full Member

    I think the Atherton bike looks amazing. Innovative tech and material use. Plus, Made in Wales. Easy pic.

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    DaveyBoyWonder
    Free Member

    Wtf is the amflow considered desirable.

    Fancy new motor wrapped in an average catalogue frame. Mmmmm, desirable…

    larrydavid
    Free Member

    I choose none of the above. They look quite dull to me.

    Yak
    Full Member

    Not sure if it’s me, but I am logged on here as a member, but now it seems that when you vote, or enter the megasack or whatever I have to log in again with an email. What’s all this about then?

    desperatebicycle
    Full Member

    Christ, you lot must be roadies! I’d love any of those 3.

    I do object to “As ever from Yeti” re the price of it.. Yeti didn’t used to be mind-blowingly expensive.. I mean I’ve actually owned 3 Yetis, up til about 10 years ago..

    boco
    Full Member

    Most desirable mountain bike, the Tumbleweed Sunliner would get my vote!

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    nuke
    Full Member

    Thought they’d be more choice than just 3. Also thought ebikes might be it’s own category

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    Yak
    Full Member

    Of that 3, the Atherton – a big functional alu beast. The other 2 , meh.

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    chakaping
    Full Member

    Must have been a lean year for new bikes.

    No Cotic Rocket eeb though?

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    finbar
    Free Member

    I’m not dignifying that list with a vote.

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    Bruce
    Full Member

    God, they are really mediocre. What about an elegant single speed, a nice gravel bike with all the cables on the outside?

    These three look destined for land fill, they have no second life when the next big thing happens and they are no longer trendy.

    vmgscot
    Free Member

    Where’s the “none of those” voting button?

     

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    mattrockwell
    Free Member

    Athertons are cool, but if it’s pure fantasy, why not go the full A Series?

    Personally though, I echo the above comments – either a Starling or Dawley T16 would interest me the most right now. Wouldn’t say no to a large budget Pipedream Sirius S6 Ti build either.

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    Mark
    Full Member

    As always, the list here never satisifes everyone – that’s impossible but do consider sending us a nomination for a bike you really lust after next year and you might see your choice up there.

    chrismac
    Full Member

    None of them. I wouldnt spend my money on any of them. Perhaps the powers that be would like to explain how the shortlist ended up as those 3 out of all the new bikes launched this year. That’s glossing over the fact that one of them isn’t a bike is an ebike

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    monkeyboyjc
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    Desirable by committee is never going to end up with a particularly nice or unique bike… It’ll be “The Homer” of the bike world.

    Having said that, all three bikes have had a lot of media attention & hype this year, arguably the Yeti has had the least amount of those three but could be the most desirable brand.

    I voted for the AM Flow, purely because of the three, it’s the one I’d actually buy (but the 6k variant rather than the 9k).

    Athertons are cool, but if it’s pure fantasy, why not go the full A Series?

    Because the A series wasn’t released this year, and has been included in previous years voting I think.

    finbar
    Free Member

    That’s glossing over the fact that one of them isn’t a bike is an ebike

    Yep, sorry not sorry for ragging on a list that mixes up bikes and e-bikes.

    thegeneralist
    Free Member

    Mmm. If there’s only two bikes then surely it should be “More Desirable Mountain Bike….”

    Still, makes the ebike category easy to call…

    Speeder
    Full Member

    monkeyboyjc
    Yeti . . . most desirable brand

    never same words sentence 

    chakaping
    Full Member

    As always, the list here never satisifes everyone

    It’s OK to acknowledge that it’s been a shit year for new bikes though.

    Are brands still sitting on new bike launches (e.g. Spesh Enduro) or are we seeing the result of the development pause that many brands implemented during and post COVID?

    desperatebicycle
    Full Member

    I did post an amusing “most predictable responses to an awards category” category post, but it got lost in errors from this end (for a change).

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    mattrockwell
    Free Member

    @monkeyboyjc – fair, I missed what was right in front of my eyes.

    In that case I’m doubling down on a Starling Mini-Murmur and/or Dawley T16. Really confused why STW couldn’t make a shortlist of say, ten new bikes from this year?

    comet
    Full Member

    The Yeti “isn’t exactly budget minded” and an Atherton is what then?

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