![Canyon Strive:ON CFR](https://singletrackworld.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/150-Ebike-Test_Canyon_7-scaled.jpg?w=450)
![Canyon Strive:ON CFR](https://singletrackworld.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/150-Ebike-Test_Canyon_7-scaled.jpg?w=450)
![Marin Alpine Trail E1](https://singletrackworld.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/150-Ebike-Test_Marin_4-scaled.jpg?w=450)
The Marin Alpine Trail E1 has a 160mm travel X-Fusion Trace 36 RC air-sprung fork up front and a RockShox Super Deluxe R coil sprung rear.
![Merida Big Trail 400](https://singletrackworld.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/149-Hardtail-Bike-Test_1-scaled.jpg?w=450)
The Merida Big Trail 400 may not have some of the more boutique brands’ bits bolted to it, but it has absolutely nailed the essentials.
![Trek Procaliber 9.6](https://singletrackworld.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/149-Hardtail-Bike-Test_29-scaled.jpg?w=450)
Sure, you can ride the Trek Procaliber 9.6 whenever and wherever you like but the raison d’être of this bike is to perform between race tape.
![Revel Rail29](https://singletrackworld.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/WhatsApp-Image-2023-04-24-at-10.26.03.jpeg?w=480)
The Revel Rail29 is the flagship of the brand\'s stable. More popular in 29in than 27.5in; designed for the technical mountains of Colorado.
![](https://singletrackworld.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/148-Bike-Test-Privateer-scaled.jpg?w=450)
4-bar is one of the oldest designs in biking (hey, it clearly works), so it was always the geometry that was the USP of the Privateer 161 GX.
![](https://singletrackworld.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/148-Bike-Test-Saracen_1-scaled.jpg?w=450)
Despite the rolling of years, changes in wheel size options, suspension technology improvements, the Ariel 160 Pro remains true to its origins.
![Boardman MTR 8.9](https://singletrackworld.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/147-Bike-Test-Gisburn_59-scaled.jpg?w=450)
The Boardman MTR 8.9 has an awful lot going for it.The cover of this book may look 2013, but it reads just in 2023.