Bikes – Page 8 – Singletrack World Magazine

Review: The All City Electric Queen Puts The ‘Oh!’ In Retro

An exercise in style over substance, or a capable trail bike

Unsprung Heroes – 3 Fully Rigid Bikes Tested & Reviewed

Chipps rides three fully rigid bikes from Kona, Pinnacle and Surly. Words Chipps Photography James Vincent I always like to wear a watch. I’m lost without one and don’t like to...

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Review: Surly you can’t have fun without suspension? We test the fully rigid ECR

Surly has always been individual and self-confident in its outlook. From pioneering the first production singlespeed (the 1×1, which pre-dated even Kona’s Unit and the On One Inbred) to...

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Review: After a playful bargain? The Pinnacle Ramin 3 Plus might be the bike for you

Pinnacle is the house-brand of retail giant, Evans Cycles, but the range is way more than a selection of rebadged catalogue bikes. The brand’s bike designer James Olsen has a...

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Review: Kona’s Unit X is like a singlespeed, but with 10 more gears?

The Kona Unit has a long history, from a Canadian company with an equally deep heritage. While Kona celebrates its 30th birthday in 2018, the Unit name dates back at...

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First Ride: We Test The Brand New 2019 Canyon Neuron CF

For those who were taking notice, you’ll remember that a short while ago we reported that German direct sales giant, Canyon, had quietly released an updated 2019 version of the...

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Review: The Specialized Stumpjumper Expert Carbon 29 rides well beyond its spec sheet

Earlier this year Wil had the pleasure of heading out to Spain for the launch of the new Specialized Stumpjumpers. We’ve now had the Stumpjumper ST Comp Carbon 29 (130/120mm)...

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Review: The Specialized Stumpjumper ST Comp Carbon 29 may be shorter on travel, but it ain’t short on fun

Earlier this year Wil had the pleasure of heading out to Spain for the launch of the new Specialized Stumpjumpers. We’ve now had the Stumpjumper ST Comp Carbon 29 (130/120mm)...

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Review: Is the Liteville 301 MK14 the most German mountain bike on the market?

German brand Liteville sent us the 14th iteration of its 301 full suspension trail bike, which is quite possibly the most over-engineered mountain bike we’ve ever laid our hands on....

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Longterm Review: 2019 Scott Ransom 900 Tuned

It’s been three months since we first got our hands on the brand new Scott Ransom. Fully redesigned for 2019 and beyond, the Ransom glides into the Scott lineup as...

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Review: Canyon Spectral WMN AL 6.0

Canyon released the new women’s specific Spectral trail bike earlier this year, and it features a unique frame, suspension design and geometry. But how different is the women’s Spectral to...

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Mondraker Foxy R 29 Review – Don’t read this review if you don’t like riding fast.

I spent the first part of this year onboard the fantastic Mondraker Foxy, so when the 29er version of the same bike arrived at Singletrack Towers I was quick to...

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Review: Brother Cycles Big Bro – For long and short adventures

There’s something very exciting about getting a new adventure bike out of the box for the first time. With a trail bike, you kind of know what you’re going to...

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Review: Curtis AM7 – Not just a pretty face, pretty fast too.

There’s no actual reason to buy a Curtis, other than the fact that you want one. And that’s a perfectly good reason. The bikes are hand made in the UK,...

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Singletrack Issue 121: XXC: Cross Country Extra

Three bikes that take the short travel full suspension bike to another world.

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UK-Made Full Suspension Group Test – Robot R130 Review

Robot Bike Co. first shot to fame at the 2016 Fort William World Cup when it debuted a stunning full suspension mountain bike called the R160. Made from carbon fibre...

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UK-Made Full Suspension Group Test – Swarf Contour Review

In comparison to the other two on test, our third bike comes from a much smaller outfit. Founded in Dorchester in 2011, Swarf Cycles is currently a one-man show that...

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UK-Made Full Suspension Group Test – Orange Stage 4 RS Review

When it comes to UK-made full suspension bikes, there was one brand that was always going to be in this grouptest. Put simply, few manufacturers can rival Orange Bikes’ rich...

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Review: Commencal Meta Trail V4.2 Race 650B: Fun and confidence inspiring

When the bike first arrived, aside from being blown away with just how damn good the bare aluminium with orange and black graphics looked, I was puzzled; Commencal Meta TR...

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Review: Cotic FlareMAX. Is Longshot Geometry a step too far or a step in the right direction?

The Cotic FlareMAX 29in/27.5+ was first introduced by the Peak-district based purveyors of made out of metal bicycles, in 2016. This bike here is the second iteration of Cotic’s 120mm...

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Review: Simplon Cirex 120 – Slammed and svelte, but not just for suffering

As I’m sure everyone has noticed, there’s been something of a change in mountain bike geometry in the last few years. The longer-lower-slacker trend has become de rigueur, and aside...

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Review: Is Kona Still Ahead Of The Curve? We Get To Grips With The Satori DL

The Satori is a bike that’s returned to Kona’s lineup after a lengthy leave of absence. It was originally released back in 2012 when longer travel 29ers were considered a...

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First Look: Canyon Lux CF SL 8.0 Pro Race. The Bike Starsky And Hutch Would Ride

Here’s one for you XC racers, or for anyone with a soft spot for lightweight and racy full-suspension bikes. This all-new Canyon Lux arrived in the office last week and...

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Review: The 2019 Scott Ransom 900 Tuned Is A 170mm Travel All Rounder

The big news from Scott Sports for 2019? The return of the Ransom – a model that first appeared in 2005 as a genre-bending All Mountain bike with a high-tech...

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Beyonduro – Three big bikes that don’t fit under any label. So we made one up: Singletrack issue 120

Three big bikes that don’t fit under any label. So we made one up.

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Review: The latest Cotic SolarisMAX is one of the fastest hardtails we’ve tested

In case you hadn’t noticed, Cotic has been on absolute fire lately. The small Peak District-based company launched a new BFe hardcore hardtail just on a year ago, which then...

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Review: Mondraker Foxy RR: The Long, Low, Slack Do-It-All Bike

Look at any press release for a new bike and chances are that the bike company will shout from the rooftops are that they’ve gone longer, lower and slacker, but...

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Long Term Review: Did Wil ruin the Scott Genius 900 Tuned test bike with these 3 changes?

It’s now been six months since we first received the Scott Genius 900 Tuned longterm test bike. In that time, I’ve had plenty of opportunities to put it through its...

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Review: The Hoy Bonaly 24 is a great first mountain bike

The Hoy Bonaly range is Hoy Bikes’ answer to a mountain bike. It’s a step up from the usual children’s hybrid bikes – or hybrids with slightly knobbly tyres –...

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Review: Merida’s playful One-Forty 800 trail bike

6 weeks on Merida\'s black beauty One-Forty has been a blast, but now Rob wraps up his review of this do-it-all trail bike

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