Bikes - Trail

Three testers had the chance to ride Kona's hardtail fatbike during the snowiest North Shore winter in years - and on good old dirt as well...

Don’t let its ‘mere’ 120mm of rear wheel travel or its ‘small’ 27.5″ wheels deceive you – this is a barn-burner of a trail bike.

“We rode twice a day, about 3 hours each time. It was like a training camp. It was awesome.”

After three forks (including a Lefty) and loops of all descriptions – Andrew Major is ready to pronounce a verdict on the Jekyll 2…

Kona is billing the 2017 Hei Hei DL as a short travel trail ripper - a bike that is XC fast without compromising fun on rowdy trails...

Perry’s put some time on the Magenta Monster, read on for his thoughts on the Santa Cruz Bronson CC…

"The v1 Bronson certainly wasn't a bad bike, but the field of high end trail bikes is now stacked with some very refined hardware..."

“…despite the very capable support crews with extensive first aid and a doctor riding along with us, we were still pretty much breaking in bikes and trails on the bottom of the world.”

"The Kona Process 134 Supreme is a smile-inducing ride in the vast majority of situations and the frame is the heart of that experience..."

Want to cover big miles and get way, way out there? The Sherpa is the bike for the job.

“THIS IS AN AWESOME BICYCLE. It just needs a few things to get there.”

"The frame seems like something meant for a higher dollar offering. Aggressively formed tubes. Beefy pivots. Tidy cable routing..."

With the split between a long travel trail bike and an enduro race bike finally becoming clear, we no longer have to beat around the bush about what the Bronson’s true merits are…

The Mojo HDR 650b slurped up bermy flow like a pig with a stick of butter

The silhouette of the Yeti 575 is remarkably unchanged since the early days of the platform, yet it doesn’t look out of place in the showroom today…

The Fuel EX’s prowess on steep and fast lines belies its short travel suspension and XC geometry…

Loud and lewd, but certainly not crude, Cove’s new Hustler sports a new linkage and tweener wheels…

A dose of sensibility in a world driven mad by wheel size comparisons…

“All of a sudden, she was all people could think about, even though she’d been around for years…”

Not sure what wheel size you want in your Shore-capable trail bike?

Blacker than the blackest black, and a nice spec for the money…

“We pushed the envelope of tube design and machining to create a bike that floats through singletrack…”