Bikes - Trail

"The new HT was really a ground-up new design. It’s such a different animal in terms of suspension layout and geo..."

We've been rallying Santa Cruz's latest 29er in the Pacific Northwest for several weeks...

Short travel, high pivot wizardry from a new outfit on Vancouver Island - a trail bike with DH technology...

Specialized expands on the Stumpy EVO line with carbon versions in both wheel sizes

The new Jeffsy gets more travel in both wheel sizes, a better pedalling platform, longer reach, shorter offset and of course Christopher Walken...

The new Canadian company is looking to shake things up with a long chain and a currently unnamed trail bike…

Giant's Senior Global Category Manager, Kevin Dana, gets grilled on the new Trance 29 in a gondola…

Can Giant's new, aggressive, short travel Trance 29er can hang with bigger bikes? They think so...

Do you ever wonder why the suspension kinematics of lower-priced bikes doesn't match the effort going into higher priced platforms....

The man behind Santa Cruz's newest models rides for the camera and answers all our stupid questions....

The Bronson's little brother gets longer, slacker and potentially fatter, with the option of tires up to 2.8"

The venerable Mondraker Foxy has a new big-wheeled brother in the family...

A new ride from Alchemy, a boost to the top for trail builders and 29ers rolling on wee 27" wheels...

Yeti's new short travel 29er is good looking but it also responds to riders complaints about previous models...

The new bike has seen a complete overhaul from top to bottom…

Kona pegs this bike as a do anything machine but is it up to the rigours of aggressive technical trail riding...

After a brief absence from Kona's line-up the Satori is back and it's brought on some characteristics of other great rides like the Process 111 and the Hei Hei trail…

Dark times often reveal our strengths - but it wasn't all dark in bikes, movies, trails...

"I was expecting to get punished by Whistler's late-season child swallowing braking bumps, but the Spot was more forgiving than any 130 mm bike has a right to be..."

"Wow, that bike actually looks cool in person. I'm not throwing up in my mouth at all..."

Aluminum is back for the Mach 6 and geometry goes lower, slacker and longer...

Carbon utility in three wheel sizes and more bolts than the tin man.

Kona's long-awaited Process in Carbon is finally here, and it's a beauty, but materials aren't the only change-up: this Process platform has had a complete re-design.

Trek's signature trail bike only comes in 27.5 for 2017, but it is as versatile as it is fun.