In 2019, we once again voted for the "Bike of the Year". BIKE readers were able to vote for their favourite 2019 bike in five categories: Hardtail, Racefully, Trailbike, All Mountain and Enduro. There were five bikes to choose from in each category, each of which impressed the BIKE editorial team with top functionality, innovative approaches or an excellent price/performance ratio. The selection was integrated into our BIKE reader survey and a total of over 15,000 participants voted.
These four hardtails were also nominated: Cannondale F-Si, Bulls Black Adder, Mondraker Chrono Carbon, Centurion Backfire Carbon
These four race bikes were also nominated: BMC Fourstroke, Corratec Revolution iLink, Orbea Oiz, Santa Cruz Blur
The other nominated bikes were as follows: Giant Trance 29, Santa Cruz 5010, Pivot Trail 429, Cube AMS 100 TM
You could also vote for the following All Mountains: Last Glen, Propain Hugene, Radon Slide Trail, YT Industries Jeffsy
The Ransom came out on top against the following enduro bikes: Bold Unplugged, Canyon Strive CF, GT Force, Pole Machine