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Max Fuchs

 · 19.01.2024

Readers' Most Wanted: BIKE tests your favourite bikesPhoto: Max
These bikes were among the readers' dream bikes in our last Readers Most Wanted test.
Which mountain bikes should we test? That's what the test editors want to know from BIKE readers. We collect the most popular MTB models via a survey here on our website or on social media and then put them through the BIKE test. Take part!

We do almost everything right. This is shown by our BIKE reader survey 2022. Especially the results on the readers' favourite bikes (Bike of the Year) make us proud. Almost 13,000 BIKE readers voted for their favourite models in the categories Hardtail, Marathon, Trail/Down Country, All Mountain and Enduro. And lo and behold: as if we had suspected it, we have already been able to subject all the candidates that were voted into the top three places to a detailed practical test.

Favourite bikes from the BIKE community

But even if we satisfy the majority of BIKE consumers with our choice of test bikes, we also occasionally receive critical voices: Many readers are interested in exotic brands or want us to test a very specific MTB model variant from a manufacturer. In order to address these interests in general, we want to give the BIKE community their very own test and will soon be exclusively Get to the bottom of your dream bike.

All suggestions and requests can now be sent to the following e-mail address: m.fuchs@bike-magazin.de

We will be putting together a large individual test group from your suggestions over the next few weeks. The price is irrelevant. Whether it's a 500-euro hardtail or a high-end enduro for 14,000 euros - we will try to include everything that looks like a mountain bike.

Almost too good for the trail: the enduro bike from the Spanish luxury manufacturer Unno resembles a work of art. Some of our readers want to know how the bike performs in practice.Photo: HerstellerAlmost too good for the trail: the enduro bike from the Spanish luxury manufacturer Unno resembles a work of art. Some of our readers want to know how the bike performs in practice.We often read "Test more affordable bikes" in emails and comments. Will do! Like the Merida Big.Nine 400 for 1099 euros? Or should it be even cheaper?Photo: Max FuchsWe often read "Test more affordable bikes" in emails and comments. Will do! Like the Merida Big.Nine 400 for 1099 euros? Or should it be even cheaper?The Radon Skeen Trail has already had to prove itself in various versions in our BIKE tests. But are you focussing on an equipment variant that has not yet been included? Let us know! Of course, this also applies to models from any other manufacturer.Photo: HerstellerThe Radon Skeen Trail has already had to prove itself in various versions in our BIKE tests. But are you focussing on an equipment variant that has not yet been included? Let us know! Of course, this also applies to models from any other manufacturer.Absolute rarity: The frame of the Pole Stamina is not only CNC-machined, but is also available with the so-called True Gold coating on request. Exciting for a test: the radical geometry of the enduro bike.Photo: HerstellerAbsolute rarity: The frame of the Pole Stamina is not only CNC-machined, but is also available with the so-called True Gold coating on request. Exciting for a test: the radical geometry of the enduro bike.
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How BIKE tests readers' favourite bikes

We want to prepare the test of BIKE readers' favourite bikes in a cross-platform format. In other words: print magazine readers will find the test lavishly illustrated and with all the information, Laboratory data and test results as always in the magazine. Our online users can expect detailed articles, photo galleries and YouTube videos on every single mountain bike tested in this group.

At least three experienced BIKE testers gather riding impressions in the practical test.Photo: Max FuchsAt least three experienced BIKE testers gather riding impressions in the practical test.In addition to the extensive practical test, all test bikes also undergo our standardised test in the laboratory.Photo: Markus GreberIn addition to the extensive practical test, all test bikes also undergo our standardised test in the laboratory.

Max Fuchs

Max Fuchs

Editor

Max Fuchs hat seine ersten Mountainbike-Kilometer bereits mit drei Jahren gesammelt. Zunächst Hobby-Rennfahrer und Worldcup-Fotograf im Cross-Country-Zirkus, jetzt Testredakteur und Fotograf bei BIKE. Sein Herz schlägt für Enduros und abfahrtsstarke Trailbikes – gern auch mit Motor. Bei der Streckenwahl gilt: je steiler und technischer, desto besser.

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