You are big bike grouches! Only 3 out of 10 FREERIDE readers own a big bike of this calibre. The majority of you ride enduro bikes through the terrain. That's the result of our survey. No other bike is as much fun and, above all, as safe as these suspension travel giants. Forget the rubbish that some riding technique experts spout: You have to learn on a hardtail first or try to master the terrain with tight suspension travel. Life is too short for that and your spinal discs are too soft. A big bike is the right choice if you want to let it rip downhill. This is because big bikes are forgiving of sloping landings, short turns, botched drops or poor line choices. After all, we only have a few nice weekends in the summer and not the experience that a downhill pro like Marcus Klausmann can look back on.
The disadvantage of the powerful bike group: they can only go downhill. For the way up, you need a shuttle bus or lift. And this is obviously the explanation for your big bike abstinence: the big bike is the classic second bike for most of us - a luxury that you first have to be able to afford! And now we come into play. We want to find out whether there are really fun machines for little money, and whether the times are over when there was only cheap junk on the big bike market for € 2500.
You can find the entire article with all the test results including points tables, technical data and grades as a PDF in the download area below:
- Bergamont Straitline 7.0
- Canyon Sender AL 6.0
- Giant Glory 2
- Radon Swoop 200 9.0
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