So, this time we're also being unfair, like the engineers at Stiftung Warentest. For example, they put Penny's 39-cent sugar paste in the same test as organic juice for €10 a bottle, pressed from happy apples picked by happy farmers. Their test is always independent of price, they say - an exciting approach.
As you know, we have tested differently so far. Namely in fairly narrowly defined price categories. Or just the most expensive models with the best features against each other. This was the only way we felt the test procedure was fair. A bike in the entry-level test up to € 2500 could achieve the top score of 10, just like the winner of the tested World Cup replicas for € 10,000. The score always referred only to the corresponding test field.
But how would the entry-level 10-speed bike fare against the 10-speed high-end bike? Would the entry-level bike get an 8 or even a 6 in a direct comparison? Based on our test experience, we have a hunch, but only a hunch - we don't know. These thoughts gave rise to the idea for this cross-class test. In it: nine bikes from € 2200 to € 8700 with the generous suspension travel that enduro bikes have today, most of them in 27.5 inch, but also three 29ers...
The entire test of these enduro bikes from 2200 to 8700 euros including all data, overview tables and grades is available as a PDF in the download area below:
- CANYON Strive CF 6.0
- FOCUS Sam 8.9
- INTENSE Tracer Foundation Built
- LAPIERRE Spicy 5.0 Ultimate
- PROPAIN Tyee AL
- PULSE RS2
- RAAW Madonna
- RADON Swoop 170 29 8.0
- SANTA CRUZ Nomad CC X01
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