WebreaderShopNewsletterTop dealers & workshops

Entry-level drug10 inexpensive enduro bikes

Dimitri Lehner

 · 08.12.2017

Entry-level drug: 10 inexpensive enduro bikesPhoto: Wolfgang Watzke
Entry-level drug: 10 inexpensive enduro bikes
Everyone knows that expensive enduro bikes with super suspension raise the fun bar. But how do entry-level models at low prices perform? We wanted to find out what is available for 2500 euros.
Test 2017: Enduros up to 2500 euros - Enduros should glide downhill like downhill bikes, manoeuvre through corners like trail bikes, but also climb quickly uphill - no easy task!Photo: Wolfgang Watzke Test 2017: Enduros up to 2500 euros - Enduros should glide downhill like downhill bikes, manoeuvre through corners like trail bikes, but also climb quickly uphill - no easy task!

So finally cheap, after all the luxury fuss of most of our tests. It's obvious that bikes for 5000 euros can't really be bad - unless the designer has been drinking or the Taiwanese ripped into the wrong shelf before sizzling the tubes together. We set the price limit at 2500 euros, but then closed our eyes and allowed Canyon, Ghost and Votec to play along and send their cheapest enduro models - even though they were 100 euros more expensive. This may seem a little unfair at first glance and probably also at second glance, but that's what we decided - also to make the test field as exciting and large as possible. The decisive question: Is € 2500 (or € 2600) enough to get you started in the enduro business, i.e. is there a serious bike that is really fun on the trail or does the red pencil inevitably cut the fun factor in the hard calculation? It's clear that the affordable bikes in this test field can't match the weights of the luxury bikes. At an average of 14.1 kilos, they weighed one kilo more than the enduro bikes without a price limit (FREERIDE 1/16).


It's the comparison that counts!

Our test grading always refers only to the respective test field. This also means that a 10 in this test cannot be compared with a 10 in a test of expensive carbon enduro bikes. However, in order to make such a comparison, we packed the € 4500 Kona Process 153. Let's see how the cheapest of the cheap would fare against a proven test winner. But what does cheap mean here? 2500 euros is a lot of money. According to the survey, you are prepared to spend an average of around 3000 euros on an enduro bike. If you discount the luxury readers, we are pretty much right with our test field.


We tested these enduro bikes up to 2500 euros - the entire article is available as a PDF in the download area below:

How do you like this article?
  • Canyon Strive AL 4.0 Race (FREERIDE Tip: Top Score)
  • Cube Stereo 160 HPA Race 27.5
  • Ghost FR AMR
  • Giant Reign 2 LTD-B
  • Propain Tyee Comp
  • Pulse RS 1 (FREERIDE tip: price / performance, test winner)
  • Radon Swoop 170 7.0
  • Rose Uncle Jimbo 1 Custom Made
  • Votec VE Comp
  • YT Industries Capra AL (FREERIDE Tip: Top Score)
Canyon Strive AL 4.0 Race
Photo: Wolfgang Watzke
You can find this article in FREERIDE 2/2017 - you can order the magazine here > FREERIDE IOS App (iPad) FREERIDE Android AppPhoto: Sven Martin You can find this article in FREERIDE 2/2017 - you can order the magazine here > FREERIDE IOS App (iPad) FREERIDE Android App

Downloads:

Enduro bikes up to 2500 Euro (pdf)

Dimitri Lehner

Dimitri Lehner is a qualified sports scientist. He studied at the German Sport University Cologne. He is fascinated by almost every discipline of fun sports - besides biking, his favourites are windsurfing, skiing and skydiving. His latest passion: the gravel bike. He recently rode it from Munich to the Baltic Sea - and found it marvellous. And exhausting. Wonderfully exhausting!

Home
CubeFREERIDE

Most read in category Bikes