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Any one got one of these yet? Intrested in the dirt review they liked it a lot but WMB and MBR shock horror 😉 didnit rate it. Was wondering what people think of it who have one.
and MBR shock horror
I'm sorry but don't we normally lay into MBR for rating anything from the big-S rather too well?
TBH mate I rate the spesh bikes always have, intrested for it to get a poor review in MBr and a other mag wondering if the mag demo bike is a bit naff fancy one you see....or a alpine 160.... 😈
I happened to meet the chaps from MBR when they were doing the photo shoot for the Spesh Enduro (and the Nicolai Helius AC that appeared in the same issue.)
Speaking to them I got the impression that they aren't big fans of 6" travel AM/trail bikes. I wouldn't say they hate them, but I did get the distinct feeling that they don't see the point for the majority of trail riding in the UK. And they may have a point - I ride a burly built 150mm bike but then as Ian Muldoon kindly pointed out 'You're a big chap' ;o) So I need something with a bit of extra metal and bracing.
Another thing that came through was that they tend to review production bikes as a whole bike rather than concentrating on the frame and fork. So even if the frame and fork work well, if you've got poor component selection (like putting a 90mm+ stem on a 150mm travel bike, which is utterly pointless).
From what I remember of the MBR test, they liked the bike but hated the Lyric 2 step fork which was why it got low marks.