Mountain Bike Rider

CALIBRE BOSSNUT

£1,100 / 27.5in / calibrebicycles.com

Game-changing is a term that’s overused, especially when it’s used to describe products or ideas that are simply updated versions of what came before... hardly game-changing at all then.

Take the latest version of the Calibre Bossnut for example. It’s seen a raft of revisions to the geometry, tubing profiles and specification, all of which we’ll dig deeper into in a moment, but it’s hardly a game-changing bike.

That honour goes to the original Bossnut.

You’re reading a preview, subscribe to read more.

More from Mountain Bike Rider

Mountain Bike Rider1 min read
Meet The Team
Been hooked on mtbs since the late ’80s, and testing them for three decades. Dream ride? Lush Oregon singletrack. JD’s been with mbr since 2008. Gave up a career as a financial journalist to muck about on bikes. Now penniless but happy. Started at mb
Mountain Bike Rider5 min read
Trek Supercaliber Slr 9.9 Xx Axs Gen 2
£10,800 Trek’s new Supercaliber is very much an evolution of the original ‘revolutionary’ design. As a result, it feels like a very sorted, balanced, and predictable XC bike, its eagerness for speed clear from the first pedal stroke. And it’s by desi
Mountain Bike Rider4 min read
Hot Stuff
MOST WANTED If we had to guess, mid-powered e-bikes are the future of mountain biking. Every year the motors used get stronger, lighter, and smaller, while the bikes feel more real, and that is drawing in brands and riders alike. The latest convert i

Related Books & Audiobooks