Mountain Bike Rider

NUKEPROOF REACTOR 290 RS

£5,199.99 / 29in / nukeproof.com

The Nukeproof range has gone from strength to strength in the past few years, with the launch of a 29er Mega, and carbon versions of the popular, and EWS-winning, Mega 275, as well as a redesigned Scout hardtail. But one bike has been conspicuous by its absence; not since 2015 and the Mega TR has Nukeproof had any kind of trail offering. Which is a shame, because that model was a good bike at a good price. Good enough, in fact, to win our £2k full-suspension group test in January 2015 against the likes of Giant, Canyon and in-house rival Vitus.

Rather than stick with the TR label, Nukeproof has dusted off the archive and

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