Mountain Biking UK

BMC AGONIST 02 ONE

THE SUSPENSION HITS A GREAT BALANCE BETWEEN SUPPORT AND SMOOTHNESS, MAKING IT EASY TO CARRY AND EVEN GENERATE SPEED OVER ROUGH SECTIONS WITHOUT THE BACK WHEEL GETTING HUNG UP OVER BIGGER BUMPS

£4,899One of the new wave of do-it-all XC race bikes

new Agonist is part endurance race bike, part go-anywhere trail rig. They’ve struck this balance by relaxing the geometry – toning down the aggressive body position needed on cross-country race rigs – and speccing trail-friendly parts such as a dropper post and bigger fork. The ‘gnarly XC

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