Beta ’bout the Bush
Jul 04, 2020
5 minutes
WORDS // GEOFF BRAICO
PHOTOS //
MITCH LEES
When word came through that I was going to test the 2020 Beta Xtrainer I had absolutely no idea what to expect. Obviously, I’d heard about this hybrid and seen pictures of it over the last few years but I’d never actually seen one in the flesh.
The whole idea of an enduro bike designed to be lighter and more compact, primarily for slow and technical stuff, is something that I am not used to but I was eager to check it out. It is cool to see Beta pushing ahead with the development of these bikes and the 2020 model looks pretty sweet.
Introduced in 2015, the Xtrainer concept is quite simple. Beta wanted to create a bike that slotted in between its enduro and trials bikes
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