NUKEPROOF MEGA 290 CARBON RS

WE’RE BIG FANS OF THIS NEW, LIVELIER MEGA, AND IT’S REASSURING TO KNOW THAT IT’LL STILL TAKE A HAMMERING

The Nukeproof Mega has been around since 2009, when, as a prototype, it was raced at the Megavalanche Alpe d’Huez. Since then, it’s slowly morphed and transformed through three different versions and won three Enduro World Series titles. So how well will this fourth iteration measure up against its predecessors?

The frame

While the Mega’s basic layout appears quite similar to the previous model, Nukeproof have made some subtle tweaks to rectify any quibbles