1 FIRST Riders MBUK

THIS ALL ADDS UP TO A BIKE THAT CAN RAIL A TURN BETTER THAN MOST, WITH E-BIKE LEVELS OF TRACTION WHEN YOU MOST NEED IT

NUKEPROOF GIGA 290 CARBON FACTORY

£5,499.99 Serious big-hitter that’s more agile than you might think

The Giga is Nukeproof’s new ‘super enduro’ bike, which boasts more travel than their successful Mega but is still designed to be pedalled uphill easily enough. Will it tread on its stablemate’s toes or are the two different enough to prevent confusion?

The frame

Unlike the four-bar Mega and Reactor, the Giga uses a single-pivot swingarm and linkage-actuated shock to deliver its 170mm of rear wheel travel (180mm on the 650b-wheeled Giga 275). As on Nukeproof’s Dissent downhill bike, you can use a small lever on the non-driveside main pivot to alter the frame’s leverage curve. This increases progression from 25.5 to 29 per cent – useful if you’re looking to slot a coil shock on instead of the air-sprung damper that comes as standard. (You have