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TRAIL BIKE OF THE YEAR

IN PARTNERSHIP WITH

IN PARTNERSHIP WITH

After almost a two-year hiatus we’re back with our Trail Bike of the Year test. It’s been a long time coming and we can’t convey how excited we are to present eight cutting edge bikes from the heavy hitters in the trail bike category, in what is arguably one of the most important tests in the mbr calendar.

But why has it taken so long to get this test together? Well, you don’t need us to remind you how crazy things have been since the start of the Covid pandemic.

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