ROCK MACHINE BLIZZARD 50-297
£2,799 / MX (29/27.5in) / chickencyclekit.co.uk
We don’t normally give brand rundowns at mbr but I’m going to here, because Rock Machine is new to the UK and little is known about it. Mention the name and most people will likely think of a heavy metal festival. View the company website, however, and you’ll see it’s a bike brand based in the Czech Republic.
It has a vast range including e-bikes, but all of the analogue full-suspension bikes come under the Blizzard moniker, which is a little confusing. To make things clearer the two XC marathon bikes carry the XCR tag, the three trail bikes have TRL added and the enduro bikes are just called Blizzard.
The 50-297 tested here is the entry-level option in the
