Mountain Bike Rider

BEN’S PRIVATEER 141 ÖHLINS

£4,499 • 29 in • privateerbikes.com

MONTH 3: Ben ponders the weight and weight distribution of the 141, but raises more questions than answers…

Given that this bike and my previous longtermer, a Kona Process 134 Supreme, are both 29er trail bikes with similar amounts of travel, it’s quite astonishing just how different they are in terms of attitude and execution. The Kona was very traditional in the way it rode, the

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