While the majority of bikes on the market are 29ers, brands are increasingly offering mullet configurations as an alternative. And while the early mixed-wheel models were little more than frankenbike mash-ups, the bikes you can buy now are usually bespoke variants without compromises in geometry.
But why would you choose one? What are the pros and cons? And can you feel the differences on the trail? Armed with two versions of Intense’s latest enduro bike, the Tracer, we set out to find some answers.
THE THEORY
Some of the oft-repeated generalisations about mullet bikes are that they are more agile, playful, and indeed more fun, than full 29ers. Hand in hand with that is the assertion
