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Canyon Strive CF 9.0 Race review

At our last enduro group test back in 2015, the Canyon Strive CF 9.0 Race was the out-and-out test winner – but the competition clearly hasn’t been sleeping. So as the market intensifies and the Canyon goes virtually unchanged, is it enough to keep the benchmark?

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Yeti SB5.5c X01 review

The internet, now twenty-five years old, is the home of social media and stuff we lust over – real or fake! While the internet is crammed with porno sites, yeticycles.com has to rank among the most visited sites by riders. The American brand have their market sussed, creating visions of beauty in aluminium and carbon. Their latest hard-hitting 29er goes by the name SB5.5c, and this test is a striptease to uncover whether it has the style and the stamina to match the best of the rest. Yeti SB5.5c | 160 / 140 mm (front/rear) | 13.13 kg | € 8,499 The Yeti SB5.5c has a proper catwalk-worthy look, and is likely to get a sartorial seal of approval from everyone on the trails. But the SB5.5c isn’t just a superficial beauty – oh no, it runs far deeper than that, featuring a lustful spec that’ll set any rider’s heart racing. Suspension comes courtesy of a brand-new FOX 36 FLOAT Factory fork with the revised E16 damper tune. Then there are a set of robust DT Swiss wheels, SRAM X01 shifters, and a chic Easton cockpit. The FOX FLOAT X rear shock forms part of Yeti’s well-known Switch Infinity rear end design, and dishes up 140 mm of travel.

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YT CAPRA CF Pro Race review

Arguably still a young company, YT Industries have managed to stir up a whirlwind over the last few years – not just because of Aaron Gwin’s domination on the DH World Cup circuit, but mainly because of their super spec’d, stunning-looking bikes. The YT CAPRA CF Pro Race has been revised and retuned for this season, but has it got the same aptitude for podiums as team rider Aaron?

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Giant Reign Advanced 1 review

The Giant Reign Advanced 1 comes into the test fleet as the underdog, seeing as it’s the only bike on test that isn’t the brand’s top-flight whip. Is it already at a disadvantage and starting off on the wrong wheel, or can it come through strong?

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ROTWILD R.E1 FS EVO review

For the coming season, Rotwild haven’t just juiced up their colour palette, they’ve also given the R.E1 a going-over from top to bottom, even granting the bike an all-new frame. But with less travel to play with, can this neon-red whippet match its competitors and live up to its fiery promise?

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