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Issue #028, Review -

Bergamont Encore 9.0 Review

Encore isn’t just the name of Bergamont’s enduro bike – it’s also the closing track on Eminem’s album of the same name. Now it remains to be seen if this turquoise-orange bike shares the same badboy genes and party-starting attitude: “Cause we came here to set this party off, right.” Are we in for a good time?

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Giant Reign 1.5 LTD Review

Anyone who buys this year’s Giant Reign 1.5 LTD is already a winner thanks to the brand’s decision to knock a full € 200 off the retail price. But have they cut corners to secure this discount, or is it just an appealing sales ploy?

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MERIDA ONE SIXTY 5000 Review

MERIDA are clearly a dab hand at producing bikes, and the Taiwanese brand are one of the industry’s biggest frame producers. We’ve put the MERIDA ONE SIXTY 5000 on test to see just how good its own R&D department is.

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Trek Remedy 9 Race Shop Limited Review

The Remedy has undergone a major overhaul in the past twelve months in a bid to become an even more downhill-hungry beast. We’ve had the Trek Remedy 9 Race Shop Limited model on test with a spec that’s been tuned for potency. But are these guarantees that this bike can send it with the best of them?

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Radon SWOOP 170 10.0 Review

With 170 mm of travel, it wasn’t so long ago that the Radon SWOOP 170 would have easily passed as a purebred freeride bike, these long-travel machines were amazing downhill but stubborn beasts on the climbs. All that’s changed today, and it’s now the lightest bike in the test fleet with some viable long-travel cred. It’s time to deduce just how successfully it has gone from vicious to versatile.

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