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Issue #029, Review -

Merida ONE-TWENTY 7.800 Review

You may ask why the MERIDA ONE-FORTY is not in this test. The answer? At the time of testing, the new ONE-FORTY had not yet been released, so the shorter-travel MERIDA ONE-TWENTY 7.800 had some big shoes to fill with its limited travel.

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Vitus ESCARPE 29 VRX Review

Looking like a pumped-up muscle car, the burly tubes and loud paint job herald the arrival of the Vitus ESCARPE 29 VRX. But can the long-legged stallion from the mighty Chain Reaction stable match the might of its established rivals?

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Canyon Spectral AL 6.0 EX Review

What else is there to say about the Canyon Spectral AL 6.0 EX? For years it has enjoyed clean sweeps in our group tests, defining the definitive trail-bike. From the mellowest trail to the toughest EWS, it has always been the one bike to rule them all. It’s certainly the godfather of trail, but is the Spectral starting to show its age?

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ROSE Granite Chief 2 Review

If you measure your riding in peaks conquered, if you dream of big adventures and get sweaty palms looking at a technical ribbon of singletrack cutting down a open mountain flank, the ROSE Granite Chief 2 may be the bike you have been looking for.

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YT JEFFSY AL ONE 27 Review

For a while nobody knew who JEFFSY was. Just when we had accepted ‘he’ was a great 29er, YT went and dropped a 27.5” version and everyone’s heads just exploded. While we would argue that it’s nice to have a choice, can the YT JEFFSY AL ONE 27 live up to the high standard set by the award-winning 29er?

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