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Intense have made some small changes to their bikes for 2015, one highlight was their new more affordable Tracer for under $3000, but before we get to that, lets have a quick look at their super sexy, no expense spared Carbine 29 Factory Issue. This bike looked simply incredible in the flesh, if you cannot afford it, you had better stop looking now!

Transition are well known for their hardcore, rider developed bikes, with the emphasis always firmly on fun, shredding and performance. For 2015 they have revised their entire lineup, the popular Covert is gone and has been replaced with the Scout, Patrol, and Smuggler. We took the big hitting Patrol out for a quick tear around in the Nevada Desert to see how it performed.

All the bikes now...

Josh Bryceland puts the new winter range through its paces at his home trails.

If there was an award for the most simple, but also effective demonstration of a new technology, then the winner would surely be Shred, with their NOSHOCK foam. Shred had a range of impact absorbing materials from rival manufacturers arranged on their booth, and encouraged visitors to drop a ball-bearing onto the foams from different heights. Foams that could absorb forces would show limited...