cross country bikes

Spot’s latest bike is a second-generation Ryve 115 cross-country bike with a long list of updates that puts it at the forefront of this category’s rapid evolution.
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While it shares its heritage with the race-proven Lux World Cup, the Lux Trail sets itself apart by taking its performance beyond competitive racing.
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If you're curious about the Yeti SB120, this is the video to watch.
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While the Nitrous has enough versatility to basically be a bike quiver on its own, it certainly backs up its claim that it could be the ideal +1 to your quiver.
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Evie has already established herself as one of the best mountain bikers in the world, and since she’s only 25, we expect we’ll be seeing her for many years to come.
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In today’s era of alternative materials (carbon fiber, titanium, magnesium and matrix composites), a lot of people forget that aluminum is the most successful alternative ever used.
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With the efficiency of an XC bike and stability to send, the SB120 is a short travel weapon ready for more – so that’s what it got.
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It’s almost laughable that a longtime bike reviewer with an often critical opinion of products has never actually designed or built a bike.
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Like a chef preparing a simple egg to showcase its flawless technique, the Mosaic crew has put their craftsmanship on full display.
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The question in our minds while staring at that Costco web page was, “Has Intense compromised its integrity as a high-end performance and race-focused brand with these value-driven models?”
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Trek has introduced a second generation of the Supercaliber with a completely new frame with more travel and evolved features to take on the highest levels of racing.
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Whoever crossed the line ahead of the other would win the overall title, which I did, thanks to my win in Mammoth.
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The bike brings with it the design heritage of some incredibly fast road machines, and even some of the technology that gives those bikes their race-winning quickness.
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The Lux World Cup is claimed to be the lightest in the world, with the frame weighing just 1,535 grams.
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Now in their fourth iteration, the 2022 Spark RC and Spark 900 lines have continued their cross-country heritage on racetracks, blending modern technology and design to suit all levels of riders.
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The SE version of the Scalpel uses the same frame as that ultra-light steed but with a longer-stroke shock and increased fork travel to combine the best attributes of a dedicated cross-country and trail bike into one machine.
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Cross-country bikes put a premium on pedaling efficiency, light weight and covering miles as efficiently as possible.
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The word “downcountry” suggests these are magically cross-country bikes on the climbs and mini-downhill bikes on the descents, but such bikes simply do not exist.
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When we heard the bike being released would be Pivot’s new flagship XC racer, we thought it may be an answer to the number of soft-tail, flex-pivot-style bikes we’ve seen from other manufacturers as of late. We were wrong.
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With a newly optimized frame design, GT’s new Sensor is designed to be a 29” purebred trail bike tuned to fit a wide range of riders.
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Sage Titanium has redesigned its Powerline hardtail to handle both steep climbs and challenging descents.
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Last year, a new American face started showing up on the World Cup podiums—Gwendalyn Gibson, who won the Elite Women’s Short Track at the World Cup race in Snowshoe, West Virginia, last summer.
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The Element is in its element on technical trails, and that’s not something we can say about any old cross-country bike.
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Other than gaining 250 grams and costing less, it shares all of the same features of its World Cup XC short-track winning sibling.
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It says Floyd’s of Leadville on the frame, but Floyd’s won’t say who made it.
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Aaron’s 700c wheel/flat-handlebar hybrid had a unique look to it and was just another reminder of how the different categories of off-road riding can come together to create a beautiful bike.
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The all-new Cross-Country collection arrives on the scene with a line-up including the Fourstroke 01, Fourstroke and Fourstroke LT series.
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Ridley is broadening their horizons by adding two new mountain bikes to their lineup; the Raft TR, and the Probe RS.
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