What's The BEST Trail Mountain Bike In 2024?

[@bikeradar]

What would be your trail bike of the year?

[@rufusswackyworld]

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[@mwinner101]

Yeti ARC

[@waynelenderman1115]

Specialized Stumpjumper EVO Comp Alloy. 160 front. 150 rear. Six different geo settings. Mullet capable.

[@honzikhonzik86]

Pivot Switchblade

[@wd99999]

Banshee Phantom

[@shaun1900]

Title should be the best of the bikes we were sent, these are not the best trail bikes available by any stretch of the imagination.

[@TomMarvin1]

Hey @shaun1900 , it's true that these were three of the 8 bikes that mate it into the test, however the initial long-list of bikes we considered contained over 20 bikes. As always with bike of the year, we had price constraints - £3500-£4200 (before Whyte (and Scott) dropped their prices to £2999), and on the longer travel / more aggressive side of things. Of that 20 there were one or two that weren't available, however I'm pretty confident we collected a range of bikes that fulfilled what we were looking for in TBOTY 2024. Which bikes do you feel were missing? Always happy to receive feedback on our tests, of course :)

[@duffyrides]

@@TomMarvin1hey Tom, I would definitely like to have heard what you thought of the Santa Cruz Hightower or Tall Boy , as well as the Specialized Stumpjumper or Pivot Switchblade. There are quite a few bikes left out that we would have loved your team’s opinions on and how they compare against the Whyte etc.

[@shaun1900]

@@TomMarvin1 so did you ride all those 20 bikes, or only the ones that were supplied by manufacturers / distributors?

[@Jacob99174]

My imagination is really tired from stretching, with no success 😔

[@shaun1900]

@@Jacob99174 must be hard being so stunted

[@sebastienhakimejdaa9363]

I love the colour of the Whyte.

[@kovyrshinv]

How come 160/150 is a trail bike? It used to be 130/130. 160/150 used to be enduro few years back and now is all mountain.

[@ivostarmans1199]

130 is xc now😂

[@MoriTouge]

2024 ​XCO's Crans Montana stage would have been a Enduro track years ago 😂.

[@DaveEPie]

Because bike industry has no integrity. Change everything every 24 months

[@jasonstephens2923]

What about the YT Jeffsy

[@andrewlounsberry2371]

Nice try but 160mm travel and Assegai tires is NOT a trail bike. Not to mention your comment about the most important quality is their descending capabilities... 🤨

[@frantz4318]

Yes, this review is inconsistent and totally biaised

[@travelerdirk7923]

Just bought the Marin XR, can't wait to ride it. In need of a new wheel-set to compliment this fantastic looking bike!

[@alexmason7103]

For 3k there’s no argument against the Whyte, that’s a hell of a lot of bike for the money

[@madrapperdave]

"Don't let the 130mm travel decieve you, This is built for fun" - what planet are ppl living on when they think 130mm isn't any fun ???? Gobsmacked.....

[@jaynolajones]

The cannondale habit lt! 💙 best bike I’ve had

[@TomMarvin1]

It was a real contender for the top three!

[@joshwright8284]

I've just bought the Whyte t140, Awesome bike rips down hills

[@frantz4318]

What is the weight please? That info is hard to find online. Thanks

[@changingvoltage]

what would you pick between trial bike of the year 2024,2023,2022?

[@niseach]

Santa Cruz Hightower - absolute dream to ride.

[@burgieee123]

I've looked and looked at the market and have to agree for £2999 the Whyte is untouchable!!! It offers everything not to mention lifetime free frame bearings . Plus I have to say from personal experience the build quality on the Whyte is far superior to the yt ....👌🏻👌🏻 plus it looks the dogs bollucks 🚲💨

[@bikeradar]

Thanks for the feedback, glad you're enjoying the Whyte! ~ Will

[@HEAMTB]

Best trail bike in my opinion is the yt izzo or commencal tempo

[@juanhidalgo7043]

Bike radar goes through many bikes and out of those they pick three bikes for the final round!

[@George-Kliavkoff4Big12]

Rocky Montain Altitude

[@ChrisITW04]

The answer is the Orbea Occam. Unlucky

[@mrsith1402]

How can you say the best trail bike of the year when you only reviewed 3 bikes?

[@marksandoval5361]

Looks like Whyte reinvented the Specialized Stumpjumper Evo.

[@Andy-co6pn]

Climbs way better than the sj evo

[@leeretaschen231]

No Ripmo AF? Get out!

[@chaotictattoo]

Eh..

[@thegriff9425]

Hahaha. What nonsense😂

[@ivostarmans1199]

Yt jeffsy. Trek Fuel ex, Specialized Stumpjumper, Orbea Occam?

[@andrewlounsberry2371]

Exactly, REAL trail bikes!