For the second year in a row, we pitted a dozen of the latest and most exciting bikes up against what are arguably some of the best trails in the world. The ingredients for the 2020 Pinkbike Field Test: Fourteen new bikes, six technical editors, a few cameras, and a whole lot of good times and good food.

Because arguing about arbitrary comparisons is one of our favorite things to do, we split the bikes up into three loose categories based on their intentions: downcountry, trail, and enduro. The trail and enduro bikes spent two weeks smashing out laps up in the Whistler Bike Park, while the downcountry machines were treated to some of the finest singletracks – both up and down – that Pemberton has to offer.

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