At £9500, the Merida eOneSixty is one of the priciest bikes we’ve reviewed here on Wideopen… But does the performance and the build kit match the price tag?

Arriving at the tail end of last year came another Merida, this time the bells-and-whistles, top-price, top-performance Merida eOne-Sixty 10k. It joined us for much of last summer, into the winter and through into the new year.

As you’d expect, it pretty quickly became my first-choice bike to grab for local rides and further-afield missions alike.

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