Hosted by Mike Levy and featuring a rotating cast of the editorial team and other guests, the Pinkbike Podcast is a weekly update on all the latest stories from around the world of mountain biking, as well as some frank discussion about tech, racing, and everything in between.
What the heck is a trail bike these days? I’m in the middle of testing Spot’s 115mm-travel Ryve, a speedy red machine with a 120mm fork and cross-country efficiency. To some, the Ryve is a trail bike. Prior to getting on the Spot, I had been testing Deviate’s 140mm-travel Highlander (review soon) that’s called a trail bike but is really just an enduro rig in disguise. To muddy the waters even further, Pole’s Stamina 140 was included in last year’s trail bike category at the Field Test but proved to be just as capable most enduro bikes. Confused? Yeah, me too.
So, what the heck is a trail bike? Aren’t they really just mountain bikes evolved from when those two words summed up everything you needed to know and every type of bike? And why does Kazimer have an anime body pillow?
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