Total unrestrained madness, the S-Works Enduro is a bike few trails or rider’s will be able to hold back. It simply wants to press on, wade in and go searching for more. Its insatiable desire to keep momentum easily has you in the wrong place on the wrong line at the wrong speed but with seemingly light years of time and poise on tap. It’s a difficult bike to understand at times simply because you are going so bloody fast. Climb back onboard a 27.5” enduro bike after riding one of these and you’ll be slightly disappointed, and certainly be pedalling more. It’s not perfect, no bike in this list is, and we’ve had to drop in a shorter shock together with offset to get the weight correct for cornering. A 44mm Syntace Flatforce stem has aided front wheel traction too. Superbly stiff, and a class apart it just depends if you can make the mindset shift. ‘29” Enduro bike of the year.’

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