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ENDURO Readers’ Choice: The Best Brands 2015


Surprising, baffling, super-positive, shocking, constructive, and at times damn funny – 12,215 mountain bikers duly completed our readers’ survey, providing answers to a bucket load of questions. And in return for your hard work, we gave up our evenings to analyse 2.4 million Excel boxes and pull out some highlights. We’ve narrowed it down to the most interesting facts, and this article will reveal the most popular brands in the industry. We’ve taken your word for it; here are the results.

Our readers made their choice: Santa Cruz makes the best bikes!
Our readers made their choice: Santa Cruz makes the best bikes!
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Canyon is the preferred brand of our readers when it comes to actual purchase decisions.
Canyon is the most popular brand among our readers when it comes to actual purchase decisions.
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About the ENDURO readers’ survey

The readers’ survey ran for 64 days throughout June, July, and August 2015. 12,215 participants from 84 nations took part, with an average response time of 24 minutes to answer the 80 questions. The total response time of all the readers amounted to 204 days, and their responses filled in 2.4 million Excel boxes.

More results of the readers’ survey will follow soon, stay tuned!


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