Preview Group Test: The 10 fastest Enduro Race Bikes 2014
The Enduro Race Season is ready to go, on April 19th the Enduro World Series kicks off in Chile and we will find out who put in the most training over winter, who got fast and who got fat! There will be a lot of talk about which bikes are the fastest and we could not wait to find out! So we loaded the van with the finest enduro bikes of 2014 and drove down to Finale Ligure Italy to find out once and for all, which is the fastest Enduro Race Bike! If you want to find out which bike came out on top you will have to check out the upcoming issue #010 of ENDURO being released by the beginning of May in english.
We issued a challenge to the industry’s biggest bike manufacturers, “build us the fastest and most uncompromising race bike!” The price and the model spec-list didn’t matter, we just wanted the best.
One thing was immediately clear when we received the test field, filled with bikes like Jared Graves very own legendary Yeti SB66C and team replica bikes from Cube, Focus and Canyon, we could not do a normal test on local trails, we needed to unlock the full potential of these bikes! So we decided to head to the formidable trails of Finale Ligure and put the bikes to the test on real race tracks, along with professional time measurement and the support of Valentina Macheda, Manuel Ducci and Enrico Guala, we were going to figure out which bike is the fastest.
Follow Robin as he takes an untimed run down our test track:
Enduro Magazine Race Test Track Finale Ligure from WWW.ENDURO-MTB.COM on Vimeo.
Here we have an overview of the worlds fastest Enduro Race Bikes:
Scott Genius LT Tunes / Yeti SB 66 Carbon
Canyon Spectral Factory Team Edition / Trek Slash 9
BMC Trailfox TF01 XTR / Focus SAM Trailteam Edition
Specialized S-WORKS Enduro 29 / Cube Stereo
Commencal Meta AM Factory / Norco Rage Carbon LE
Before we started our 11 hour journey down to the trails of Finale Ligure, we carefully loaded all the bikes and stuff into a Mercedes Van.
Guess the fastest bike and win a cap!
What’s the fastest bike? Place your tip now below. hTe winners shall be drawn at random from among all correct answers submitted. Good luck!
If you want to find out which is the fastest bike for the 2014 season, you must wait just a little longer. In early May ENDURO issue #010 INT hits the digital shelves, there you will find the full test with all the information and impressions of the fastest bike in the world – of course, as usual, its free & digital!
In the meantime check out the current issue here.
Pictures: Christoph Bayer Words: Christoph Bayer / Trevor Worsey
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