After a few years in the doldrums, cross-country mountain bike racing is back to its nail-biting, jaw-dropping best.
In order to deal with the rigours of modern cross-country racing , the bikes are more capable than ever, but still place a focus on low weight, with every gram watched in the pursuit of all-out speed and winners’ glory.
This year, we’ve seen no shortage of new releases – with bikes from newcomers such as Pinarello through to established players including Specialized.
Here are five of the latest lightweight cross-country bikes to keep an eye out for through the rest of the season and beyond. Pinarello Dogma XC
Pinarello has made a big impact on the brand’s return to mountain biking. Finlay Anderson / Our Media
Not many bike brands can say they have won three gold medals in a single mountain bike World Championships. This is especially impressive for a brand that has only just returned to mountain biking after dominating the Tour de France for years.
Pinarello saw huge success in this year’s cross-country races in Scotland, with its Dogma race machines claiming three of the four elite gold medals in the short-track and Olympic-distance events. Tom Pidcock worlds Tom Pidcock rode the new Pinarello Dogma XC full-suspension bike to victory in the men’s XCO race. Piotr Staron / Getty Images While Tom Pidcock raced the full-suspension Dogma XC to golden glory in the men’s elite Olympic-distance event, he used the new Dogma XC hardtail to take bronze in the short-track race, […]
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