Field Test: 9 XC Bikes & the Grim Donut VS Impossible Climb

Would it not even be a Area Take a look at if we did not have some doubtful challenges to aim aboard our fleet of take a look at bikes? The Huck to Flat video is on its approach – I do know that is what you are ready for – however first, I needed to get all of them to the highest of the mountain, and the route there was near inconceivable. Good.

With this Area Take a look at specializing in short-travel bikes that ought to make your life simpler on demanding ascents, we knew that our Unattainable Climb needed to be essentially the most inconceivable but. However then the rains got here and, properly, it ended up getting far trickier than the cameras make it look. I suppose that is at all times how it’s, although. Last year’s dusty and cactus-lined climb in Sedona, Arizona, wasn’t simple, however the greasy mud, ice-like roots, and decieving steepness of this episode stretched traction and slow-speed dealing with to the restrict. In the long run, most have been stopped in the identical spot, a rocky, rooty uphill chute with a single, straight-up-the-middle line that provided near zero grip through the afternoon downpour.

However whereas most bikes stumbled at that slippery wall, one bike did handle to get significantly larger than others.

Video: Jason Lucas, Cole Nelson, Max Barron