Mountain Bike Rider Magazine Summer 2022 Back Issue

FIRST RIDES
RockShox has reworked the Pike, Lyrik and Zeb forks, as well as the Deluxe and Super Deluxe shocks, adding a new Charger 3 damper with independent high-speed and low-speed compression adjustment, ButterCups bumpers, a DebonAir+ spring, and loads more – check out our first impressions. Plus, we ride a Cube Attention SL budget hardtail, and BMC’s Fourstroke LT XC race bike.

BIKE TEST: MX BIKES With a 29in wheel at the front and a smaller 27.5in hanging out the back, the MX or mullet bike is 2022’s zeitgeist machine, with World Cup downhillers and enduro shredders adopting the mixed-wheel look. And for good reason – it’s a set-up that could well offer the ideal blend of top-end pace and agility. So this month we’ve got the three best-value, top-performing 170mm-travel bikes around, all from direct-sales brands. They are: the Canyon Torque Mullet CF 8, Vitus Sommet 297 AMP, and YT Capra Core 3 MX. Find out where to spend your money.