Best Cross Country Bike

The reach is pretty long for an xc bike.

Best cross country bike.

Written by james mcknight and ric mclaughlin published on 22 01 2020 16 29 gmt looking for a new mountain bike. If you ve got a big budget these cross country rigs are the best around. It s a thoroughbred cross country racer sporting 100mm of front and rear travel a 69 degree head angle and a relatively steep 74 degree seat angle. Fresh off a 2020 redesign the ripmo v2 impressed our testers and is the best overall trail bike we ve ever tested.

Trek cross country bikes are fast lightweight and ready to race. The 3 000 mile route will eventually connect rails to trails multi use pavement across 15 states up and down the eastern seaboard. As one of our testers in this year s bible of bike tests put it the sb100 is an xc bike without the suppressed rage yeti s switch infinity linkage climbs like you d expect a hard core 100 millimeter travel xc bike should damn quick. Find your full suspension or hardtail xc bike today.

Once the gradient turns the other way though the sb100 descends with the prowess of bikes much. Next up in our cross country mountain bike reviews is the x caliber 7 another fine model from trek s deep bench. The x caliber is one of trek s enduringly popular xc hardtail mountain bikes packing an alpha gold aluminum frame. Most hardtail emtb products are cross country rated and they tend to be more affordable.

The v2 s geometry has been tweaked to make it slacker and longer and the suspension kinematics adjusted to make it more progressive at the end of the stroke. Cross country or xc electric mountain bikes are designed to handle a mix of rough forest paths singletrack gravel or paved sections well. The east coast greenway is the beautiful offspring of our country s love affair with cross country bike routes. By the bicycling test team.

Lightweight yet durable you ll also find this bike remarkably maneuverable thanks to the tapered head tube. The best hardtail mountain bikes you can buy right now whether you want a lightweight cross country rocket or a cheap trail ripper one of these picks will work for you.