Basically, it needs to be comfortable while on the commute or superslab, and able to traverse off-road paths with aplomb.

The new Sage Droptimator drop-bar MTB is what happens when an trail-worthy XC mountain bike gets busy with a gravel bike.

Trying to classify mountain bikes in 2025 has become interesting, but Intense calls the all-new Spider a “Light Trail” bike. For the sake of simplicity, it’s just a trail bike, and a really ...

The geometry also allows the bike to be used with a suspension fork, though not the ... re seeing more aerodynamic, clean dual-suspension and hard-tail mountain bikes used in gravel races.