Hardtail, Mid-Travel Or Long Travel Full Sus – Which Mountain Bike Is The Fastest For Trail Riding?

Which bike is the fastest; an XC racing hardtail? A mid-travel full suspension trail bike? Or a long travel full-susser? We set a course, grabbed our stopwatch and found out... Click here to subscribe to GMBN: Which bike should you choose? Is a difficult question. There are a tonne of variables affecting which bikes we all want and whether they’re actually suited to the riding that we do. To try and solve the debate, on our local trails at least, we put three very different bikes