The Hottest Cross Country & Down Country Bikes Of 2022
The Hottest Cross Country & Down Country Bikes Of 2022
2022 has been a great year for cross-country bikes, we saw the release of some new models and have spotted prototypes. In this video, we take a look at 5 of the hottest XC bikes that we could think of. Are we on the money? What did we miss out on any? Let us know in the comments 👇
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00:00 – Intro
01:59 – Orbea Oiz
04:33 – MBC Fourstroke
07:20 – Commencal XC Prototype
08:57 – Niner RKT 9 RDO
11:14 – Cannondale Scalpel HT
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Spec Epic Evo!
What you think of Polygon xc bikes sincline
For me the Marin Team Marin HT as the price is reasonable while still being modern geo for XC bike. The other would be Pipedeam Srirus S5 at 120mm of travel and fun 65* hta.
yeti sb120 should be on this list…
Wow, you two didn’t interrupt each other throughout the video! Thanks for that. I’d offer the Santa Cruz Blur for your consideration.
To much full suspension mtb´s for my taste i prefur xc hardtail so the Scalpel HT is the best for me.
no scott sparky no party
That BMC is Truly Sexy. OMG!😮I want the Dark purple that fades to black or the Blue and black. I want them both. Changed my perspective on Down country bikes.
I like the latest Lapierre Prorace CF its nice and clean looking. I seem to remember drooling over a chocolate coloured one on a website a few months ago. In terms of full sus thought the Orbea and BMC are the best I’ve seen all year.
Arrrrgh …Its "aitch tee" not "haitch tee"
I like the look of that OIZ!
Epic? Spark? Blur? These bikes dominated this year’s Absa Cape Epic race
Hy Doddy and Ana. loving the show. scott spark, Nino’s lethal weapon was unforgivenly forgoted. I’m Corratec’s fan. wanted to see then on the show.
BMC Twostroke hard tails are equally good as their full sus
Mine gt sensor absolute machines
How about the KTM scarp?bI’ve found they pedal so well plus the frame is the same for the 100mm XC and the 120mm MT version. Just different fork and shock stroke length.
Sounds like an Orbea commercial. Orbea provides bikes to gmbn which unfortunately leads to bias. Not saying it’s a bad bike but it’s clearly biased coverage. Disappointing.
Scott Spark RC just simply the best/perfect XC bike in the world!
Scott Spark
The cannondale hardtail made me realize that I hate the way English people say "H."
Didn’t come out this year, but Kona Hei Hei is my favourite
‘down country’ is how you try and sell an XC bike to someone with a VO2max below 52.
Allied BC40 beats them all for me
I gotta say I love the bmc, commencal, and the niner. But I do love Merida of course HEHEHE
That Commencal looks great! Yep, they’re alu-only, but they can build a great rig for every day trail riding with a reasonable price! Wish them luck!
Why are the bikes growing? Or did riders grow? My S sized hardtail from 2017 has 395 reach. Should I be on an XXS frame now?!
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Yes yes! Please more XC Tech and race content! 🤘🏻
No coils on XC DC?? Make a nice commute in Alu.
Vitus Rapide / NS Synonym / Fm936 = Best downcountry bike imo
So is Orbea just selling down-country/trail full sus as new xc-bike?
Surprised there weren’t any Ti frames present?? Check out Moots Mountaineer. Talk about dream machine…
WHAT?!! no Kona Heihei cr(dl)??
@GMBNTech Just a short question am I the first person to write/notice that the Chapter Title says MBC Fourstroke instead of BMC Fourstroke?… 😉
if I had too much money I would have the Trek Supercaliber. I’d never ride it, but I’d set it where I could look at it.
so sloppy
All I saw were her eyes and smile.
Surprised no SC Blur or Scott Spark!
Specialized ?
As a commencal bike owner I thought commencal not making XC bikes made total sense, since their primary focus in the market isn’t in XC anyway, a little weight penalty with alloy frame doesn’t hurt that much. So this commencal XC bike is sort of interesting and confusing at the same time to me. Has alloy evolved so much that it can trade blows with carbon? I don’t think so (my size M meta TR isn’t light by any measure) Someone please enlighten me
Anna has a nice 2by setup
Scott spark??!
cross-country / down-country – pah – episdoe skip – give us proper mountain biking ! we want enduro and downhill please !
Canyon Lux World Cup CFR all the way
Wow very nice merida.. hope can give review..
Merida and Cannondale
always makes me laugh when i hear people talking about trail and xc – lets face it they’re both the same.
No Scott Spark? Seriously…
Scott spark? Very hot With Shock in the frame.
We want more xc content!