Btr pinner7/30/2023 Some came with standard build kits, while others had custom specs.Īlso on testĪll of the test bikes have the brands’ stock geometry. Tom Marvin is a technical editor at and MBUK magazine. He has a particular focus on mountain bikes, but spends plenty of time on gravel bikes, too. Tom has written for BikeRadar, MBUK and Cycling Plus, and was previously technical editor of What Mountain Bike magazine. He is also a regular presenter on BikeRadar’s YouTube channel and the BikeRadar podcast. With more than twenty years of mountain biking experience, and nearly a decade of testing mountain and gravel bikes, Tom has ridden and tested thousands of bikes and products, from super-light XC race bikes through to the most powerful brakes on the market. Outside of testing bikes, Tom competes in a wide range of mountain bike races, from multi-day enduros through to 24-hour races in the depths of the Scottish winter – pushing bikes, components and his legs to their limits. He’s also worked out that shaving your legs saves 8 watts, while testing aerodynamics in a wind tunnel. When not riding he can be found at the climbing wall, in his garden or cooking up culinary delights.After both studying as design engineers at university, Tom‘Tam’ Hamilton and Paul ‘Burf’ Burford bumped into each other while working for Oxfordshire-based bike brand K-9 Industries. The pair hit it off and soon realised they shared the same ambition to design and build their own bikes. UK-made, steel-framed, do-it-all trail destroyer Craftsmanship and detailing is second to none A short-travel trail weapon that’s capable of having seven shades of sh*t smashed out of it! Designed by a pair of steel bike fanatics and built entirely in-house right here in the UK Since then, the pair have dedicated themselves to turning out immaculate steel-framed bikes from their workshop in Frome, Somerset.
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