Our new Mountain Bike Buyer’s Guide is live, and while it takes some cues from our Winter Buyer’s Guide — the eleventh edition of which is in the works right now — it’s very much its own beast. So we sat down to talk about what’s in the Guide, how it’s structured, and why; how the mountain bike market has evolved; the return of ‘All-Mountain’ as a class of bikes; and a whole lot more.

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TOPICS & TIMES:

The new MTB Buyer’s Guide & how it’s structured (1:48)

What makes our Buyer’s Guide different (5:35)

Reviewing bikes now vs. a decade ago (9:06)

Zack’s worst bike purchase (15:23)

Direct-to-consumer models & the evolution of bike sales (16:32)

Classifying bikes & the return of ‘All-Mountain’ as a category (23:26)

Which All-Mountain bike would we each buy? (34:19)

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