Death of the hardtail? We’ll hear nothing of it. This beast is still alive and kicking and it ain’t about to bow down to full sus. We selected four £1,000 machines and put them to the test
£1000 Hardtails - Hailing from Vancouver, Rocky Mountain has the XC racing pedigree to match its freeriding heritage, so we were hoping for a lightweight, fast and exceptional-handling hardtail. We put the Rocky Mountain Vertex 30 to the test.