£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.
Despite recent trends, hardtail bikes have some major advantages over their bouncy brethren, not least of which is value for money. So what can a grand get you nowadays? We put 6 bikes to the test.