IT'S AN AGE SINCE WE PUT TOGETHER A TEST ON SHORT-TRAVEL RACE BIKES. But as we had a couple of teams at the Saab Solomon Mountain Mayhem event, we thought we'd unpack the Lycra and muscle into the front row of the grid for some hot enduro action

IT'S ALWAYS SOMETHING to shout about when you're the first out of the blocks with the latest innovation. For freeriding the trend for 2005 is the 1.5inch headset design which, aside from the knock-on advantages of larger bearings and a stronger front end, brings double-crown performance to all long-travel single crown fork users