Our annual entry-level hardtail test returns for it's eighth year with a dozen singletrack slags, all gagging for a hard rutting with the MBR testers - WARNING LARGE FILE

£1000 Hardtails - With a new designer on board, Saracen is working hard to dispel its reputation for just building cheap jump bikes. Now, just like in the '90s, it's producing the Kili range of performance hardtails. We tested the top aluminium version, the Kili 2.