Air shock technology has improved over recent years, but can they really challenge the reliability and turnability of a coil shock? We pitch the two mediums against each other in this battle of the bounce.

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