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Evil Chamois Hagar gravel bike £5,099 | 9.26kg

Unless you have a secret gnarly side, the chances are that the bike brand Evil won’t be on your radar. And if you are a covert off roader, you’re probably slightly flummoxed wondering what on earth you are looking at.

The Washington State (USA) brand wholly known for its freeriding, go-anywhere, all day trail bikes, usually produces the sort of bike that typically spends 50% of its time in mid air, or getting thrown around some rocky jank gnar – or something.

According to Evil brand strategist Cal Jelley the bike wasn’t even meant to exist. “It started life as just a frameset. Really it was something that Jason Moeschler, COO at Evil, thought up as a way of keeping fit,” said Jelley.

“Jason is an ex-cross country MTB racer but he wanted something just

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