Mountain Bike Rider

5 BIKES YOU’VE PROBABLY NEVER HEARD OF

1 EMINENT HASTE

eff Soncrant’s Eminent brand has received plenty of attention in North America with its quirky Onset 140, but with a high-pivot idler design and chiselled good looks, the brand’s new Haste MT and LT could be the bike that makes it a household name. Both Haste models use 29in wheels, but contrary to expectations, the LT is actually the shorter-travel model, with 140mm, while the MT gets 160mm. To keep costs down, the two frames are identical, but switching the lower link plate and shock alters the travel. Eminent’s complex AFS

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