MBUK Bike of the Year 2020 – The 20 trail and enduro bikes ridden and reviewed

It’s Bike of the Year time again and, for 2020, we’ve been busier than ever, putting together our most comprehensive test to date. This year, we’ve split our test into separate trail and enduro categories, so we can cover a broader range of what we think are the most exciting and potentially popular bikes currently on the market.

We've chosen different price brackets for each category – £2,500-£3,500 for trail and £3,500-£4,500 for enduro. Yes, we realise that’s a lot of money, but we really wanted to ensure that we could include some of the most relevant choices from some of the industry's most popular brands. As a result, this test has been our closest-fought, toughest-to-judge yet, which goes to show just how good bikes are right now.

Listed below you'll find the 10 contenders in each category, but you'll have to wait until the mag goes on sale (17 March) to read all the reviews and find out which two bikes we crowned as winners. You'll be able to read full reviews of every bike we tested, plus how we tested them, in the 36-page supplement that comes with our April issue.

Trail

With 110mm to 140mm of travel and a seriously capable spec, a decent trail bike will be able to tackle everything from ripping around the woods with your mates to all-day missions in the hills.

Bergamont Contrail Pro

Bird Aether 7

Cannondale Habit Carbon 3

GT Sensor Carbon Expert

Norco Optic C3

Radon Skeen Trail 29

Propain Hugene custom build

Our winning trail bike in all it's glory. Photo: Dan Milner

Scott Spark 930

Trek Fuel EX 9.7

YT Industries Jeffsy Pro

Enduro

Whatever you want to call them, these enduro/all-mountain/long-travel trail bikes have 150mm to 175mm of travel and are built for maximum fun on the way down, but still climb well.