The ONLY Mountain Bike You Need | The Humble Hardtail

This video contains product placement from BMC. We put two modified BMC Twostroke hardtails head to head to see if we could crown a hardtail that rules them all. Though both Twostrokes share the same geometry, one has been kitted out as a cross-country race weapon and the other has been tweaked to be a trail shredder designed to take big hits day-in, day-out. To see which bike comes out on top in this hardtail head-to-head, the two Toms talk you through the changes they’ve each made to their chosen bike before we pit them against each other in a series of challenges. We’ll see how they fare on the fireroad and technical climbs on our test loop at Whinlatter Forest in the Lake District and find out if they have the descending capabilities to shred the gnar and bring out the smiles on the way back down. Which bike would you ride? Let us know in the comments! #BMCTwoStroke #HardtailMTB #Hardtail Chapters 00:00 Intro 01:24 Stock Build Bike Check 02:28 Modified Bike Check 04:27 First Challenge: Technical Climb 06:37 Second Challenge: Fireroad Climb 08:28 Climbing Conclusions 09:34 Third Challenge: Trail Centre Descent 11:40 Fourth Challenge: Technical Descent 13:24 Results 16:24 Which Bike Wins? NEW Scott Scale | Sub-9kg & Ultra-light One-Piece Wheelset → WILD Trans-Alpine Ride... On A Hardtail! | BikeRadar Diaries → Building The Ultimate Hardtail From Scratch | Ed’s Dream UK-Made Mountain Bike → Hardtail Vs. Full Suspension MTB For $1,000/£1,000 | What’s The Best Budget Mountain Bike? → Top 5 Hottest Mountain Bikes Under £1K → £500 Hardtails Take On Big Mountain Riding! | BikeRadar Diaries → Listen to the BikeRadar Podcast → Follow BikeRadar on our social media channels: → → → BikeRadar is supported by Mountain Biking UK and Cycling Plus Magazine –For more information and to subscribe please visit → For more content like this see our latest subscription offer – → →