About this episode

David Golay and Xan Marshland discuss the latest long-travel mountain bikes and industry trends.

A lot of recently updated bikes have felt like relatively subtle refinements of their predecessors, but there are also a bunch of brands still taking big swings. The new Yeti LT, Orbea Rallon, and Devinci Spartan are all very, very different from the bikes they replaced, and we’ve been testing all of them. So David Golay sat down with Xan Marshland to offer up some thoughts on this new crop of long-travel bruisers, discuss some of the shorter-travel rigs they’ve been testing — across a vast range of price points — and get into some bigger picture discussions about the direction of the bike industry and mountain bike design along the way. Note: We Want to Hear From You! Please share with us the questions, topics, or stories you’d like us to cover on Bikes & Big Ideas. You can email us at: info@blisterreview.com RELATED LINKS: Momentous: livemomentous.com use code: Blister OneSkin: oneskin.co/BLISTER Get Yourself Covered: BLISTER+  Blister Mountain Bike Buyer’s Guide TOPICS & TIMES: Ibis Ripley AF (1:18) Specialized Epic 9 (11:57) Revel Ranger V3 (18:06) Yeti LT (24:16) Orbea Rallon (36:16) Devinci Spartan (47:13) CHECK OUT OUR OTHER PODCASTS: Blister Cinematic CRAFTED GEAR:30…

Topics covered

• bike reviews
• mountain biking
• long-travel bikes
• bike industry trends
• product testing

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