Short-Travel 29er Showdown - SB115, Spur, Scalpel SE and Oiz TR.

The hardest part about this whole showdown was trying to come up with a name for this type of bike. I couldn’t bring myself to use the “downcountry” word. “Upduro” is even worse. “XC-ish” felt too vague. So, I settled on a generic yet descriptive name. Welcome to the Short-Travel 29er Showdown. None of these bikes are pure cross-country race rigs, nor are they full-blown trail bikes. They fall into no man’s land between the two categories. Additionally, we found we could separate these four bikes into two smaller subcategories — long-travel XC and short-travel trail. The Orbea Oiz TR and Cannondale Scalpel SE fall into the former, while the Transition Spur and Yeti SB115 are in the latter category. Now that I’ve used up my hyphen quota for the month let’s get into how these bikes ride. www.bebikes.com/the-hub/short-travel-29er-showdown-sb115-spur-oiz-tr-and-scalpel-se 0:00 Intro 1:34 Orbea Oiz 4:36 Cannondale Scalpel 7:19 Transition Spur 10:38 Yeti SB115 13:15 Awards Orbea Oiz Review -    • Orbea Oiz OMX: First Ride Review   Cannondale Scalpel Review -    • Cannondale Scalpel SE - First Ride Review   Transition Spur Review -    • Transition Spur Review: The XC bike for pe...   Yeti SB115 Review -    • Yeti SB115 Review: It's not an XC bike   Discounted Demo - https://www.bebikes.com/tellusyoucame...