How Much Travel do You Need? | We Under-bike & Over-bike to Find Out

This video contains a paid product placement for Devinci Bicycles.

It's a frequently asked question: how much travel do I need? Or how much travel should the bike I buy have for a particular type of riding?

And it's a difficult question to answer with any specific accuracy. But there are quite a few factors that will help you decide and you don't want to be in the position of not being on the right bike after spending your cash.

Handily, bike manufacturers categorise bikes according to what terrain they think is most suitable for the bike they've designed. This roughly equates to the amount of suspension travel the bike has.

In this video technical editor Alex Evans rides three Devinci trail bikes with different levels of suspension travel to find out where they work and where they don't.

How much suspension travel do you usually go for and why? Let us know in the comments!

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