“I am pretty hard on bikes, I am not really worried about weight I just want a bike that I can depend on and that shouldn’t break unless I do something really stupid."
"I took the bike down a variety of fast, rough, steep and mellow trails. With the out of the box setup, the bike gave a really planted feel and gave me grip, where I had struggled on previous bikes this in turn, allows you to push on and the bike comes into its own the faster you go."
Matt Simmonds, Privateer athlete, ex-downhill racer and all round shredder met up with Live to Ride, deep in the Welsh woods, to film their newest episode