3 Top Women’s Mountain Bikes
For getting sendy or speedy
Get sendy or speedy
Specialized Women’s Stumpjumper Comp Carbon 27.5 $5,119
Specialized’s Women’s Stumpjumper Comp Carbon 27.5 is a full-cabron-fibre trail bike with 150 mm of travel. The rear shock, Fox Float DPS Performance, has Specialized’s Rx Women’s Tune, which allows lighter riders to get the most out the component and use the suspension’s full stroke. So, go ahead. Send it. The bike’s designed for it. A Race Face Aeffect crank, with a 32-tooth ring, moves the chain back to a Shimano SLX 11-speed cassette (11–46 tooth) and through a XT Shadow Plus derailleur. The 27.5" Traverse rims by Specialized’s house brand Roval will help you to roll over bumps on the trail, while also remaining agile and easy to manoeuvre. ( specialized.com)
Trek Roscoe 8 Women’s $1,600
The Trek Roscoe 8 Women’s is designed to be a blast on singletrack. The aluminum hardtail trail bike, with its solid rear triangle, gives you speed and punch in the turns and up the inclines, while the Rockshox Judy Silver TK front fork, with 120 mm travel (100 mm travel on the smallest, 13.5" frame) offers control in the bumpy sections. The 2.80"-wide Schwalbe Rocket Ron Performance tires are hooked on 27.5" rims. The 27.5-plus setup also adds to the bike’s control, as well as comfort. The frame has rack mounts if you want to extend your rides from jaunts of a few hours to bikepacking treks of a few days. ( trekbikes.com)
Scott Contessa Spark 920 $3,700
The Scott Contessa Spark 920 has the stiffness and speed of a cross country machine, but with its full-squish, 120 mm of travel, you can take the bike on rougher trail rides. The Twinloc system lets you change the travel and geometry for the ride. If you are headed downward, the Descend mode allows you to use all the travel. In Traction Control mode, you have less travel and a more efficient geometry for going uphill. Finally, there’s Lockout for smooth surfaces. Shimano’s Deore shifters connect to a Deore front derailleur and a XT rear mech. You have a wide range of gears with 36/26-tooth rings at the front and a 11–36 tooth cassette on the freehub. The 29"-diameter Syncros X-25S rims will help you roll more easily down the trail. ( micasport.com)—mp