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Who says Lycra isn't cool?  C'mon! No-handed wheelie!  - We're here for thecross country field test, and we're gonna talk down country bikes in a round-table format. We've got Mike Levy, who'sbeen riding all the bikes, Mike Kazimer, who's joiningus virtually from Bellingham- there's a global pandemic going on, couldn't get across the American border. Levy's been riding theCannondale Scalpel SE, Yeti SB115, Specialized Epic EVO, Transition Spur, and Revel's Ranger. - Out of these five bikes,Levy,  what was your favorite?  - Well, for around here, ithas to that Transition Spur. That thing is incredible on the downhills. It's so stable and planted and capable. They've done somethingreally special there, with the geometry, but not only just that, the suspension, too. It'sjust 120 millimeters, but that geometry letsyou hit things very fast. And the suspension, Imean, I ran as much as 35 percent SAG without any issues on a

Machined in two halves and then glued together, the Pole Stamina 140 was always going to be the most interesting bike at the Field Test. It was easily the most capable of all the bikes we tested in the Trail category.  Make me look tanned This is Pole's brand-new Stamina 140. Now, it looks a lot like their 180 but as you can tell from the name 140 millimeters of rear-wheel travel. Now, it's pretty interesting. There's lots to talk about but let's cover the basic stuff first 150 millimeter fork upfront weight is 30.6 lbs and that's with a set of our control tires. Now, I know what you're thinking.  That's a fair bit of money, but you're not even getting carbon this thing It's aluminum from front to back but Pole is doing something pretty interesting here The front triangle is machined in two halves and then glued together they're special channels cut in the halves to get the gluing nice and strong and I know some of you are fr