Whyte Bikes

Whyte's R&D address might be in the Cotswolds, but their real test facilities are city streets and mountain trails all over the world. They work out multi piece carbon lay ups through riding countless laps of Welsh trail centres but have them verified by their race team as far away as the dry riverbeds of Botswana.

Their geometry is fractionally exact because they know it makes us faster and gives us more control, not because they've taken an average of what others have done. They are so confident of their suspension bearings, because they grind them through the same grit and grime you have to for thousands of hours a year. A CAD machine might make the final rendering, but that big lever on their unique seat clamp is there because they got sick of trying to shut a normal one with frozen fingers.

They know the addition of Crud Catcher mounts to their mountain bike frames is a significant one for all of us, because it means our eyes sting less after our lunchtime ride and our tea isn’t washing grit off our teeth. We could go on, but you get the idea. Whyte are genuinely a small group of dedicated UK riders, determined to produce the best bikes they can and not afraid to break some rules and set some benchmarks along the way.