Merida One-Forty 400 in Green

Bike Radar / MBUK gave Merida double honours c,rowning the One-Sixty 6000 Enduro bike of the year and the One-Forty 700 Trail bike of the year. Of the One-Forty, they said: "It didn’t take long to award the overall win to the Merida One-Forty 700, though. A trail bike has to climb with the best and descend as well as anything (on less rough tracks, at least), and the One-Forty arguably does both better than any other bike here while also offering excellent value for your hard-earned.” The One-Forty 400 brings an unheard-of level of climbing and descending performance into a high-value package built around an all-new aluminium frame. It has the same ground-breaking geometry as its more expensive brethren, just paired with a kit that delivers the performance you need without the price tag. Dropper posts on all models, a wide-range 11-speed Shimano drivetrain and no-nonsense suspension from RockShox and Suntour get the job done without fuss. The new Merida One-Forty is the ultimate trail bike, made for the most challenging trails in the world. It’s the pinnacle of modern trail riding, with a super-steep 80° seat angle, low front end, and bottom bracket, allowing it to clear the most technical climbs. In comparison, longer reach figures across all sizes and a well-balanced 65° head angle mean it’s still more than capable of ripping any descent. With Merida's new Agilometer sizing system, riders can run a longer or shorter reach frame independently of their height, with suspension that becomes more progressive as you size up to better cope with heavier/more demanding riders. Merida's engineers have also focussed on weight reduction and rolling speed for improved efficiency. All bikes come with long travel dropper posts, Wire Port cable routing, a reliable threaded bottom bracket, and carbon frame models with onboard tool storage and FidLock magnetic bottle cages.