Sensing a niche to be filled in the mountain bike market—the space between freeride and cross-country models—Trek combined the performance of their Session downhill racing bike with the all-mountain potential of their Review trail bike, coming up with the Scratch. This full suspension bike (with Trek’s Active Braking Pivot, Full Floater, and EVO link suspension technology) lets you bomb down any terrain with full confidence, and the bike will pedal uphill like a stiff cross-country ride. In fact, the Scratch may render your cross-country bike useless.
[$3,780; trekbikes.com]