The obvious edge that the Rockrider 720, from French sports hypermarché Decathlon's B'Twin brand, brings to the sub-£1,000 price bracket is rear suspension.
Not many manufacturers have credibly brought in a full-sus machine for under a grand, with Calibre's The Don – a product of Decathlon rival Go Outdoors – being a notable recent exception.
Unlike some of B'Twin's other bikes, such as the Rockrider 700S that impressed us last year, the 720 doesn't rely on a simple set of hinges out back, but the firm's own ‘Neuf’ suspension system. This mounts the main pivot on a rotating inner tube inside a large open drum section in the mainframe. The upper swingarm corner and shock stroke are then guided by a narrow blue anodised rocker linkage.
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Boutique bike sniffers will spot that it’s a system largely shared with Yeti’s ‘Switch’ system, although B'Twin actually got there first.
B'Twin's Neuf rear suspension setup impresses, but elsewhere things aren't so hot
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