
Anneke Beerten is on fresh, new bikes for 2016 with GT Factory Racing. She's ready to stomp on the Enduro World Series this weekend at the first race in Chile. Anneke has two special bikes ready for battle this season; her GT Force and her GT Sanction. It's time for you to pick your favorite in Vital MTB's Bike vs Bike.
photos by Dan Severson
Anneke Beerten's GT Force X Carbon Expert
- Carbon construction
- RockShox Monarch Plus rear shock, 150mm rear travel
- RockShox Lyrik fork, 160mm
- Race Face cockpit
- SRAM XX1 drivetrain
- SRAM GUIDE brakes
- Vittoria Prototype front tire and Morsa 2.3 rear tire
- Lizard Skins DSP Grips
- WTB Hightail saddle
- Crank Brothers E-Mallet pedals
- Stan's Flow EX Wheels
Anneke Beerten's GT Sanction
- Aluminum construction
- RockShox Monarch Plus rear shock, 160mm rear travel
- RockShox Lyrik fork, 170mm
- Race Face cockpit
- SRAM XX1 drivetrain
- SRAM GUIDE brakes
- Vittoria Goma 2.4 front tire and E-Goma 2.4 rear tire
- Lizard Skins DSP Grips
- WTB Silverado saddle
- Crank Brothers E-Mallet pedals
- Stan's Flow EX Wheels



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Choose your favorite!
Good luck at the EWS this weekend, Anneke.
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Listen to what Anneke thinks in the audio interview
P-DUB
3/27/2016 6:23 AM
Shawn_Trudell
3/27/2016 1:09 PM
P-DUB
3/28/2016 1:43 AM
sspomer
3/28/2016 6:55 AM
Maverickdh005
3/24/2016 12:46 PM
I love techology and its cool the cool kids can have so many cool toys, but the EWS is going the way of the UCI, maybe being forced by the industry, but it needs to fight back, no practice on courses it should be blind, at most a seperate day/s for a track walk only!
Key here in relation to this article is Bikes should be limited to one bike for the season for pros esp, this means the development of bikes will continue and provide closer competition rather than who has the most toys or most effective quiver of toys wins, of course courses should remain tough, this and other comparisons is showing the direction the nature of the EWS is becoming and imo fwiw its a bad thing for the disipline in the mid to longer term!
Sort it out before it gets to complicated and or too elitist if it hasnt already, as road biking racing and XC did to MtB in the previous decade, dont let Enduro destroy the rest of mtb and racing!
P-DUB
3/27/2016 7:47 AM
Shawn_Trudell
3/23/2016 7:40 PM
Shreddy McShredface
3/23/2016 8:40 PM
Shawn_Trudell
3/23/2016 10:29 PM
Shreddy McShredface
3/23/2016 10:37 PM
Yeah i know, i have both suspension types on my bikes, the Pivot Link system (force) moves the bottom bracket more than the sanction, i would say this is due to the Pivot Link's (force's) far higher pivot point for the rear suspension.
That all said i am actually surprised there is no chain guide on the sanction as well.
seplavy
3/24/2016 6:54 AM
For the Force it's not adviseable to mount a lower bashguard (no ISCG + a bit of rearward rotation). The bike isn't exactly meant for that anyway as it's more heavy duty trail than EWS race bike. She might just be covering up the FD nub with the guide. I'd have to ask the mechanics.
For the Sanction I can see that perhaps she's running just the lower guide for deflection and gliding over rocks. The BB on that bike is pretty low. It doesn't add a lot of weight but can give piece of mind.
azmtbr
3/23/2016 2:21 PM
chrisingrassia
3/23/2016 3:47 PM
Shreddy McShredface
3/23/2016 8:44 PM
azmtbr
3/24/2016 3:39 PM
Ahhh, gotcha.. didn't realize all that. Makes more sense given all that...
Thank you, Sir McShredface!
RisingX
3/23/2016 2:18 PM
Shreddy McShredface
3/23/2016 8:45 PM
mtnbikeoc
3/23/2016 8:59 AM
no carbon rims? but the bike industry has made me believe I have to have carbon rims..?
... my mind has been blown...
Shreddy McShredface
3/23/2016 8:45 PM
cliff.hardle
3/23/2016 9:18 PM
Shawn_Trudell
3/23/2016 10:42 PM
Dogboy
3/23/2016 7:32 AM
sspomer
3/23/2016 9:55 AM
seplavy
3/23/2016 2:28 PM
sspomer
3/23/2016 4:05 PM
seplavy
3/23/2016 5:38 PM
The director of product...but titles don't really matter
TEAMROBOT
3/25/2016 12:13 PM
TomJones
3/23/2016 7:25 PM
seplavy
3/24/2016 6:56 AM
661lee
3/23/2016 5:56 AM
sspomer
3/23/2016 9:59 AM
661lee
3/23/2016 1:46 PM