2012 Bike of the Year, Vital MTB Shreddy Award 5

That's right, we have made our choice for 2012 Bike of the Year and it's right behind that play button. Following the official launch of this bike in Whistler, we've been riding it for nearly one full year. That's a long time for a test bike. The reason? We just can't let go of this one. It's that good. So good, in fact, that we're giving it the illustrious Vital MTB Shreddy for 2012 Bike of the Year.

Don't miss the long term review of this incredible ride.

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2 sspomer https://p.vitalmtb.com/photos/users/2/avatar/c50_Screen_Shot_2015_03_09_at_2.10.12_PM_1425936051.jpg?1425935424 https://www.vitalmtb.com/community/sspomer,2/all 06/26/09 1260 167 18446 813 289 1913 2889 15 34

sspomer
12/19/2012 12:40 PM

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20210 Dirty-Birdy https://p.vitalmtb.com/photos/users/20210/avatar/c50_011.jpg?1354597147 https://www.vitalmtb.com/community/Dirty-Birdy,20210/all 12/03/12 https://www.vitalmtb.com/community/Dirty-Birdy,20210/setup 15

Dirty-Birdy

12/20/2012 10:14 AM

I might be wrong but isn't this the only bike that vital test rode this year?

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109 bturman https://p.vitalmtb.com/photos/users/109/avatar/c50_profile_1487817150.jpg?1487816891 https://www.vitalmtb.com/community/bturman,109/all 08/01/09 1103 110 6185 891 https://www.vitalmtb.com/community/bturman,109/setup 284 1498 2580 199 44

bturman

12/20/2012 10:47 AM

Nope. We've ridden nearly every major platform. Controversial I know. Everyone has their favorite, this just happened to be the best 2012 performer in our eyes. Cheers buddy. 2013 might be a different story...

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20210 Dirty-Birdy https://p.vitalmtb.com/photos/users/20210/avatar/c50_011.jpg?1354597147 https://www.vitalmtb.com/community/Dirty-Birdy,20210/all 12/03/12 https://www.vitalmtb.com/community/Dirty-Birdy,20210/setup 15

Dirty-Birdy

12/20/2012 1:50 PM

Oh I wasn't necessarily arguing haha. I guess I only saw the 9.9 video testing

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2507 astrizzle /images/default/avatar/c50.png https://www.vitalmtb.com/community/astrizzle,2507/all 04/11/10 2 https://www.vitalmtb.com/community/astrizzle,2507/setup 39 174 159 24

astrizzle

12/19/2012 5:30 PM

Now all Giant needs to do is go full carbon and change to Fox/Shimano and its the Bike of the year in a heartbeat!! lol

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1982 davetrumpore https://p.vitalmtb.com/photos/users/1982/avatar/c50_89971110_1266365822.jpg?1290155202 https://www.vitalmtb.com/community/davetrumpore,1982/all 02/16/10 5 7 710 1 1 14 2 92 7

davetrumpore

12/19/2012 4:56 PM

those are some rad trails... love that spot

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