Big Seven 80Merida's expertise for over 50 years has been building bombproof aluminium hardtails. The latest generation follows modern mountain bike trends a longer reach combined with a shorter stem. The geometry features a steeper seat angle and slacker head angle for greater offroad capability but without compromising everyday usability. The sophisticated TFS frames feature: full internal cable routing for a clean, neat set up, tapered headtube offering future

More of everything except unnecessary weight

The Silex concept was a ground up design that rather than taking a road or cyclocross bike and re-jigging the recipe

Rough roads

and you have the perfect mix of low weight

A composite fork gives it a smooth ride

a FSA NS SIC one-piece carbon cockpit and Reynolds carbon wheels

the eFloat City 400 has you covered

Add in the powerful Shimano disc brakes and a hard-wearing drivetrain and you've got a riding partner for life

The geometry of the eBig Nine follows a simple principle

Equipped with the latest Shimano XTR Di2 groupset the Merida Big Nine 10K is an utterly modern take on a cross-country race hardtail

The latest generation follows modern mountain bike trends - a longer reach combined with a shorter stem

Bike category: Gravel Bike