Why you’ll never be able to match a professional’s bike

By Nick Clark

Published: Thursday, 21 September 2023 at 17:00 PM


No matter how much you upgrade or tune your mountain bike, the chances are you’ll never have a bike like the professionals.

Even with the deepest pockets, you’d be hard-pressed to procure the parts many pros use, from custom-tuned kit to prototype tech unreleased to the public.

While we may never get our hands on the tech used by professionals, it doesn’t make it any less covetous.

Here are five things that separate professional bikes from their showroom counterparts.