ROSE Scrub SC

Where it stands

Priced below the market rate for its equipment, but another bike in its price range is priced further below it in the sizes where both are in stock. That is the only reason it is not the pick.

Our pick · €3,000 – €3,500

• Cube Stereo ONE44 C:68X SLX 2024 at Fahrrad XXL€3,199.99GX Eagle AXS instead of GX Eagle, decent aluminium rather than unidentified wheels, carbon rather than aluminium frame, 12.6 kg vs 18.2 kg.

What you get

Frame

Aluminium

Drivetrain

SRAM GX Eagle, 7-speed

Wheels

model not recognised: ROSE RDH302,

Brakes

Hydraulic disc, 4-piston, the maker's base series

Weight

18.2 kg as published

Power meter

No

Suspension

full suspension

Fork

RockShox ZEB, the maker's mid series, 190 mm travel

Rear shock

RockShox Vivid, the maker's mid series

Tyres

Schwalbe Big Betty Performance, Bike Park, TLE, Addix, schwarz 27,5x2,4 | Schwalbe Big Betty, Perf. Bikepark, schwarz 29''x2,4

The compromises

• 7-speed drivetrain, fewer gears than the 11- and 12-speed groupsets on most mountain bikes.
• Mechanical shifting, at a price where electronic groupsets are common.
• Wheels not identified from the listing, so we scored them level with basic aluminium rather than guess.
• Aluminium frame, at a price where carbon is common.
• 18.2 kg, on the heavy side for a mountain bike; the ranking's reference weight is 14.7 kg.

Your size

What ROSE Bikes lists, and what it has today

This brand publishes no centimetre equivalence we can verify, so the bike appears only when you pick a letter size.

Where to buy

ROSE Bikes is the only one of the 22 shops we check that sells this bike.

Price so far

How sure we are