"One of the most stunning and best-performing bikes I ever threw my leg over"
"All in all, the Spur is one of the best descenders I ever used and could have possibly been the best with some more tweaking and tuning"
"The steel frame was super smooth and beautifully damped, and the grip, oh my god, THE GRIP! The back of this bike did it all on the descents"
AstonMTB recently reviewed the Starling Cycles Spur gearbox bike and - as you can see from the quotes above - loved how it rode. But, the test didn't go entirely to plan.
In our latest episode of Workshop Chatter we're giving a response to the AstonMTB review, an update on where we're at with the bike and an insight into our philosophy for dealing with issues like this.
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