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Bike Perfect
Lifestyle
Guy Kesteven

I rode Merida’s all-new Big Trail 600 hardtail MTB and the fresh geometry makes it a fantastically rad riding freak

Merida Big Trail 600 2025 viewed side on outdoors.

The original 2021 Big Trail started as a collaboration between Merida and UK dealers wanting something more rad than the average trail hardtail, but it’s become a super popular mix of tech-taming capability and everyday practicality the world over. For this latest 2025 version, Merida has made the geometry even more aggressive to create a serious rad ride that’ll kick ass on proper enduro trails while still letting you mount a kickstand for work days.

Merida introduced double downtube bottle mounts and top tube accessory mount on the first gen Big Trail, and they're carried over onto the new bike too (Image credit: GuyKesTV)
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