BikeRadar‘s 2020 Bike of the Year awards
Over the past six months, our expert team of testers from BikeRadar, Cycling Plus magazine and Mountain Biking UK magazine have been putting the most innovative, exciting and popular bikes of 2020 through their paces to bring you our annual awards.
In total, 61 road, gravel and mountain bikes were tested across a range of categories – and now we're ready to reveal our winners.
Our testing took us from our local roads in the west of England to the mountain ascents of Gran Canaria, via bike park loops in Wales, off-piste singletrack in the Forest of Dean and the rocky trails of Spain's Sierra de Guadarrama mountains.
Over the coming weeks, we'll be publishing full reviews of all of our Bike of the Year contenders and announcing our sub-category winners, so make sure you bookmark this hub. Otherwise, scroll down for the winners of our top prizes, as well as the full rundown of categories and shortlisted bikes and categories.
Thanks to 100%, Q36.5, Lazer, 661, IXS, Leatt, Garmin, Facom and BlackTown Trails for their support during our Bike of the Year test.
Bike of the Year 2020 overall winners
Road Bike of the Year Cannondale SuperSix EVO Carbon Disc Ultegra review
Bike of the Year 2020 category winners
£1,000 Road Bike of the Year Specialized Allez Elite (2020) review
Superbike of the Year Specialized S-Works Venge SRAM eTAP review
Aero Road Bike of the Year Trek Madone SL6 Disc review
Gravel Bike of the Year GT Grade Carbon Pro review
Endurance Road Bike of the Year Giant Defy Advanced Pro 2 review
Bike of the Year 2020 | The full list of contenders
In total, sixty-one bikes were tested for Bike of the Year 2020. We will update this page with links to reviews as they are published. Winners of each sub-category will also be announced.
Road Bike of the Year
The following bikes were shortlisted for our main Road Bike of the Year award, with a price limit of £2,500 to £4,000.
Performance
- Cannondale SuperSix EVO Carbon Disc Ultegra (Performance Bike of the Year and overall Road Bike of the Year)
- Focus Izalco Max Disc 8.8
- Specialized Tarmac Disc Comp
- Orbea Orca M25 Team D
- Canyon Ultimate CF SL 8.0 Di2 Aero
- Vitus Vitesse Evo CRS
Endurance
- Specialized Roubaix Comp
- Canyon Endurace CF SL 8.0 Di2
- Giant Defy Advanced Pro 2 (Endurance Bike of the Year winner)
- Cannondale Synapse Carbon Dura-Ace
- Bianchi Infinito XE
- Trek Domane SL6
Aero
- Cannondale SystemSix Carbon Ultegra
- Cervélo S3 Disc
- Trek Madone SL6 (Aero Bike of the Year winner)
- Cube Litening C:68X Pro
Gravel
- GT Grade Carbon Pro (Gravel Bike of the Year winner)
- Cannondale Topstone Carbon Ultegra RX
- Canyon Grail CF SL 8.0 eTap
- Giant Revolt 0
£1,000 Road Bike of the Year
The following bikes were shortlisted for our £1,000 Road Bike of the Year award.
- Specialized Allez Elite (£1,000 Road Bike of the Year)
- Van Rysel RR 900 AF
- Carrera Virago
- Boardman SLR 8.9c
- Triban RC520 Disc
- Canyon Endurace AL 7.0
- Cannondale CAAD Optimo 105
- Giant Contend SL2
- Vitus Zenium Carbon
- Ribble R872 Carbon
Superbike of the Year
The following bikes were shortlisted for our Superbike of the Year award.
- Specialized S-Works Venge (Superbike of the Year winner)
- Wilier Cento 10 NDR
- Ribble CGR SL SRAM eTap HRD
- Focus Izalco Max Disc 9.7
- Felt AR2
- Rondo HVRT CF0
- Scott Addict RC Pro
- Cube Litening C:68X SLT
- Orbea Orca OMX M10i LTD D
- Cannondale SuperSix EVO Di2
- Pinarello F12 Dura-Ace Di2 Disc
Trail Bike of the Year contenders
The following bikes were shortlisted for our Trail Bike of the Year award, with a price limit of £3,000 to £3,500.
- Propain Hugene (Trail Bike of the Year winner)
- Cannondale Habit Carbon 3
- Norco Optic C3
- Scott Spark 930
- Trek Fuel EX 9.7
- YT Jeffsy CF 29 Pro
- GT Sensor Carbon Expert
- Bird Aether 7
- Bergamont Contrail Pro
- Radon Skeen Trail CF 10.0 SL
Enduro Bike of the Year contenders
The following bikes were shortlisted for our Enduro Bike of the Year award, with a price limit of £3,500 to £4,500.
- Whyte G-170 C RS 29er V2 (Enduro Bike of the Year winner)
- Specialized Enduro Comp
- Cube Stereo 170 SL 29
- Giant Reign 29 1
- Nukeproof Mega 29 Elite
- Canyon Strive CF 9.0
- Starling Twist
- Cotic Rocket Max Gold Eagle
- Santa Cruz Megatower C R
- NS Define 150 AL
