MERIDA Big Trail 300 2025
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OUR PRICE £1099.00
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| Model Year | 2025 |
|---|---|
| Options | Size: Short; Colour: Black; AVAILABLE TO ORDER FROM SUPPLIER Size: Mid; Colour: Black; AVAILABLE TO ORDER FROM SUPPLIER Size: Long; Colour: Black; AVAILABLE TO ORDER FROM SUPPLIER Size: XLong; Colour: Black; AVAILABLE TO ORDER FROM SUPPLIER |
| Style | The same fun handling and trail taming performance as its bigger brothers, but in a wallet-friendly specification. This is affordable trail performance at its best. The BIG.TRAIL 300 is a fun-packed and hugely capable trail bike at an amazing price. Its progressive geometry combined with a long travel 140mm fork and grippy 2.4" wide 29er trail tyres make it the perfect companion for exciting trail sessions and challenging all-day rides over rough terrain. And the long list of exciting features and upgrades adds to its premium looks. Highlights: - Progressive trail bike geometry with long reach, slack head angle and steep seat angle - Strong double butted aluminium frame - Extremely low standover height paired with long travel dropper post - Shimano 4-piston XT brakes with 203mm rotors - SR Suntour XCR 34 air 140mm trail fork - Durable 1x9 Shimano CUES drivetrain - 29er wheels specced with 2.4" aggressive trail tyres - Multiple fixing points for bottles and other equipment including the BIG.TRAIL specific rear mudguard (available separately) The BIG.TRAIL is back and better than ever! Hailed by the international mountain bike press as one of the best trail hardtails around, BIG.TRAIL is redesigned so it goes up, down and along even faster - which obviously means more fun. With updated, progressive geometry, the new BIG.TRAIL builds on an incredibly successful heritage, with a slack head angle and extended reach helping tame the gnarliest trails and a steeper seat angle that makes climbing up to do it again a breeze. It has a slicker and tricker look and improved frame protection too, so it'll stay looking good for longer. Join the BIG.TRAIL family and enjoy hassle-free trail fun in spades. Available from Short to XLong, perfect for finding your preferred size and reach options. Details RACELITE 61 ALUMINIUM Merida use a minimum of 6061 grade aluminium on all bikes. It's particularly well suited to being shaped with our hydroforming and technoforming processes, which allow us to vary the wall thickness to create double-butted tubing and complex frame shapes. It's also an alloy that welds easily, and once it has been carefully heat treated to maximise strength, it means we can create strong and lightweight bicycle frames for you to enjoy. INTERNAL CABLE ROUTING Running the brake and gear cables inside the frame protects them from the elements, gives a clean and neat look and can offer aerodynamic advantages. X-TAPER HEADTUBE Steering precision is vital to safe and confident handling, and the X-TAPER HEADTUBE allows us to significantly boost this precision. A larger headset diameter at the bottom paired with a smaller one at the top helps to deal with the strains modern riding and equipment can put on the headtube, all without adding unnecessary weight. It allows tapered forks to be fitted with ease and delivers precise and confidence-inspiring steering.  Sizing The best approach to finding your correct size is to come to see us in the store, where we can help. For further guidance please use the frame size calculator which can be accessed via the "FIND YOUR SIZE" link on Merida's Big Trail 300 page. Merida Big Trail 600 review, Bike Perfect / MBR magazine, July 2024 (see here or here for the full reviews): "Extremely capable and enjoyable rad riding hardtail that's also fully loaded with super reliable kit and everyday utility features." Verdict If you want to go on a forum to complain, then yeah I'd rather the Big Trail had normal cable routing and space for a bigger rear tyre to reduce the game of two halves impact response. The riotously enjoyable, yet fail-forgiving ride of the radical geometry and compliant yet controlled front end outweighs those niggles by many multiples on genuinely big trails though. Both frame and parts pick are loaded with solid choices and smart details that really elevate the complete package too. The death of Nukeproof and Ragley has dramatically reduced the options for affordable but properly radical hardtails, which makes the reshaped Merida even more welcome. You get the same frame on the £2,000 600 version here, the £1,500 Big Trail 500 (with a RockShox Psylo fork), and £1,100 300 version (Suntour XCR34 fork). Whatever model you buy, the fact it's a full-feature daily driver for commuting or utility use potentially makes it even better value.  |
| Frame | Big.Trail TFS II double butted technoformed aluminium, smooth welding, tapered head tube, internal derailleur and dropper post routing, threaded BB, Boost148. Lifetime warranty. |
| Forks | SR Suntour XCR34 2CR, air spring, lockout, tapered steerer, 44mm offset, Boost110, 140mm travel |
| Rear Derailleur | Shimano CUES U4000 |
| Shifters | Shimano CUES U4000, 1x9 speed |
| Chainset | Shimano CUES U4000, 32T, Boost, 170mm crank length |
| Bottom Bracket | FSA BB-7420ST |
| Chain | KMC xGlide for CUES |
| Freewheel | Shimano CUES LG300, 11-46, 9 speed cassette |
| Headset | Acros ICR, 1 1/8" top, 1.5" bottom |
| Stem | Merida Comp TR alloy, 35.0mm, 0 degree, 40mm length |
| Handlebars | Merida Comp TR alloy, 35.0mm, 20mm rise, 780mm width |
| Front Brake | Shimano MT200 2 piston hydraulic disc, Shimano RT10 180mm CentreLock rotor |
| Rear Brake | Shimano MT200 2 piston hydraulic disc, Shimano RT10 180mm CentreLock rotor |
| Brake Levers | Shimano MT200 |
| Rims | Merida Comp CC II, Tubeless Ready, 25mm inner rim width, 32 hole |
| Front Hub | Shimano TC500-B, CentreLock, Boost110, 15mm thru-axle |
| Rear Hub | Shimano TC500-HM-B, CentreLock, Boost148, 12mm thru-axle, with integrated 4mm and 6mm allen key tool |
| Spokes | Double butted stainless |
| Tyres | Kenda Regolith, 29x2.40" |
| Saddle | Merida Comp SL with V-mount |
| Seatpost | Merida Comp TR II dropper, 34.9mm, 0mm offset, internal routing (170mm travel on Short, 2000mm on Mid and Long, 230mm on XLong) |
| Grips | Merida Comp EC |
As with any product, specification is subject to change without prior notification. You are advised to confirm current specification before buying.
