Kinesis XC 120 £299
After looking at this frame is clear that a lot of work has gone into the design, every tube seems to have been individually designed including hydoforming and curving. This all works together to produce a very stiff frame and using Kinesis own Kinesium alloy it is very light too tipping the scales at around 3.5lb. The frame is designed to work with longer travel forks and even with 130mm travel forks it can be set up to have suitable frame angles.
It is obviously designed for use on single track short sharp climbs and technical descents and in our tests worked very well and tailoring the riding angles it feels a very fast frame.
Overall this is good value for money but we would have preferred to see a more standard headset and it to also include bottle cage bots and a seat post clamp.