2024 Salsa Timberjack XT Z2 In Depth Test Review. The Salsa Timberjack has had a reputation for some time now as a great all-around hardtail trail bike. Last updated in 2021 with longer, lower and slacker geometry, the latest version of the Timberjack received a number of extremely positive reviews. Pink Bike, who tested the XT 29 variant, praised its willingness to climb and even greater capability to descend, declaring it to be a great all-around trail bike. The same year and model was reviewed by the hardtail aficionados at Hardtail Party, a leading publication specializing in testing hardtail mountain bikes. They tested the bike in both 29 and 27.5 wheel and tire setups, as it’s offered from Salsa, and as a mixed wheel mullet setup. They prized the new Timber jack for its improved playfulness and capability. Both publications biggest criticism of the bike were minor critiques of its Rock Shox RL Gold fork.
Inspired by these reviews, we decided to put our full-suspension snobbery aside and throw a leg over the latest version of the Timberjack XT Z2 for ourselves.
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