Everyone does Bike of The Year stories. The problem with them is many publications—not us, obviously—will award a Bike of The Year title to a motorcycle even if they haven’t ridden it. Crazy, we know.

Its bikes are developed with sponsorship of the Lidl-Trek WorldTour Men’s and Women’s teams, the development U23 UCI team, the Baloise-Trek Lions and various privateers. These teams have won ...