The planted suspension and long reach and large footprint of the tyres will bring you back straight and true after a journey far into “sideways”. For me, this opened up a whole other line of attack, the speed you can reach with ease on this incredibly stable platform is impressive and once terminal velocity is reached you can really cut some shapes into the trail. However, for some this might be a bit too tame, for those used to the sharp response and need for precision bike placement usually associated with a hardtail shred, there is distinctly less to concentrate on. The META is well grounded to the trail and tracks well, even through some of the looser loam and fresh cut mud. Having the in-house brand, I guess, is what allows them to push out so much bike for the money, so no complaints here. A simple, black finish on the parts, sits nicely with the dark blue, grey, metallic finish on the frame. The Commencal in-house component brand, “Ride Alpha” makes up a lot of the remaining build kit and although it may not have the street cred of a fully branded alternative, it more than adequately does the job. Combined with the burly geometry, this bike is ready to attack and handle a lot for a hardtail while still providing control and comfort. Still sporting the Dual Position Air and DebonAir systems and tuned to match the feeling of the Charger damper. Hardtail it may be, but the META HT comes equipped with a more than capable, 160mm of suspension goodness up front, in the form of the RockShox Yari the Lyrics younger brother. SRAM Level brakes, with 200mm up front and 180mm rotors out back, although slightly chunkier and less refined than the more advanced models provide solid and accurate stopping power. ![]() SRAM NX 11 speed drive chain provides enough gears to be entirely sufficient with the precision and pleasurable shifting you’d expect from SRAM. The Essential brings a basic but most definitely functional build onto the solid frame.
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