Released under the Iron Horse 'Trail Bike' category, the Warrior 3 is a tidy, responsive, well equipped hardtail built to Iron Horse's impressive standards of strength and durability.

Just look at the tapered, double butted tubing, industrial strength welds and extra reinforcement around the headtube and you'll appreciate that this is a bike that's built to last, whatever kind of abuse you subject it to.

The Warrior 3.0 is a speedy singletrack machine intended for jaunts on the trails and moderate drops, so while it's built for strength rather than out-and-out light weight it will perform very satisfactorily in an XC race situation at all but the highest, pro-level events.

Hayes mechanical disc brakes and some decent Marzocchi 100mm travel forks help deliver a performance feel and combine with the Shimano gearing to complete the overall durable reliability of the bike.