Our friends in Germany, MTB-News.de took delivery of a Twist V3 earlier in the year and Michael Biernoth has put his thoughts on the ‘Landy Green’ mullet machine down on paper. Almost immediately his preconceptions about steel were discarded with Michael mulling, “does it always have to be carbon? The answer to this question can be answered unreservedly with no. A successful example of this is the Starling Twist V3.”

One of the many pros that the MTB-news team found with the Twist V3 was the “enormous grip and the feeling of security that could be felt.”

The final sentence of Michael’s review is likely all you need to know about his experience, saying, “if you are looking for comfort, a lot of traction combined with corner-eating agility and that certain exotic extra, you can find it in the Starling Twist V3.“

The team at MTB-News opted to run the 160mm version of the Twist, and were a little taken aback by the amount of attention it received on the trails. “Hardly a lap went by without me being asked about the exotic steel-framed bike.”

You can read the full review over on the MTB-News website here.

To check out the Starling Cycles Twist V3, head here.