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2025 Lee Cougan

Crossfire 428 Frame Kit

A 29″ carbon frame crosscountry frameset.

Manufacturer Price

€1,399($1,628)
FrameCarbon
Wheels29″
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Sizing
SM

5'2" – 5'7"

MD

5'6" – 5'11"

LG

5'9" – 6'2"

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Rider Fit Notes
  • 5'5", size S, Just right
Reviews

Summary

The Lee Cougan Crossfire is a modern cross-country bike that blends speed with versatility, offering a lightweight and stiff frame with 120mm of rear travel. It's designed for all-day riding and racing, with predictable handling and efficient climbing. However, its suspension performance and geometry may not suit all riders, especially on gnarlier trails.

Pros
  • Blends classic cross-country speed with longer travel and a more versatile modern ride

  • Quick modern XC bike built to take on the toughest cross-country courses

  • Stiff and lightweight

  • Predictable and confidence-inspiring for a light bike

  • Climbs like proper lightweight XC bike with a nice forward position

Cons
  • Not the kind of bike that you let go of and let it find its own way down gnarly trails

  • So-so suspension performance

  • Soft front end

  • Not pushing boundaries in geometry compared to competitors

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It’s still genuinely a sharp-handling XC bike, but with plenty of travel and stable-enough handling to make it a solid XCO & XCM race weapon.
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The bike’s name suggests it’s more of an all-day machine, but on the trail, it seems like it’s all about the short-and-punchy stuff.
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The Crossfire's updates do bring it nicely up to date
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Lee Cougan Crossfire Trail review: Identity crisis - Escape Collective

May 2024 · James Huang

A legacy US-turned-Italian brand returns to its roots with a 120×120 mm trail bike tailor-made for the American audience.

Highs
  • Impressively light

  • Flickable handling

  • Great rear-end stiffness

  • Good value

  • Offbeat brand name.

Lows
  • Offbeat brand name

  • So-so suspension performance

  • Soft front end

  • Goofy shock mount

  • Curiously low grip height

  • Overly XC-oriented build kit.

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Bikerumor
Lee Cougan Crossfire Trail Brings Modern MTB Capability to Light Carbon XC Bike - Review

Mar 2024 · Cory Benson

Lee Cougan's all-new 120mm Crossfire Trail cross-county bike mixes XC lightweight & speed with longer travel & more capable modern ride.

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First Look: Lee Cougan Crossfire Trail XC Bike

Mar 2024 · Jessie-May Morgan

The Crossfire's shock is partially hidden in the downtube in order to increase frame stiffness.

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Carbon

ColorsPastel Orange; Indigo White

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