I have that same magazine issue.
To me, it seems that there are the typical last-minute-decision discrepancies with their big test around their track (was it a bona-fide track, or an airport runway/parking lot?).
I only skimmed the article so I may be dead wrong, but I think they're running a bunch of different bikes on different days in different weather, track, and rider conditions.
Also, I'm under the impression that these bikes are (some, anyway) used ones off a used bike dealer's showroom floor or from some buddy of theirs, and they are sporting some questionable features like worn/mismatched tires, altered sprocket sizes, dry and squeaky suspension linkages, squishy, needs-an-oil-change forks, and who-knows-what-else-is-wrong-with-thems.
Basically, it's decent wintertime reading, but I'd take any results with a grain of salt.
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