Expert guide to top-spec middleweights: With so much choice out there, you’ll have no trouble finding a cracking buy

This class has been on fire over the last few years with no shortage of bikes packing stacks of performance – and that is great news if you are after a bargain because plenty are entering the market as owners look to upgrade.

If you are after bags of easy power, a top-rate chassis and eye-catching components, the top-spec middleweight class is for you.

Immense fun and far less intimidating than a super-naked, when it comes to grins for your pound, there is no better investment. Here are our picks…