There are things that fulfill their purpose without being particularly good at anything, but they don't reveal any weaknesses either. Products that don't differ much from others often don't get any attention. Wrongly so, as they fulfill their function and do a good "job". Here are five such candidates from the Ride test material pool.

The Skeleton, the new cross-country racing tire from Hutchinson, has barely hit the market and has already been put to the test. Read the following test report to find out whether the tire is really any good or whether Hutchinson's French team should be putting baguettes in their ovens instead of racing rubber.