Atherton Bikes is celebrating their fifth birthday at the moment, and in doing so gave us a sneak peek at a brand new bike in growth. The UK-based mountain bike model of in all probability the winningest gravity household ever, Atherton has come a great distance from that first prototype DH bike fabricated from carbon tubes bonded into 3D-printed lugs. And now it appears like they’ve an aluminum enduro bike up their sleeves.
Coming quickly…
Pleased fifth Birthday to Atherton Bikes
Atherton bikes, we want you a Pleased fifth Birthday.
The Athertons despatched round a slew of photographs celebrating the street map they’ve come from gentle launching their very own bike model in mid-winter of 2019.
Take a look at their personal wrap-up, right here.
From that gentle rollout in January… to Rachel already successful on the world DH stage that June at Fort William…
…to ultra-limited client bikes for the beginning of 12 months 2, to creating extra bikes obtainable to the general public, to now 4 bikes on supply. We’ve been following alongside intrigued because the starting.
And we are able to’t wait to see extra from Atherton Bikes.
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Prototype alloy Atherton enduro bike
The one data we now have concerning the new prototype bike undertaking comes from this be aware: “Coming quickly: The crew are working exhausting on a brand new Aluminium product for launch early this 12 months.” However we are able to unpack sufficient from that picture to have an interest.
Bikepark-ready… verify!
Fox 38 & DHX2… verify!
We will’t actually see what’s occurring with the suspension, however the boxy seatstay extends additional into the entrance triangle, so it’s not teh very same DW-link design because the present AM.170 – their newest new ti & carbon bike. However there may be nonetheless a black rocker hyperlink right here, hooked up to the seattube and driving a vertically-oriented coil shock, so it may not be all that completely different.
A Fox 38 Manufacturing facility fork means enduro, with 160-180mm of journey up entrance. A 170 or 180mm Fox 38 is normal choice for his or her present carbon & ti AM170. That matching Fox DHX2 coil rear shock helps the concept of huge rear wheel journey.
The aluminum Stan’s Circulate wheels, mechanical shift rear derailleur, and FSA Gradient 35 stem & Alloy 25 low-rise bar suits with a strong, however not ultra-expensive construct. Purple Haze version Hayes Dominion A4 disc brakes, are only a good contact, although.
Headtube, downtube, toptube, seattube, chainstay & seatstay all look to be the identical grey coloration of uncooked alloy. That ought to imply a lot decrease price of entry to purchase an Atherton enduro bike.
Thus, the Athertons say their new HQ in Machynlleth in Wales is able to “permit the corporate to construct and scale consistent with their ambitions”. So will that imply bringing alloy manufacturing in-house too?
Our consideration has been piqued. And we’ll share extra as quickly as we hear (or see) it!
