Mountain

Frames for the Front Range

Frames

– We could go on and on, but the most important thing about a frame on the Front Range is whether you like the geometry and the way the suspension (if you have any) works FOR YOU. This is done by trying out bikes, not by reading magazines or listening to your buddies. We offer demo bikes for this exact reason. Once you find your bike, you will know it. You will be beside yourself. And mountain biking will fill your being with the “crazy love.” We obviously fell in love with Maverick, Titus, Jamis and Giant for mountain bikes. Let’s see what we can do for you.

Maverick

– Uses the Monolink Suspension design. The specific idea is simple. The path the wheel takes is similar to the suspension fork. That makes sense for keeping momentum, and, as a great bonus, for keeping pedaling forces from having any negative effect on the suspension.

The design is super stiff, easy to work on and has a very distinct feel to it. It climbs phenomenally well and stay super active while you are pedaling both up and down. You need to try it out to see if it is the right system for you.


You can see how simple and brilliant of a suspension system this is.

Titus

– Titus uses the Horst Link, which was purchased by Specialized forever ago. Other companies use the Horst link, but not how Titus does it. By making every part as stiff and light as possible while being extraordinarily precise, Titus took the Horst where Specialized will never go.

Titus gets their shocks custom tuned by Fox to work perfectly with their frames. We hear about Titus frames from 15 years back that are still running strong, and that’s a great sign that they are both dearly loved and tough as hell.

Jamis

– Jamis uses a multi-link suspension system. It works well and predictably. And Jamis makes it stiff by using huge hardware to keep everything together. You’ll find climbing to be faster than you would expect from a longer travel bike, and descending is just an all out sit-on-your-couch-through-everything festival.

There isn’t anything frilly or crazy about Jamis’ design, it simply works well.

Giant

– Giant uses Maesto suspension, a type of virtual pivot point design, for their dual suspension mountain bikes. The premise is super complicated. Basically, the suspension is free to travel on several pivots so that there is no defined point in space that is the exact fulcrum. What the hell does that mean? It means no matter what you are slamming through or climbing, the power you put to the pedal reaches the rear wheel… a.k.a. you go fast through it all.

To understand how this works, imagine a bike’s rear suspension reacting to the terrain to keep your rear wheel on the ground while you’re pedaling, without either wallowing or stiffening, ever. It works! It may seem crazy, but man it works!

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