€3500 Big Fun Mind Travel ripper from ahead of the curve Canadians
There are plenty of options for a slack and low 27.5in wheeled mid-travel trail bike, but Banshee was already well ahead of the curve with its Spitfire a few years back. The latest updates mean it’s still surfing the slack and low wave in fine style.
Blank canvas for madness
Banshee has always been on the rowdy side of the line in any category and with your hands wide apart on the 760mm Gusset bars at the top of a 150mm RockShox Yari RC fork at a 65-degree head angle, a 455mm reach giving shorter stem options than the 55mm supplied, the Spitfire is obviously ready to rip. As well as nothing to want for in terms of initial fit and geometry, the twin ‘KS Link’ suspension is a really user-friendly set-up too. With the upper linkage rotating up and forwards, and the lower linkage rotating downwards and forwards, torque through the chain works to stabilise the suspension rather than pulling it in any specific direction. That means little bob or bounce if you’re pedalling steady tempo around the sag point and it only noticeably firms up when you’re properly trying to clean and jerk the pedals round at max stalling speed torque.
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