UK-based Carbon Wasp revamped their 120mm Truffle mountain bike, reshaping the XC 29er right into a extra succesful gentle path bike from their Leeds, England workshop. Already a do-it-all quick journey bike with progressive geometry, this up to date Truffle will get a number of key tweaks and fashionable tech updates, together with a brand new choice for the client to choose geo to go well with their driving. Plus, Carbon Wasp now provides the Truffle a cool new wrap end (no paint) that allows you to choose your favourite shade and highlights the complete UK-carbon body building…
2024 Carbon Wasp Truffle UK-made carbon XC mountain bike
Carbon Wasp has overhauled their signature 120mm Truffle path bike, designed to mix XC-like gentle weight and velocity with the power and stiffness for a extra all-mountain type of driving. They describe it as a motorbike with “120mm of plush and progressive rear journey, mixed with a powerful and stiff carbon body [to] get you effectively to the highest of the paths so you may get rowdy on the best way again down… gentle and predictable for climbing, agile for singletrack and sturdy for technical descents… It’s not designed for bike park laps, however it might deal with that should you ever wanted it to.“
What’s new?
The 120mm Truffle was already fairly fashionable for an XC to gentle path bike after we caught up with it two years in the past. With its 65.5° headtube, 76° seat angle, and lengthy body Reaches. Now it will get new shaping and a brand new carbon layup
For probably the most half, geometry on Truffle isn’t all that completely different, apart from a bit decrease body Stack heights that recommend perhaps a barely shorter headtube. Or shorter forks total, though they appear to nonetheless be utilizing the identical 120mm SID because the benchmark. So go longer and get slacker, up 140mm up entrance.
There are nonetheless 4 commonplace body sizes (S-XL) however to present riders extra management over how secure or snappy the bike feels, Carbon Wasp enables you to choose from certainly one of six chainstay lengths. It isn’t adjustable, however there are 6 completely different rear triangles to select from, various from 435-460mm in chainstay size in 5mm increments. Carbon Wasp suggests three typical choices per measurement for perfect dealing with, however patrons can choose whichever they like in the event that they wish to go wild.
Out again there are two extra huge updates. First, a revised dropout design brings UDH compatibility for SRAM T-type derailleurs, however it appears mechanical shifting remains to be attainable for many who need it.
Then, there’s now 29 x 2.6″ tire clearance within the reshaped rear triangle. As a result of certain 2.4″ of the earlier era was nice for the newest XC tires, however whenever you go huge and journey your gentle path bike in deep UK muck, extra tire clearance is at all times an excellent factor.
“The kinematics of the Truffle-120 are designed to supply 120mm of plush and progressive rear journey. Shock development is 38% throughout the complete journey (27% from sag to full compression). Anti-squat is pretty commonplace for this kind of bike (115% at sag in 32-39), making it a secure climber. Once more, Carbon Wasp aren’t reinventing the wheel, however doing what works to make a stable bike that achieves the efficiency traits they need.”
Tech particulars
- 120mm single-pivot, flex-stay suspension with full carbon linkage drive shock
- full carbon mainframe, rear triangle & hyperlink made in Leeds utilizing pre-preg carbon sourced within the UK
- totally sealed cartridge bearings for Yorkshire-proof sturdiness within the foulest climate situations
- inner cable routing with full information tubes, conventionally routed into the facet of the downtube
- inner body storage, with room for at the very least 6 pork pies
- Zero Stack tapered headset (56/44mm) may be personalized to ZS 56/56 to suit an angle-adjust headset
- BSA threaded backside bracket
- ISCG tabs
- max 38T chainring (max 36T with the ultra-short 435m rear finish)
- Increase 148 spacing
- 30.9mm dropper seatpost, with minimal 250mm insertion
Carbon Wasp Truffle – Pricing, choices & availability
Carbon Wasp is small firm primarily based within the UK, and finishes off every bike for the client, so that they nonetheless give attention to framesets just for probably the most half. However should you want, they’ll put collectively a customized full bike construct as effectively.
The brand new Truffle 120 frameset sells for £2950 for the carbon body within the single shade of your selection, a Cane Creek IL DB Air shock, and together with and a “5-year restore or substitute guarantee”. If you have already got a shock – or wish to supply one thing completely different – you may choose up a frame-only for £2600.
Some of the fascinating new additions to this era of the Carbon Wasp Truffle, is that the bikes are now not painted. As an alternative, they provide the brand new Truffle a single-color wrap that covers and protects put on areas and divulges the body’s straight-out-of-the-mold carbon fiber weave in between. Wasp yellow is the usual shade, however Carbon Wasp contains some other single-color wrap within the base value, too. They will additionally do nearly some other shade or patterned design scheme you may suppose up, for a further payment.
Surprisingly, supply time of the handmade-in-Yorkshire carbon mountain bike body is usually nearly 2 weeks. Order yours at the moment.
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