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 brief journey bike with progressive geometry, this up to date Truffle will get a couple of key tweaks and trendy tech updates, together with a brand new choice for the client to select geo to swimsuit their using. Plus, Carbon Wasp now offers the Truffle a cool new wrap end (no paint) that allows you to decide your favourite colour and highlights the complete UK-carbon body development…
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 pace with the power and stiffness for a extra all-mountain type of using. They describe it as a motorbike with “120mm of plush and progressive rear journey, mixed with a robust 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 may deal with that should you ever wanted it to.“
What’s new?
The 120mm Truffle was already fairly trendy for an XC to gentle path bike once 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 essentially 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 permits you to decide from considered 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 dimension for very best dealing with, however patrons can decide whichever they like in the event that they wish to go wild.
Out again there are two extra large updates. First, a revised dropout design brings UDH compatibility for SRAM T-type derailleurs, however it appears mechanical shifting remains to be potential for many who need it.
Then, there’s now 29 x 2.6″ tire clearance within the reshaped rear triangle. As a result of positive 2.4″ of the earlier era was nice for the most recent XC tires, however while you go large and experience your gentle path bike in deep UK muck, extra tire clearance is all the time a great factor.
“The kinematics of the Truffle-120 are designed to offer 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 the sort 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 circumstances
inside cable routing with full information tubes, conventionally routed into the facet of the downtube
inside body storage, with room for no less than 6 pork pies
Zero Stack tapered headset (56/44mm) could 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, in order that they nonetheless deal with framesets just for essentially the most half. However should you want, they will put collectively a customized full bike construct as properly.
The brand new Truffle 120 frameset sells for £2950 for the carbon body within the single colour of your alternative, 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 possibly can decide up a frame-only for £2600.
One of the vital attention-grabbing new additions to this era of the Carbon Wasp Truffle, is that the bikes are not painted. As a substitute, they offer 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 colour, however Carbon Wasp contains some other single-color wrap within the base value, too. They’ll additionally do nearly some other colour or patterned design scheme you possibly can suppose up, for a further price.
Surprisingly, supply time of the handmade-in-Yorkshire carbon mountain bike body is usually nearly 2 weeks. Order yours right this moment.
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