Revel Bikes

Let us know how it rides!

 

It is XL, but I'm not sure the owner wants it to get dirty under someone else.

 

How does it fit? The color wouldn’t be a leap. : ) Cool bike!

 

Oh, trust me I've studied the numbers - before I was seduced to the 29er life. Reach and stack are perfect, but there are some numbers I would change. The chainstays are a wee bit short at 430 (under 17"), the BB is a little low at 337 (13.25") and the effective seat tube is 75° ... 2° better than my Tracer, but 1 or 2 slacker than the current State of The Art.

But we all know that the whole experience is greater than the sum of its parts. Numbers don't tell the whole story.

That said, there is a certain 29er that I like a lot too. I've been exorcising the demons and we've been in couples therapy. Trying to avoid being tempted to stray.

 

This did not slide by me, just so ya know.

Damn, sorry, Chris!!!!

 

For @DangerDirtyD…and @UPSed.



The steep top tube is more in check with the 120 fork. Saddle about an inch higher than grips, perfect for me.

Some breathable air might be nice…

 

I see you have a scale there. What does you're Ranger weigh?

 

@UPSed: Sub 29 lbs now. No gram counting here, that’s on the portly side. The bike weight will come down a little more with the new wheels, but the rotating weight was my motivation there. The Derbys on it are slammer but overbuilt for its/my intentions.

 

Looks like they have a fat bike coming out....

 

Sounds like that is where they started.......

https://bikerumor.com/revel-bikes-taiwan-facility/

 

Looks like Revel's NFA. The Revel Rodeo is a 3D printed composite CBF downhill bike made in the good old U.S. of A. It's only a concept for now but, I'm guessing they have something in the works.

https://revelbikes.com/product/rodeo/

 

I read through this thread tonight. I don’t have a Revel. I still love my Smash but ride an old hardtail more often. There’s places I won’t ride on my hardtail, but that’s not true for my Smash. I’ve been oogling over modern AM hardtails for about a year.

 

Revel has a Ti AM HT. Seems a little spendy but what a beautiful bike.

 

For that type of money, I’d buy a custom Steve Potts or Alchemy. But yea it’s a beautiful bike.

 

DH bike with two water bottle mounts. Nice!!

One can get thirsty halfway down a DH run!

 

So Ranger owners, how does it ride? Climbing, descending? Likes\dislikes?

 

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Perfect DownCountry bike. I have a coil 11.6 on mine. Its built a lil heavy, but after riding the ebike, its superlight! @UPSed has lotsa miles on his too.
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I have not ridden the Ranger but have ridden the Rascal and Rail models. They climb fine but admittedly, not the fastest at least for me and my style/form. Going down? That suspension is the absolute best, hands down, no question about it design I've ever ridden. It is especially fantastic when you're going thru stuff with constant, repeated chatter. I demo'd several bikes, including long travel bikes on the Whiting/Luge loop and the Rascal destroyed them all on the downs. I was riding with @pdqmach26 and I told him as soon as we got down that it was going to be my PR on Strava...and it was not close.