Well the frame is finally complete! Sicklines.com have been granted exclusive access to finished pictures of the frame for the first few days, so make sure you keep an eye on their site; although we will mirror what they receive on here too.

Well here it is, the first Banshee Legend Mk 1 Prototype. This frame is only available to 50 pre-selected riders for the first year and will possibly still have a pre-selection beyond that for future years. It has 8.5″ of V4FP (Virtual 4-bar Floating Pivot) suspension and all the geo has been dialled to create hopefully the fastest DH bike in the world. Production weight is aimed to be at around 10.5-11lbs with all bolts, including shock! And going by the prototype weight (which still has a lot of meat to come off it), it is well on target to being a very light frame indeed, without sacrificing strength, stiffness or longevity. The bike is built to be a long lasting race bike, not a 1-Season-Wonder throw-away. It’s pivots run on iGus bushings and are around 20mm big to provide plenty of stiffness as well as serviceable grease ports for ease of cleaning.

Check out the Banshee Blog for all your technical info to be satisfied!

This entry was posted on Friday, March 14th, 2008 at 7:25 am and is filed under XXIV. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.