RMU (Rocky Mountain Underground) is understood primarily for making and promoting skis. However RMU is greater than only a ski model. They’ve three bar/restaurant/retail areas in Whistler, BC, Breckenridge, CO, and Truckee, CA. RMU has additionally been producing and promoting a spread of fanny packs, backpacks, tailgate pads, and different MTB equipment for a number of years. Seems, numerous skiers journey mountain bikes, and vice versa, together with the oldsters at RMU.
Evidently RMU is now taking that crossover a step additional with teasers on social media and the model’s web site of its first mountain bike, referred to as the Nighttrain. They’ve teamed up with legendary suspension designer Dave Weagle, sure, dw-link Dave Weagle, to create a 170mm journey enduro bike with a fairly distinctive suspension and drivetrain design mixture. Weagle refers to it as a prototype, nevertheless it appears to be like near production-ready, and RMU has been constructing anticipation for the previous month or so with quite a few posts saying that it’s “coming quickly.”
Only a few days in the past, Dave Weagle posted a video of the Nighttrain the place he discusses the suspension design. Within the submit, he calls it “a brand new technology Orion suspension format ‘flexing’ a mid-pivot, 6-bar flex keep format.” That’s being mixed with a dual-idler, dual-chain drivetrain, which he states is probably the most environment friendly method to get an elevated chainline for the mid-pivot design.
Take a look at Weagle’s Instagram submit at this hyperlink (for some purpose it refuses to embed on this article) to listen to what he has to say about it.
We don’t have a lot info apart from what’s offered in that social media submit, however we will simply collect that it’s a 170mm journey enduro bike that rolls on 29” wheels entrance and rear. It seems to be a full aluminum body with inner routing for the shifter cable and exterior routing for the rear brake line. One of many teaser posts mentions that it’s going to “drop in three distinct construct kits, with restricted coloration releases rolling out all through the summer season.”
The mid-pivot, dual-chain, dual-idler drivetrain setup appears to be like almost similar to that of the present Pivot Phoenix DH bike, which occurs to make use of a dw6, six-bar suspension format. The RMU Nighttrain, nonetheless, makes use of a barely completely different six-bar flex keep design, which Weagle refers to as a new-generation Orion suspension format made for aggressive driving. Regardless, it appears to be like impressively plush, and we’re undoubtedly to see the way it performs. And from the sound of Weagle’s submit, we should always know extra very quickly, as he stated the total launch is coming throughout the week.
Apparently, Weagle additionally mentions that that is the primary in what shall be a spread of mountain bikes from RMU. To date, it appears to be like like they’re off to an excellent begin, and so they’re clearly working with among the finest within the enterprise.
To enroll in early entry to the Nighttrain, head to the RMU web site. Or take a look at their Instagram for updates @rmu.mtn.co
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