
Coffee & Van Chats – E114 – Ben Delaney: The Ride with Ben Delaney
What’s going on guys, welcome back to another episode of Coffee and Van Chats on the Out of Collective Network. This week we chatted with media and content-creating legend Ben […]
It’s hit three months on this new rig, so I’m going to run through what my first 90-ish days have been like on this machine.
At 160/155mm of travel – this is technically a “Long-Travel” 29er… but it climbs with admirable efficiency.
Available in sizes Small-XL (Small: 5’1 -5’7 XL: 6’1 -6’7)
Size Large (I’m 6ft Flat) – Seems correct.
I decided to stick with a RockShox Super Deluxe ULT with 155mm of travel while opting for a Fox 38 160mm fork up front. The drivetrain of choice for this build was SRAM’s XX1 AXS coupled with a set of SRAM Descendant cranks & an Absolute Black Oval 34T chainring. This is the bike I tested the new OneUp 240mm dropper post on, and have subsequently kept running that post. Maxxis Assegai & Dissectors in 2.4 ish for rubber on some Stan’s Flow complete wheels. Lastly, the cockpit sports an 800mm wide/20mm rise Rental carbon bar and a 40mm Raceface Aeffect stem.
Full Geo:
This bike is HOT in that red dress-up. I haven’t yet seen the black option, but let me tell you, red goes. Lightning McQueen ain’t got shit on a Rail 29. In addition, the linkage is clean & simple. That means a lot to me in a world full of Niner WFOs & Evil Followings. Great bikes, but linkage-wise, ugly and overbuilt.
Reality (does it do what it says it does): 9.5
Function: 9
Fashion: 9
Score: 9.16 /10
Tagged as: review, Mountain Bike, Revel Bikes, bike, revel, rail 29.
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