Revel Releases Tirade Titanium Hardtail
PRESS RELEASE: Revel Bikes
There is often a satisfaction in mountain biking that only a classic, well-designed hardtail can provide. The simplicity, connection to the trail, and absolute fun you get out of these bikes is what makes them so attractive.
The Tirade, a titanium hardtail trail bike, draws inspiration from Revel's full-suspension Rascal. Incorporating a 140mm fork, progressive geometry, and adaptable chainstay lengths, it embodies a dream hardtail trail bike. Shorter seat tube lengths with ample insertion depth have been designed to accommodate longer dropper posts, allowing riders to tailor it to their preferred riding style. Slam those sliders in, and the 425mm chainstays make for a manual-friendly jib machine. Slide them back a bit, and you get a stable, capable trail shredder. Whether opting for a single-speed setup or multiple gears, the choice is yours.
The heart and soul of this bike is our modern take on traditional titanium. This frame is made using cold formed 3/2.5 titanium tubing to achieve its stunning looks while optimizing stiffness and compliance. To meet the demands for increased strength, the headtube, bottom bracket shell, and dropouts are CNC machined from solid blocks of 6/4 titanium, emphasizing durability and resilience.
Details and Key Features:
• Frame Material: Titanium
• Front Travel: 140mm
• Wheel Size: 29”
• 5 sizes: Small, Medium, Large, XL, XXL
• Frame weight: 2,290g (5.05lbs) size Large
• Size-appropriate seat tube angles. Slightly steeper on XL and XXL
• Shorter seat tubes with long insertion depths to run longer dropper posts
• Internal cable routing – clean, quiet, and simple
• SRAM UDH derailleur hanger
• Sliding Dropouts with 17mm of chainstay length adjustability
PRICING
FRAME ONLY: $2,499.00
SRAM GX EAGLE: $5,199.00
SRAM GX TRANSMISSION: $5,999.00
SHIMANO XT: $5,499.00
SRAM XO TRANSMISSION: $6,999.00
SRAM XX TRANSMISSION: $9,599.00
More info: revelbikes.com
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Paradox V3 rider here and doing the same. Set up right it's comfortable and pliant for a hardtail.
Maybe not for huge days, but for quick single track and especially night riding it’s the right tool for the job. Riding hardtail/and or SS just make you a more well rounded rider especially when you are on your full boing trail bike.
Done many a laps @ Tiger (a Seattle OG trail) and always a blast.
Just turned 60 - if you need an e bike in your 30-50’s (outside of medical reasons) you’re just a bit soft in the heart/lungs/legs and willpower.
Excuse given was "spacing won't work for Transmission", which is bullsh*t, it's a boost frame and I can run a 0mm offset ring on the cranks to get to a 55mm chainline. No different than the El Jefe that came out before Transmission did, but now can get UDH dropouts for, and the frame didn't change a bit to accommodate.
Pretty funny coming from a company that touts their environmentally sound and recyclable rims and overall stance on it, but would rather me buy an entire new frame to get the parts I need to keep a customer happy. Guess times are tough for Revel / Why, gotta get those $$ from somewhere....
Would have loved to see an S7 with ET but unfortunately it doesn't work.
Looks like the end of Why Cycles, though. Why (no pun intended) else would Revel build a bike that would directly compete with it's sister brand's lineup?
Why Cycles builds Ti hardtails. Now Revel is building a Ti hardtail.
Like I said above, why would you build a bike that is in direct competition with your other bike line? Not generally the best business model.
Possibly because you're planning to fold your other bike line?
Hopefully I'm wrong.
www.whycycles.com/revel-why-faq/#:~:text=We%20made%20the%20decision%20to,more%20effectively%20as%20a%20brand.
In the Eastern rockies, I still see many people slam Fox38/Zebs running 160ish on their Rootdown and clones... I like that Revel spec'd a Lyrik.
Zeb/Fox 38 is too stiff and heavy, though supple in use of its mid-stroke, and is basically designed for gravity oriented riding on a full suspension bike.
Being that a Chromag Rootdown is designed to be very capable down, but also capable everywhere else, a proper 'Trail' (even enduro) fork provides that balance of needed stiffness, without being fatiguing, while the latest from a 36/Lyrik/Diamond/Ohlins has just as much of the advanced features you'd find in Zeb/Fox38.
A Hardtail is not ment to be a downhill bike, so it doesn't need a downhill fork.
Really, points 1 and 2 are the more important.
Same thing here. Go buy a steel frame from Knolly or Cromag etc. They look way better, (Color Options!) and ride better than Ti as well, more springy less dead Ti feeling, Especially if you get one with S bend curves in the seat stays.
Nice job Revel/Why!
Could be, I'd never considered SA as it's more easily changed by adjusting saddle rail position on the seatpost head. A quick look at my fat bike geometry ('22 Rocky Blizzard, my only hardtail) show a 74*SA with 66*HA (rigid fork). Going by your speculation maybe they just figure owners are going to slap a suspension fork on it, which isn't a bad idea. I have the seat on that bike set as far forward as possible.
Not to mention, unpopular opinion, but a lot of short travel bikes also don't need 76-78deg STAs since they don't sag as much on the rear suspension and tend to be used for more traversing vs straight up and down big mountains. Pivot always takes shit for "conservative geo" when really they've done a good job making the geometry appropriate for the intended terrain and use of each model in their catalog.
That’s all. Have a great day
But Revel rail is awesome too
I'll politely decline this offer, thank you very much.
Damn dude, go get life