First Look: Allied's US-Made BC40 is Light and Speedy

Jul 14, 2022
by Mike Levy  
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It seems like there's a new mountain bike released every other day of the week, but it's not often that we see a company debut their first mountain bike. This is Allied Cycle Works' BC40, a 120mm-travel 29er that, according to them, ''blends XC Race with Downcountry abilities.''

Just like Allied's gravel and road frames, it's manufactured in-house from start to finish at their factory in Northwest Arkansas, from laying down sheets of carbon to machining the aluminum linkage. As you might have guessed, these are not inexpensive bikes; a BC40 frame and shock will cost you $5,630 USD, and the five build options start at $7,625 with Shimano XT and top out with the AXS and Industry Nine-equipped model at $12,115 USD.

BC40 Details
• Intended use: XC, DC
• Travel: 120mm front / rear
• Wheel size: 29"
• Frame material: carbon fiber
• Made in Arkansas
• Sizes: TBA
• Weight: TBA
• MSRP: $7,625 - $12,115 USD
• www.alliedcycleworks.com
The bike sounds unapologetically focused on racing and efficiency, with Allied saying that the 1,950-gram frame incorporates a "second-to-none pedaling platform" and calling out races like Leadville 100 and the Marathon Nationals where Lea Davison and Payson McElveen will be aboard the BC40.


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Machining the linkage and destructive frame testing are also done in-house.
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''I’m incredibly proud of this team. We have been able to double our in-house manufacturing capacity over these last two years while simultaneously developing the BC40,'' Allied CEO Drew Medlock said in the press release. ''Given the hurdles we have faced every single day with our entire supply chain faltering and fighting to keep our operations running smoothly through the pandemic, it’s a huge accomplishment. We can’t wait to see this bike pushed to the limit by our athletes Lea Davison and Payson McEveen at the upcoming Leadville 100, Marathon Nationals, and more.''

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Allied offers both AXS and XTR-sped'd versions of the BC40.
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We've seen many brands move to flex-pivot layouts for their lightweight, short-travel full-suspension bikes, and that's exactly the route Allied has taken with the BC40. Sealed bearings and pivot hardware weigh more than bendy pieces of carbon fiber, of course, and some companies had claimed to save up to 200-grams by using a flex-pivot, so it's no surprise to see it on another speedy bike.

There's also a small aluminum rocker that adds lateral rigidity and gives Allied the kinematics they were looking for, and they offer build kits that come with and without remote lockouts. That lockout cable is routed internally, as is everything else, and there's plenty of room for two bottles inside the front triangle, often a major consideration for a bike designed for marathon racing.



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214 Comments
  • 185 24
 Lot of money for a bike manufactured in a third world country with a broken educational system.
  • 41 63
flag hellanorcal (Jul 14, 2022 at 8:32) (Below Threshold)
 You're thinking of the Exie, made in California.
  • 9 1
 Bravo Frown
  • 20 14
 The broken education system the wealthy Asian elite send their children?
  • 23 3
 Sir we're here to talk about bicycles
  • 87 3
 5590 price frame only. OKAY
  • 47 2
 And 300 bucks extra for color of choice. Oh and premium colors add 800 dollars. Making it allmost a 6400 dollar frameset. Thats a bit steep
  • 102 9
 Well, for that price I am sure that all employees get a more than generous salary, full health insurance, 1 year maternity leave, and 35 days/a holiday.
  • 27 4
 but it wont need the motor replacing in 6 months
  • 35 9
 @mitochris: except for the generous salary…it all sound like Canada
  • 4 0
 @RecklessJack: Like 90º steep.
  • 5 0
 @dobmaster: We should merge
  • 13 0
 Beats working for Walmart. ……oh wait?
@mitochris:
  • 5 1
 For a race bike. Actually any bike ,I would want no paint for that price. @RecklessJack:
  • 1 0
 @nozes: looping steep is what i had in mind. lol
  • 4 0
 8 frames fm936 + 1 fox 34 ! xD
  • 3 0
 @Toxas: exactly)))
  • 2 1
 @mitochris: Only in Europe =)
  • 92 4
 You don't understand, it does both xc race AND down country. Normally I would pay 7, 8 even $9000 for that kind of versatility, not to mention all the research that must've gone into creating such a machine.

This is a bargain for something that opens up so many blue rated trails for me to ride while my wife hangs out with her boyfriend
  • 1 2
 @znarf: wooooosh
  • 9 0
 This is peak roadie shit.
  • 9 0
 I was screwing around their site, i think that price includes a fork, which is either a fox factory or sid ultimate. Still pricey, yea.
  • 20 0
 I think it’s just great to have a frame made in the USA as an option. Do we ever get an insight into the lives and wages of the Chinese factory workers pumping out all our boutique high end bikes today? No and probably for good reason.
  • 48 3
 Everyone "Make things in the US!"

Also everyone "It's too expensive!!! Why isn't this 50% less!!!"

BTW just got a quote for custom single color paint job on one of my bikes from a well known painter, it was $1K.
  • 6 1
 @salespunk: I have my bikes painted by my local body shop for $300, shop around
  • 22 1
 @salespunk: Its funny how that trend has played out over the years, like with the ibis exie. People want an american made, carbon fiber frame made by a high quality team of engineers for $200.
  • 23 0
 @salespunk: also everyone when the jobs posting come up:

"How come these industry jobs pay so little?!?!"
  • 8 0
 The buildkits themselves are about the same as Santa Cruz buildkits. Which, hey, I think Santa Cruz is overpriced but at least this brand is producing in the US.
  • 28 0
 @salespunk: So true. Who cares what it costs? No one's forcing you to buy it. Just be happy that there's another made in the US carbon fiber mountain bike.
  • 6 1
 @HVrider: I doubt many Chinese factory workers are pumping out the high end bikes. Taiwanese works on the other hand.
  • 2 2
 China can’t buy high end carbon fibre that they can’t produce themselves. So they dont make drones and weapons out of it.

@93EXCivic:
  • 4 1
 @RecklessJack: According to their website, its $4000 for a base frame but they include a CC headset for $90 and a fox 34 SC or SID ultimate for $1500!! Might be worth a call for anyone seriously considering a frame only.
  • 3 0
 @93EXCivic: 10 years ago this was true but production costs in Taiwan are much higher now so production was moved to mainland China.
  • 1 0
 Correct @chaoscacca:
  • 2 1
 @rustiegrizwold: you can not buy a $4k frame, you have to get a $5.5 bundle and that does not include paint. So basically $6k with paint, bundle tax. Pretty pricey.
  • 1 0
 @bc-bike: What do you mean it doesn't include paint? Yes it does, it just doesn't include custom paint.
  • 2 2
 @HB208: any paint is +300. Custom is +600 and +800 from my memory and just verified. perhaps you need to check for yourself. alliedcycleworks.com/collections/bc40/products/bc40-frameset-custom
  • 1 0
 @bc-bike: It comes with matte black lol
  • 70 1
 Made in the USA! Here you go fellow countrymen who complain about offshore manufacturing. Put your money where your mouth is.
  • 54 5
 And buy a GG.
  • 25 0
 Or the Ibis exie
  • 15 0
 @ratedgg13: Ibis Exie is priced almost identically to this. The top-shelf BC40 is $600 cheaper than the equivalent Exie.
  • 3 0
 @stevemokan: Done and done.
  • 5 5
 Well what we often complain about is the folks with 0 business experience whom create policy that drives biz offshore and/or install so many burdens to produce goods onshore=expensive.
  • 2 0
 this applies to every bike ever talked about in the comments, has anyone ever paid for one of these unicorns they have dreamt up?
  • 2 0
 @Compositepro: Yes
  • 1 0
 @BetweenTheCircles: oooh what was it
  • 6 5
 @jrocksdh: policy doesn't drive biz offshore. Greed drives biz offshore.
  • 2 0
 @VtVolk: Try to set up a shop to make hard anodized fork legs in the USA.
  • 2 1
 @stevemokan: Are you promoting the Pedalhead as an elite XC option? Serious question.
  • 12 6
 Bought a bike hand made in the US. It broke. Bought a second bike hand made in the US. It broke. Bought a bike hand made in the UK. It broke. Bought a bike mass produced in Taiwan. It did not break.
  • 1 0
 I have, my REEB is excellent and was well priced. Nothing wrong with putting your money in systems and communities you believe in.
  • 4 0
 @ilovedust: Broken 3 bikes in my life. All Taiwan except one.... Summary, ALL bikes can and will eventually break if ridden long enough/hard enough
  • 1 0
 @Bro-LanDog: waiting on that Reeb SST to become available. Wanted a Reeb for a while but SST is only one that makes sense for me.
  • 32 6
 Submit angry price comments here
  • 22 1
 Give it time the americans are just getting out of bed
  • 6 0
 Fight inflation. Don’t buy it.
  • 10 3
 @Compositepro: I started angrily barking at my computer when I saw the price. My coworkers appear concerned for my mental well-being.

Honestly though not mad, couldn't really care what happens in the boutique bike world. I don't expect decent prices out of this segment of the industry. That said if you buy a boutique bike why this brand? It's owned by the Walton's, literally the Walmart family.
  • 2 1
 @ryanandrewrogers: i cant afford this kind of stuff and haven't even ridden a bike for years , i just come here for the comments., its interesting that at 2pm GMT the comments get busier
  • 9 2
 @ryanandrewrogers: and one of the Waltons is a huge fan/advocate of cycling. Take a look at the trails/cycling culture in Bentonville because he has championed the trail building there.
  • 3 0
 @salespunk: im assuming this isnt the American historical drama television series about a family in rural Virginia during the Great Depression and World War II because john boy could barely afford a fricking pencil
  • 2 0
 World’s richest family
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walton_family

@Compositepro:
  • 3 0
 @Compositepro: I think it is the same family!! :-)
  • 1 0
 @Compositepro: Whats a GMT. Is that like a stone?
  • 7 0
 @salespunk: Take a look at what the Waltons have done for the environment with no P.R. team writing up a story. Colorado River for example.
www.nrdc.org/onearth/colorado-river-delta-proof-natures-resiliency

^ Note that one of the Waltons physically participated in this, with no mention in the article.

also, caution about googling "Walton" and "Colorado River". The Outdoors Mafia in Colorado and the Regular Mafia in Las Vegas, have (suddenly and coordinated) decided that that WalMart heirs are bad, because they want to increase the flow through to Mexico to provide water for 400,000 people.
  • 1 0
 @hellanorcal: GMT= Greenwich Mean Time. A time zone isn’t a unit of measure and if you work in an international business setting, GMT is frequently used as a global standard since it is the same time as the universal standard.
  • 1 0
 @hellanorcal: Greenwhich mean time its another one of those ye old timing things where someone drew a line in greenwhich www.rmg.co.uk/stories/topics/what-prime-meridian-why-it-greenwich
  • 1 0
 @ryanandrewrogers: Does this mean they abandoned the bike company Viathon?? I have not seen a thing from them in over a year?
  • 1 0
 No. Viathon is still going on. I spoke with a team member that picks the specs for the builds a couple months ago. I believe their focus is a 150mm range bike. @sschultz:
  • 2 0
 @salespunk: Oh yeah don't get me wrong I think it's lovely what that one Walton has done for NW Ark, it's a damn fun place to ride. Nonetheless, buying this very expensive, boutique bike from them seems like an odd choice amongst dozens of small "mom n pop" boutique brands that aren't owned by billionaires 2 cents
  • 4 0
 @ryanandrewrogers: Its not necessarily the worst thing to have some super rich people bankrolling your company for a while. Like yeah, it maybe makes the brand less "core", but its like rich benefactors for artists to some extent. It basically allows them to create what they want and have the money for the tools they need without worrying about short term profits (as much).
  • 1 0
 @HB208: You're not wrong... I suppose by the time you're spending 12 grand on a bicycle you've got to view it as an almost artistic craft... Which is why you should buy a MoorHuhn 129ti instead.
  • 2 0
 @ryanandrewrogers: Those are cool bikes. I guess I am not mad that the Waltons are helping the MTB scene as much as they are. At the end of the day, they are using their money (potentially dirty money) for good instead of hording all of it.
  • 26 9
 Boutique brands with boutique prices; if they can sell frames and or complete bikes good on them.

I’ll stick to reasonably priced bikes that are proven / developed through factory riders.
  • 61 13
 Colin Strickland was heavily involved in the development, so you know it’s a weapon.
  • 3 3
 @BikesBoatsNJeeps: wawawa
  • 8 8
 @BikesBoatsNJeeps: Heard he also overlooked the build kits, just to make sure they are fully murdered out.
  • 8 1
 And not just the prices but what do they actually add to the market. Did the bike world need more single pivot xc bikes?
  • 3 4
 @BikesBoatsNJeeps: absolutely killing it with these bikes
  • 1 0
 @foggnm: "Does the world need another enduro sled, does the world need another mid travel bike, etc."

I mean, probably not, but if it sells it sells.
  • 6 0
 @foggnm: Yes. This bike is probably the right bike for a lot of people, but the industry has told them that they want huge long travel enduro bikes for all their riding in Indiana.
  • 1 0
 @BikesBoatsNJeeps: HAHA!
  • 1 0
 @BikesBoatsNJeeps: 10 downvotes as of this writing. Must be a lot of gravel bros logged in this morning.
  • 1 0
 @BikesBoatsNJeeps: Didn't realize he was an Ally.
  • 1 0
 @hellanorcal: Eh, not sure about “bros”. Highly scientific studies have shown a strong correlation to hipster culture and gravel bikes.
  • 17 1
 Me and a couple friends had Allied's road bikes... all of us had frame issues. They had poor service, overpromised on delivery times for the bikes, and with all the warranty issues on top of that? No thanks. If you are going to charge massive prices you should at least have the rest of your business at the top of it's game to support the brand. Maybe they are better now that the Walton's own the brand.
  • 7 0
 Because Viathon did so well, right?
  • 4 0
 @stevemokan: I saw a Viathon out in the wild once. Owner seemed to like it. I just don't understand why you would buy one. They weren't any cheaper than most of the other brands. So why buy that when you could get a long established brand with good reputation? If they were 20% cheaper then maybe I could understand the attraction to them. But they aren't any cheaper.
  • 3 0
 So i thought it was mildly dodgy when I couldn't even find geometry numbers on their site. Pretty bold to be encroaching on Antidote/Unno pricing tier like this.
  • 3 0
 @chaoscacca: 66.5* hta and 76* sta numbers are found lurking in the caption for one of the photos, but yeah, not much else.
  • 2 0
 Bummed to hear this, have looked at their frames a few times. They look beautiful, but customer service and more importantly quality are what really matter.
  • 4 0
 @chaoscacca: Geometry numbers are here www.velonews.com/gear/mountain-gear/allied-releases-its-first-ever-mountain-bike-the-bc40 and included in literally every other press release on the bike.
  • 2 0
 @BetweenTheCircles: they didn't include them in the PB email.. They knew the comment section would be full of "It needs a slacker HTA and a steeper STA.."
  • 3 0
 @BetweenTheCircles: The geo numbers should be on the website, not like this website: lovedfrom.com
  • 1 0
 @BetweenTheCircles: Yea like, why everywhere else but their own site? I'm befuddled. And they described their suspension as 4-bar. Are flex-stays with a linkage considered 4-bar now?
  • 1 0
 @chaoscacca: i have seen the flex stays described as “faux bar” before
  • 1 0
 @chaoscacca: depends on where they engineer the flex I guess?
  • 3 0
 Everyone I know who rides an Allied hard has cracked theirs, including me. They make beautiful bikes and if you are looking for something to cruise on nothing looks better imo. I use to own the Alfa and the Able however I will never own one again.
  • 1 0
 Mine wasn't a cracked frame, but the derailleur plate sank into the frame. Apparently a lot of putty was used under the plate to cover up poor manufacturing tolerances. Shifting got terrible. They replaced the frame and I immediately sold the bike. Two friends cracked their seat tubes. One was on his third frame. When they moved from Little Rock to Rogers and were no longer a local company everybody I know in Little Rock sold theirs. Used to see lots of them on the roads around here. I haven't seen one in Little Rock now in over a year. Mine was an Allroad, both of my friends had Alfa's. I had hoped that the Able was better, and that quality got better after they moved to Rogers, but doesn't sound like it! So glad I sold mine when I did.
  • 12 0
 Honestly a top contender for my next bike; I’m between the Scott Spark, Factor Lando and this one.

120fr, Made in US, two bottles, good geo, no flip-switch shit, beautiful colors, lightweight, no propietary stuff that I can tell. Ticks all the boxes.

Looks like an awesome bike for 6+ hour days and events.

Sure, it’s expensive AF; but I’ve been saving up for two years for a dream build so YOLO
  • 15 0
 that little bend on the top tube near the head tube... not a fan of that
  • 4 0
 but its just a little kinky
  • 6 0
 hey, no kink shaming here pal.
  • 11 0
 Everyone wants made in USA with made in China pricing OK, not everyone, but a lot.
  • 6 0
 Comes with the shock and fork mandatory. I questioned this, especially the fork and the prices. They suggested I could flip the parts. lol. yes I want a $5600 frameset (including ho-hum paint) with fork and shock that I immediately have to flip parts at a loss. Hard pass.
  • 6 1
 I don't get why you would spend that much on a unknown brand. There are cheaper bikes from well known brands, where I am sure that they have their engineering and testing dialed in. Do people really pay more just to have something different, which is propably not even better?
  • 2 1
 These are pretty popular with rich old folks who ride road. A shop I worked at was building one up at least once a month for a custom order.
  • 2 0
 Not really unknown; pretty popular bikes in the gravel world.
  • 5 0
 Of course it will be more
Expensive as it’s made in the us. The cost of all the equipment alone is astronomical and the testing and r@d plus staff etc costs a lot of money. People complain that jobs are
Being shipped overseas and then complain about the higher price of a a product being made in the U.S.
  • 9 1
 So Allied decided to make an Epic Evo, cool.
  • 10 0
 and managed to be more expensive than Spesh. now thats an achievement.
  • 3 0
 Isn't Allied just a fancy name for Walmart?
  • 2 0
 A heavier and more expensive Epic Evo.
  • 2 0
 Not really. Owner is grandson of Walmart founder and is on the board of Walmart. Made money from Walmart and personally has invested in lots of cycling businesses and community projects. @fiekaodclked:
  • 6 0
 @gcrider: Bingo. I recently (two years ago) moved from Colorado to here in Bentonville. I was one of the biggest Walmart haters around, till I first hand witnessed what the grandsons and daughter Alice have done for all thing MTB, greater Northwest Arkansas, the arts and other cause most of us here would agree with. Love the scene here and in many ways MUCH more bike friendly than my previous home in Denver. Folks love to complain don't they? Wink
  • 2 0
 @bman33: I’ve heard that the community has turned the corner and decided on a mtb mecca type experiment to gain bike tourism dollars. Make up for losses in other parts of the regional economy.
  • 3 1
 @10DollarHelmet10DollarHead: Not quite. The funders are doing it for quality of life, improved health, and they believe that cycling can make the community a little bit better. It's the CVB who is focussed on heads in beds and seats filled at restaurants. As is every CVB in the country.
  • 7 0
 must order it with a $1500 fox34 SC fork included in the price. lol. That's an $850 fork if you know how to buy.
  • 6 0
 As an Ibis Exie owner, I'm glad there's another selection from the US. If this bike rides anything like the Exie, then the money is worth it.
  • 7 2
 I really wish some of you keyboard bleeding-hearts (who would obviously just be soooo magnanimous, yourself) would go start some businesses and show everyone how to do it all the right way.
  • 1 0
 What’s a kpi
  • 1 0
 @Chondog94: key performance indicator
  • 2 0
 @MDW83: keep pinkbike interesting
  • 4 0
 You guys are complaining about the $4000 USD for an American frame (without shock), pricey yeah, but remember it’s $3800 for a Chinese s-works. So remember who set the bar, and people have been paying that price
  • 2 0
 Without Fork* it has the rear shock of course
  • 5 0
 I'm not in the market for a race bike, but I like to see the US-based production. However it's somewhat ironic that the company is so closely related to Wal-Mart.
  • 4 0
 It's reeeeal easy to hate on Wal-Mart, but the company's back story is compelling. If you've been to Bentonville, it's easy to see what company of that size can do to benefit a community.
  • 6 1
 They have an appalling record regarding their treatment of workers, pay and conditions. @TwoNGlenn:
  • 2 0
 @TwoNGlenn: I don't hate Wal-Mart at all, in fact I shop there pretty regularly. But they are not known for being dedicated to US manufacturing. I'm headed to Bentonville at the end of the month but even just planning the trip, it's clear there is a huge benefit.
  • 2 0
 en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Criticism_of_Walmart
  • 3 0
 @gcrider: not denying they’re cutthroat capitalists. Just figured I’d point to a spot of sunshine.
  • 3 0
 @gcrider: You should actually speak to someone who works there, not a New York Times article from a bitter author who despises the type of person who would be happy working at a WalMart.
My being in the US, it is easy to have a friend who works for WalMart. My friends say that WalMart is a great employer. Lots of freedom for school hours, family, medical, etc. It's not a place that I would like to work, but any of my friends could quit and get another job within a day if they wanted to.
  • 1 2
 Thanks for your reply.
You seem to make many assumptions and judgments in in such a small amount of time.
thats a real skill your should be proud off. @hellanorcal:
  • 1 1
 Great. Im all for positivity. I think its also important to call out bad behaviour otherwise silence is an encouragement . And Walmart has had a lot of it in the past. Hopefully improving. Have a great trip
OneNGlen
@TwoNGlenn:
  • 6 0
 Looks like a sesh... RM Element?

Which is actually quite a good thing
  • 6 0
 Kind of looks like a Fezzari.
  • 9 0
 @stevemokan: Thank god it doesn't have "Fezzari" written on it. I don't care how the bikes ride- they're Utah-based and Taiwanese-manufactured. Proudly displaying random fake Italian on your frame is just so weird.
  • 1 0
 @ryanandrewrogers: Fezzari is actually a Taiwanese name. They aren't hiding anything.


(it means "Ferrari")
  • 2 0
 If you click through, Frame only is $4000. But they will sell you shock and fork at MSRP for $1500 addition, hence the $5600 list. Still hell of a premium. But plenty of NWA folks will buy it for the local built pride. I see a crazy amount of Allied gravel bikes in the midwest.
  • 7 2
 the fork/shock bundle is mandatory and is +1500 so that's a bit of a misnomer. Also the shock and fork are configured oe way (remote lockout) within each choice so no selection. Allied suggested I could flip parts (at a loss). No way to get the frameset for $4000. Hard pass.
  • 4 0
 @bc-bike: wow, that is not cool. That's some car dealership crap there.
  • 1 0
 @bc-bike: IDK…$4000 made on the USA… that’s about a 20% premium over a high volume China/Taiwan/Vietnam frame (Epic Evo frame and shock is $3900). Let’s assume if they could increase sales volume, they could lower their own costs and get a break from Fox and/or Rockshox. Could be even closer.
  • 1 0
 @Baller7756: i'd do a good frame for $4k. with paint. but the mandatory fork and shock for $1500 - pass. I want to select my own equipment.
  • 1 0
 @bc-bike: It appears that you can choose Fox or Rockshox suspension. That covers 90% of the market... particularly light weight forks. $1500 is what it would cost to buy a top of the line fork, shock and hardware retail.
  • 8 3
 Niner Bikes, take note of the seat tube angle.....
  • 4 0
 I would be most skeptical about in house destruction testing than anything else. Looks nice though
  • 4 0
 If you can manage to publish a price but not a geometry table then it makes me think the bike is likely not for me.
  • 1 0
 exactly. also no shock spec provided unless I missed it.
  • 1 0
 Geometry table was included in literally every other press release on this bike except Pinkbike's

www.velonews.com/gear/mountain-gear/allied-releases-its-first-ever-mountain-bike-the-bc40
  • 1 0
 @BetweenTheCircles: Got it! I saw nothing listed here and nothing on the website, and figured that it wasn't published for some reason.
  • 1 0
 @BetweenTheCircles: Need to be Outside Plus to see geo numbers.
  • 4 0
 Blends XC race with downcountry, that’ll be cross country then
  • 1 0
 Cross country marathon, if we want to squabble over semantics Wink
  • 1 0
 cross down? downcross? XD?
  • 1 0
 Looks a lot like the Kona hei hei cr dl. I just built one up after being over biked for the past few years. Prediction, any more brands will be releasing 120mm bikes with dual water bottles.
  • 2 0
 Btw bc40 actually stands for " the back forty" a local trail system in north west arkansas. Although it's just a blue trail and dosn't really nead all the travle.
  • 2 1
 1. It looks like a Megamo
2. It's 190 grams heavier then an Oiz (OMX Frames from Orbea are made in Spain) for $1291 more.
3. the frame costs $5590... lol
4. Holy shit its over priced.
  • 2 0
 How can you release a bike without a public geo table?? I guess triangle x2= bicycle is enough?
  • 2 0
 Geometry table was included in literally every other press release on this bike except Pinkbike's

www.velonews.com/gear/mountain-gear/allied-releases-its-first-ever-mountain-bike-the-bc40
  • 1 0
 @BetweenTheCircles: You can actually find it in their FAQs, under 'frame spec and parts compatibility' and there it is. Weird place for it, but I guess it is a frequently asked Q
  • 4 1
 Official bike of the "Mountain Bike Capital of the World"
  • 3 0
 Meanwhile thier builds are still a better value than Santa cruz, lol.
  • 2 0
 GUERRILLA GRAVITY frames are around $3,200 vs $5,590 for the allied Frame. Both made in the states.
  • 2 0
 2022 Guerilla Gravity Trail Pistol 6.5 lb / 2,950 g (Frame only). That is a bit heavy for this "class" of bike IMO. thanks for the link though, I haven't seen that frame before.
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 @bc-bike:I should have been more clear. It was meant to highlight the "Made in America" value proposition. Making a heavy bike is mush easier, less warranty costs etc. but I would be surpassed if manufacture costs is what is double the MSRP.
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 Interesting to make your first mtn bike focused on marathon racing. That's definitely a niche market.
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 They are a roadie brand so I guess it makes sense.
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 Niche but growing, and growing fast. They are certainly targeting the endurance MTB and gravel crowd with their bikes and pro sponsors. This is similar to my Revel Ranger, which is by far the most comfortable all day rocket I've ever put a leg over.
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 Similar in terms of intent, not look/linkage.
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 whachatakinbout?? Xco races have 100 people at the startline, while xcm can have a few thousand.
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 @MDW83: I am hearing that everywhere about the Revel Ranger.
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 @hellanorcal: Totally worth checking out if you can find a shop that demos. Hands down the best full sus bike I've rode.
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 Hope theyre more durable than their dropbar frames. "flex stays" on their first mtb doesnt sound like a winner to me
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 Looks nice though. Like the lines.
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 Kudos on the US made but I'd rather have an Element for the money...
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 Watched the release video hoping to see into their factory. Yeah, they are spendy... Guessing plenty of southern dentists are drooling over them this morning.
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 Hey we ain't southern. Lol we're all still upset about the civil war.
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 Wow applied already had bad names, echo is poor. But bc. Why this is not a British Columbia company this is a nwa company .
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 Niner-this is what an expensive, boutique bike should look/function like. Take notes
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 ''blends XC Race with Downcountry abilities.'' Finally something to fill in that pesky gap between those two bikes!
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 So this is going well....
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 The price on these is pretty nuts.
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 Lemme guess. Press fit BB?
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 good point. their website is useless and the concept illustrations are ambiguous. how can they leave this out ? no more press fits for me - ever. even on a bike like this. dum.
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 Pretty sure the one I rode was threaded.
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 Will these be available at Walmart?
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 So...press release with no geometry?
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 Allied not applied
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 Looks like an Obed.
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 Looks like a Session.
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 Wtf is wrong with this world. That amount of money can save lives
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 So screw all luxury/boutique brands of everything? Cars, clothing, sports equipment, etc
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 Well I can tell you I don’t have a Lamborghini or a cottage on 5 different lakes, do you?@bentopi:
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 Walmart Bikes
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 cool a bike half as good as an epic evo 3 years later
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 Epic EVO is 110mm rear travel.
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 @bc-bike: 10mm difference isn't a get-out-of-jail card. They say "'blends XC Race with Downcountry abilities", which is pretty much the market for the Epic Evo.

That said, to call the bike with no review 'half as good' is an even more ham-fisted comment, so you win!
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 @HankHank: your right probably at least half as good. 300 grams is 300 grams though
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 @covedoobies69: TR Spur is 2500g and it’s a better bike than the Epic Evo in many ways. Weight Isn’t the only factor. This BC40 slots in between the Epic Evo and the TR Spur… could be the best of both worlds.
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 No flex stays, I’m out
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 perfect bike for flat AK
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 Sounds like you have never visited NWA....
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 AK = Alaska
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 Rule of Three race in Bentonville as 4000+ ft of climbing. I'd say that was hardly flat.
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 @BetweenTheCircles: Rule of three 50 mile race has 4,000 ft of elevation. The 100 mile race had over 8,000 ft of elevation and it was BRUTAL.
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