Standing the test of time, Evil's flagship enduro bike, the Wreckoning, has undergone a two small but not so insignificant changes; the addition of SRAM's Universal Derailleur Hanger and captive shock washers for less fiddling. Looking at the stats, the 166mm of rear wheel travel and geometry table remain the same. Evil decided to add the "LS" designation to signify the updates to the long-travel Wreckoning and throw on two batches of fresh paint with colors dubbed Baja Fog and Clay Porter.
Sleuths from the XC World Cup and Enduro World Series have snapped photos of a futuristic looking SRAM derailleur that appears to use a new way to attach the rear derailleur. With looming updates from the drivetrain giant, Evil didn't want to be left out of the UDH party. As early adopters of 157 SuperBoost though, they've decided to hold onto the wider rear hub spacing to maintain certain ride characteristics.
Up front, the main triangle retains the current sizing chart and 64.6-degree head tube angle, but the shock mount on the Delta suspension system has been revised to retain the spacers when removing the shock. Tagging along with the revised shock mount, Evil will offer registered frame owners, from 2022 and onwards, a free bearing kit once per season.
Wreckoning LS bikes will be available online through
evil-bikes.com using the current component specifications and price points.
Only oem is white
White logo maxxis has a stickier rubber compound than those tires with the peasant oriented piss colored logo applied to them. For peak performance, simply buy a new bike when your first class white label tires are wore out and keep ripping with the fastest of dentists!
White label Maxxis are always OEM
Aftermarket Maxxis are always yellow
BUT... Yellow label can be either OE or AM tyres, as its the choice of the OE customer what colour they get on the tyre.
But free bearings is a deal!
Makes it almost justifiable to me if true
Like the other guy said, it is for the shorter chainstay so not really to get on a podium and nobody never said that superboost was faster! lol
A good chain alignment is just one of the arguments to why 157 hub spacing is beneficial.
I have 2 sets of the same wheelsets:
One is 148 boost,
The other is 142 with boost adapters.
I can’t tell any difference at all, and I’m 200lb
My son would ride the shit out of a 122mm spacing. I would ride the shit out of 152.5mm.
I've seen/heard this one... but I'm not sure how relevant it is.
My 2018 Kona Process 153 29'er... had 425mm chainstays, and a 148 boost rear hub. It fit the Michelin Wild enduro rear (2.4) just fine. And thats about as short of a chainstay I've seen on a long travel 29'er. Thats 5-7mm shorter than the Wreckoning, with 157 superboost hubs.
Also, to some extent, there is the question of "how short of chainstays do we want". I know there are two groups on that, but it does seem that on average chainstays have been growing lately on long travel bikes, in an effort to help weight the front tire.
And I can't imagine that superboost is super relevant for bikes with 440+ chainstay lengths. At least not with normal tire sizes anyway.
About the weighting front wheel thing, I´m sure it does a big difference for some, I dont know the weight distribution is on a bike and how much of differnce it actually makes when active on a bike. I´m more than happy to ride a smaller nimbler bike and compromise on stability. Also a bit longer stem works wonder and dosen´t compromise on my turning radius, different bikes for different vibes I suppose.
This is a wonderful QOL change lol. Please add to the Following…
If I had a quiver of mountain bikes instead of just one, this would be the big bike.
So they were not in superboost in 2019? So that's not really an early adopters then... loll
One for the dropper, sure, they use an axs post. But what's the second one for? The rear D cable goes on the left side and down the rear triangle. Is there a hole for a front derailleur?
i know its an enduro bike, but hey, im sure theres someone that would want that.
It is nice that the GX Build has ultimate level suspension and a solid wheelset, but if the build is like the prior V3 build, then it comes with G2 RS brakes and exo tires. So add on money to swap those out too.
Meanwhile, the WAO arrival 170 is only $200 more than this and has ultimate suspension, axs derailleur, carbon wheels, ect.
Maximum throwing shapes off side hits? Yes.
This is a niche bike, but fills that niche very, very well.