The Pikes Peak is the latest gravity-focused trail bike from German direct-buy giant Rose. It will be available with either 150mm travel at each end for all-mountain riding, or 160mm up front and 165mm in the rear for a more enduro-ready ride.
With long, slack geometry and carbon construction, Rose has striven to create a potential enduro race winner, while also allowing the amateur rider to enjoy a capable trail bike.
The Pikes Peak uses an innovative mechanism for adjusting both the bike’s geometry and suspension kinematics, known as Progeo. The Progeo system alters the position of the lower end of the shock, allowing the rider to choose between two different geometry configurations: lower and slacker, or taller and steeper.
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In the first option, the BB height is fairly low at 343mm, but can be raised to 355mm, while the seat angle (all-important for climbing) goes from 74 to 75 degrees. Now, this is nothing new – Canyon’s ‘Shapeshifter’ technology, as used on the carbon Strive enduro bike, affords similar geometry tweaks to be made on the fly – but Rose’s system also allows the progressivity (how willing the bike is to use full travel) to be altered independently.
At the Pikes Peak's its heart is Progeo, a system for adjusting both progressivity and geometry
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