Following on from the success of the SAM enduro bike over the last two seasons, Focus has now entered the short-travel trail bike arena with the all-new Spine.
The Spine mates a 68.6-degree head angle to a 75-degree seat tube, and keeps the wheelbase nice and tight thanks to 428mm chainstays.
Carry-over design features such as full multi-fit internal routing (so it's mechanical or electronic-ready) plus internal runs for the dropper and rear shock.
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First ride review: Focus Spine C 0.0 (3 stars)
The Spine’s flagship 0.0 model features a full carbon front triangle, full carbon linkage (which is standard on all models including the entry-level aluminium bikes) and a rear end that uses carbon seatstays mated to oversized aluminium chainstays. Focus MTB product manager Philip Klein told us the reason for adopting the aluminium chainstays was to ensure the right stiffness and a good strength-to-weight ratio. Weight however isn’t going to be issue as the Spine’s frame weighs just 1950g. Even the alloy version is no heavyweight at around 2400g.
The geometry looks good with a longer top tube and short stem hitting the current long front centre trend bang-on.
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