Bike-packing is a small niche but an expanding one – especially in the US. While many eschew big travel and less reliable tech, Rocky Mountain reckons you can still have fun when full loaded. As such, the 14.25kg, 95mm travel Sherpa is a full-suspension bike ready to be loaded up and lugged into the backcountry and beyond.
Steed? This here's a mule
With luggage hauling a priority, and with the bike-packer’s mode of choice being frame bags, the short-stroke Manitou McLeod shock sits high into the top/seat tube junction. It’s action is stiff off the top, giving good pedalling characteristics, but wallows into the mid-travel before ramping up towards the end.
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The Manitou shock sits high in the angle of seat tube and top tube
This can leave the bike blowing easily through its travel when pushed into rougher terrain. There’s decent compression adjustment with the shock, which allows easy toggling between loaded and un-loaded riding, should you wish to explore local singletrack with a bit more vigour.
Fortunately for the suspension, some of its less refined features, including the rather coarse adjustment of rebound, are masked by the large tyres, which ensure a comfortable ride when suspension is set up stiff for efficient load-hauling.
Solid and reliable spec
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