With practice cancelled last Friday because of poor weather, BikeRadar caught up with the few brave souls facing the rain in the paddock, looking for the inside track on their weapons of choice for this prestigious race: the final round of 2015’s Enduro World Series.
This radical beast is the Saker, a brand-new bike from a small UK firm called Arbr. The carbon machine uses an idler to eliminate pedal-kickback and chain tug. Combined with the hugely rearward axle path, this is claimed to provide a radically supple suspension action, according to Arbr’s MD Robert Barr.
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The Arbr Saker: never heard of it? Well its radical design looks promising to us
Barr wasn’t here to compete in the EWS, but rather to put the bike through its paces on the savage terrain in the area. We took it for a quick spin around the square, and were surprised to find a fairly efficient pedalling bike, without the wallowy pedal-bob we expected for a machine claiming little to no chain-tug – which normally is used to counteract pedal-bob.
With a 465mm reach figure (for the large frame) and a 65-degree head angle, the geometry is right up to date too. The claimed weight is 29lbs for this well-chosen build you see here, and it should be available to buy in early 2016. We can’t wait to swing a leg over one!
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