Storck is synonymous with high performance carbon bikes, and the Rebel Nine in no way lets the side down. Its short reinforced head tube with bulged bottom section keeps the 700mm flat bars as low as possible over the big 29er front wheel for an appropriately aggressive first impression.
The massive flat oval top and down tubes and oversized seat tube triangulate the big PF92 block and swollen seat tube junction. Road-flat seatstays curve down over the top of the chainstay-mounted brake.
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Rather than a heavy cam lever the 142x12mm axle uses a Torx key that tucks neatly into the driveside axle end when not being used for tightening/loosening. The wide stance chainstays neck down slightly to clear cranks and tyre then head straight to the rear axle for maximum power transfer.
Max power build
Our tasty XTR build sample had also been upgraded with massive carbon arm THM Clavicula cranks and Praxis twin rings for maximum torque transmission. Unsurprisingly that meant muscular acceleration and gear grunting strength were the most obvious trait of the Rebel Nine and whenever comparative testing became a pure power play situation the Storck inevitably surged ahead.
While the 1150g frame weight isn’t particularly low, gram-saving components such as Storck’s own carbon bars and Monolink seatpost direct clamping onto the Selle Italia saddle as well as an ultralight stem kept weight just under 10kg for our large bike, so extended climbing isn’t an issue either.
Old-school angles
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