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Firebird

The FireBird

Born from the same technology that won six Downhill World Championship titles, it’s no wonder the Firebird descends “like a bat outta’ hell”.  What mystifies the competition is how a bike so adept at going fast downhill can also climb with such skill and ease that dropping bikes with less travel when going up is a common occurrence. Built with 6.6” of dw-link® rear suspension, tuned for awesome pedaling efficiency, the Firebird is the ultimate long travel trail bike.  
Climbing and acceleration are lightning fast, and rocky descents are devoured. It’s so incredibly good that Mountain Bike Action named it  one of the 25 most important bikes of all time because of its  astounding range of versatility. Life might be all about  compromises, but the Firebird isn’t.

•    We’ve built a bike that can climb as well as it descends. The dw-link’s®  position-sensitive anti-squat characteristics make for exceptional climbing and snappy acceleration.
•    Relaxed 67° head angle, and low bottom bracket height, make for excellent cornering and great stability and increased rider confidence on the trail and on the race course.
•    6.6” (167mm) rear travel and 160mm to 180mm fork compatibility (170mm standard).
•    Rearward wheel travel path for incredible square edge bump performance and unparalleled pedaling performance.
•    New Fox RP23 Kashima shock with custom tuned rebound and Propedal settings for increased rider tunability and incredible small bump sensitivity.
•    Full 1.5” headtube accepts the CaneCreek Angleset,  allowing the rider to further tune the handling. Several Firebird options now come with the Angle set as part of the stock build.
•    The Firebird (like many bikes in our line) is all about versatility; allowing riders to do everything from 24 hour endurance races, to park/gravity riding, Super D and the occasional DH race but its real home is aggressive trails where the ride up is just as technical as the ride down.