UK-based Carbon Wasp revamped their 120mm Truffle mountain bike, reshaping the XC 29er right into a extra succesful mild path bike from their Leeds, England workshop. Already a do-it-all brief journey bike with progressive geometry, this up to date Truffle will get a couple of key tweaks and trendy tech updates, together with a brand new choice for the customer to select geo to go well with their using. Plus, Carbon Wasp now provides the Truffle a cool new wrap end (no paint) that allows you to decide your favourite coloration and highlights the complete UK-carbon body development…
2024 Carbon Wasp Truffle UK-made carbon XC mountain bike
Carbon Wasp has overhauled their signature 120mm Truffle path bike, designed to mix XC-like mild weight and pace with the energy and stiffness for a extra all-mountain fashion of using. They describe it as a motorcycle with “120mm of plush and progressive rear journey, mixed with a powerful and stiff carbon body [to] get you effectively to the highest of the paths so you will get rowdy on the best way again down… mild and predictable for climbing, agile for singletrack and sturdy for technical descents… It’s not designed for bike park laps, but it surely might deal with that should you ever wanted it to.“
What’s new?
The 120mm Truffle was already fairly trendy for an XC to mild path bike after we caught up with it two years in the past. With its 65.5° headtube, 76° seat angle, and lengthy body Reaches. Now it will get new shaping and a brand new carbon layup
For probably the most half, geometry on Truffle isn’t all that totally different, apart from a bit decrease body Stack heights that recommend possibly a barely shorter headtube. Or shorter forks general, though they appear to nonetheless be utilizing the identical 120mm SID because the benchmark. So go longer and get slacker, up 140mm up entrance.
There are nonetheless 4 customary body sizes (S-XL) however to present riders extra management over how steady or snappy the bike feels, Carbon Wasp enables you to decide from certainly one of six chainstay lengths. It isn’t adjustable, however there are 6 totally different rear triangles to select from, various from 435-460mm in chainstay size in 5mm increments. Carbon Wasp suggests three typical choices per measurement for ideally suited dealing with, however consumers can decide whichever they like in the event that they need to go wild.
Out again there are two extra large updates. First, a revised dropout design brings UDH compatibility for SRAM T-type derailleurs, but it surely appears mechanical shifting remains to be attainable for many who need it.
Then, there’s now 29 x 2.6″ tire clearance within the reshaped rear triangle. As a result of positive 2.4″ of the earlier technology was nice for the most recent XC tires, however once you go large and trip your mild path bike in deep UK muck, extra tire clearance is at all times a very good factor.
“The kinematics of the Truffle-120 are designed to supply 120mm of plush and progressive rear journey. Shock development is 38% throughout the complete journey (27% from sag to full compression). Anti-squat is pretty customary for the sort of bike (115% at sag in 32-39), making it a steady climber. Once more, Carbon Wasp aren’t reinventing the wheel, however doing what works to make a strong bike that achieves the efficiency traits they need.”
Tech particulars
- 120mm single-pivot, flex-stay suspension with full carbon linkage drive shock
- full carbon mainframe, rear triangle & hyperlink made in Leeds utilizing pre-preg carbon sourced within the UK
- totally sealed cartridge bearings for Yorkshire-proof sturdiness within the foulest climate situations
- inner cable routing with full information tubes, conventionally routed into the aspect of the downtube
- inner body storage, with room for at the least 6 pork pies
- Zero Stack tapered headset (56/44mm) might be personalized to ZS 56/56 to suit an angle-adjust headset
- BSA threaded backside bracket
- ISCG tabs
- max 38T chainring (max 36T with the ultra-short 435m rear finish)
- Enhance 148 spacing
- 30.9mm dropper seatpost, with minimal 250mm insertion
Carbon Wasp Truffle – Pricing, choices & availability
Carbon Wasp is small firm primarily based within the UK, and finishes off every bike for the customer, so that they nonetheless concentrate on framesets just for probably the most half. However should you want, they will put collectively a customized full bike construct as nicely.
The brand new Truffle 120 frameset sells for £2950 for the carbon body within the single coloration of your alternative, a Cane Creek IL DB Air shock, and together with and a “5-year restore or change guarantee”. If you have already got a shock – or need to supply one thing totally different – you may decide up a frame-only for £2600.
One of the crucial fascinating new additions to this technology of the Carbon Wasp Truffle, is that the bikes are not painted. As a substitute, they provide the brand new Truffle a single-color wrap that covers and protects put on areas and divulges the body’s straight-out-of-the-mold carbon fiber weave in between. Wasp yellow is the usual coloration, however Carbon Wasp contains some other single-color wrap within the base worth, too. They’ll additionally do virtually some other coloration or patterned design scheme you may assume up, for a further price.
Surprisingly, supply time of the handmade-in-Yorkshire carbon mountain bike body is often nearly 2 weeks. Order yours at this time.
