Simply over a yr in the past, Colorado bike maker Canfield up to date their small-batch metal hardtail, and now its again in a lot lighter titanium with the restricted version Ti Nimble 9. Canfield will weld simply 100 of their ‘iconic hardcore hardtail’ in ti, so snap one up if you wish to get rowdy on a motorbike that mixes that traditional titanium journey really feel with technical path functionality.
Plus, now it is available in a first-ever XXL measurement to suit even taller mountain bikers…
Restricted version Canfield Ti Nimble 9 29er path hardtail
For 14 years, Lance Canfield says their Nimble 9 hardtail has been one in all their hottest bikes – even with greater than twenty years of constructing full-suspension bikes. And it’s the bike mannequin prospects maintain begging for in titanium. Who can argue with a ti path bike that might final a lifetime.
So, Canfield went again to the drafting board and cooked up the restricted version Ti Nimble 9. It needed to be particular – simply as burly and all-mountain succesful as the usual chromoly N9, simply prettier and fancier!
“I needed to take an important bike and make it even higher. I actually needed to create one thing particular with the Nimble Ti. And after driving it, I can confidently say we’ve completed simply that… We all know our riders and so they journey arduous. Simply because it’s a Ti hardtail doesn’t imply it’s a wimpy XC bike.”
– Lance Canfield
What’s new?
Titanium is understood for its mild weight, sturdiness, and extra compliant journey in comparison with metal. This new Ti N9 does shave over 1.5lb of the chromoly N9. However Canfield needed to make sure that this titanium hardtail was each bit as robust because the metal authentic, so it will get constructed from a burly outsized Ti-3AL-2.5V tubeset with additional reinforcements all through. So that you get a toptube gusset on the headtube, an additional brace on the seatstays, and a giant machined chainstay yoke & brace tied into ISCG tabs across the backside bracket.
Tech particulars
The Canfield Ti Nimble 9 carries over the important thing geometry of the metal N9, which means a 66° head angle when constructed with a 150mm journey fork, and reasonably lengthy body Attain figures. It does get incrementally longer stays and a level slacker 76° seattube angle.
- 3/2.5 Ti hardtail MTB body, obtainable in 5 sizes (S-XXL)
- uncooked, brushed end sand-blasted & laser-etched graphics
- new easy downtube emblem
- correct, traditional Canfield cranium headtube badge
- straight 44mm headtube for tapered forks
- designed round 150mm forks for all-mountain to enduro driving
- sliding dropouts for geared or singlespeed builds (417-433mm chainstays)
- consists of IS160 brake dropout, derailleur hanger dropout & 12mm thru-axle
- ISCG05 tabs
- 73mm BSA threaded backside bracket
- 31.6mm seatpost with inner, long-travel dropper routing
- in any other case, totally exterior cable routing
- two bottle cage mounts, 1 above & 1 beneath the downtube
- Increase spacing
- 29” x 2.4-2.8” tire clearance
- max 38T chainring clearance for large gearing
- 5lb body weight declare (~2270g)
Canfield 100 Ti Nimble 9 – Pricing, choices & availability
Canfield will produce simply 100 Ti Nimble 9 frames. And you will get one in both as a frame-only for $3200, with a alternative of 4 totally different forks for $4100, or in one in all 4 full construct kits beginning at $5600 with a mechanical SRAM package.
The restricted version 100 Ti Nimble 9 is accessible to pre-order now with a 50% deposit, and deliveries slated for the tip of Could. Plus, in case you pre-pay in full now, it can save you an additional 10% off your whole construct value.