Devinci Wooky reappears as a boosted carbon 29er XC Race machine

Written by Zach Overholt Apr 03, 2017 4:35 p.m. ET

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The 29er has sure had its ups and downs in recent years. In 2016, all of the bikes in Devinci’s XC Race category were based on 27.5″ wheels. Fast forward a year, and now there is just one bike in the category, and it is rolling on 29″ wheels. While the new Wooky Carbon XT looks extremely similar to the 2016 Darwin Carbon SL, a few important details highlight the new platform like the switch to the larger wheels…

Joining most of the industry in axle sizing, the Wooky not only moves to 29″ wheels but it moves to Boost standards front and rear. The 12 x 148mm rear and 15 x 110mm front axle widths help to increase the wheel stiffness, especially for the larger 29″ hoops. Combined with a DMC-G carbon fiber frame and a Fox Float 32 Boost fork, and the chassis seems like it should be more than ready come race day. Other details include a PF30 bottom bracket, tapered head tube, and a single build kit featuring a 1×11 Shimano XT drivetrain.

Coming in at $2999, the bike has a claimed weight of 10.28 kg/22.66 lbs for a medium complete and is available in S-XL sizes.

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Zach Overholt is the Editor in Chief of Bikerumor. He has been writing about what’s new in the bicycle world for 12+ years. Prior to that, Zach spent many years in the back of a bicycle shop building and repairing nearly every type of bike, while figuring out how to (occasionally) ride them.

Based in Ohio, Zach is now slowly introducing a new generation to cycling and still trying to figure out how to fit the most rides into a busy schedule as a new dad.

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davechopoptions

7 years ago

Super retro geometry.

bikebudha

7 years ago

I have a 23″ cube bike. It weight 23lbs with a dropper post and (3) chain rings up front. Will never understand 1x bikes, are they for people who race in Florida? Where I live we have mountains, 3x all day and every day every time..

Threeringcircus

7 years ago

Reply to bikebudha

Amen.

Tim

7 years ago

Reply to bikebudha

If you are running SRAM Eagle (which this bike isn’t!) on a 29er, your gear range ends up being the same as what you’d have on an old 3×8 26er. The rollout for a low gear of 34/50 on a 29er is about the same as the rollout of a 22/28 on a 26er, and the high gear of 34/10 on a 29er actually has more rollout than the high gear of 42/11 on a 26er.
If 50-10 cassettes trickle down to lower-priced groups, the gear loss argument against one-by setups will largely be negated. Do the math.

Tony

5 years ago

Reply to bikebudha

Interestingly I don’t understand why anyone would want anything but a 1x setup. I’m a middle of the road MTBer that avgs 2K miles over the past 6 years and can pick apart some super nasty tech climbs with ease thx to eagle. 1×11 was hard in 11-42 gear range but they have new cassette ranges that are comparable.. but to each his own.