MRP and White Brothers shared a little pop up tent tucked away in the team pit area and I didn’t get over there until the end of the last day (at the expense of seeing One Ghost…sorry, David), but they had quite a spread of new goodies.
Introduced at Interbike, White Brothers’ new Loop suspension fork is now shipping in the 26″ and 650B size, and the 29er version is coming in June or July. Above is the first casting ever of the 29er lowers. All sizes share the new magnetic internals, same price tag and a very interesting 1″ steerer tube option!
There’s lots more to see behind the break, including some custom aftermarket anodization of Rohloff’s internally geared hubs with matching rims that are H-O-T and several new chainguides from MRP that should appeal to the XC geeks as well as the gravity hounds…
The Loop forks will all come with only their QTapeR15 tool-free thru axle, which is pretty stout looking in person.
Compression controls are on the top, rebound’s on the bottom. Forks will come in black or white with color-matched crowns and a very foxy looking blue knob color.
The 29er travel options will be 80/100/120 and a 130/140, internally adjustable with spacers. Others as shown here:
Yep, that says 1″ steerer option, making this just about the only modern suspension fork option for upgrading an old frame. For a refresher on that “Aura Magnetic Valve Tech”, check out this post.
MRP
Shown above, the new G2SL Carbon chain guides are prototypes and will be tested soon, likely released in a couple months. They had two sizes on display, this one’s the smaller version.
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