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Roundup: Moots Mountaineer YBB 29er returns & Franco Sycamore gravel racer

Moots Mountaineer YBB 29er mountain bike with soft tail suspension
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The Moots Mountaineer is back as a 29er YBB softail, offering 1.25″ travel on a pilotless frame. They had a 27.5″ version in their line, along with a 29er hardtail, but after talking to customers and riding the bikes themselves over the years, they thought a combination of the two would be the perfect bike for ripping less technical trail.

Moots Mountaineer YBB 29er mountain bike with soft tail suspension

Moots Mountaineer YBB 29er mountain bike with soft tail suspension

The frame will clear up to a 29×2.6″ tire, adding more compliance and cushion to that short travel. Up front is a 44mm headtube, which allows them to run any type of steerer and fork, and the geometry is designed around 120mm fork travel. Bottom bracket is a standard threaded BB, and it gets a Boost 148 rear axle spacing, size specific tubing for all four frame sizes, and stealth dropper post routing. Check it and all of its customization options out over at Moots.com.

Franco Sycamore gravel bike debuts

franco sycamore gravel road bike with carbon fiber frame

Franco’s road bikes have seen minor updates over the years we’ve seen them at Sea Otter, but they’ve always had some really great paint schemes (here and here, and that’s no different than this year…keep reading). And a couple years ago they showed the Grimes steel gravel bike for rowdier adventures. This year, they split the difference with the Franco Sycamore to tackle their faster all-road conditions.

franco sycamore gravel road bike with carbon fiber frame

Tire clearance is rated at 700×38, so it’s designed more for the gravel racer than the explorer.

franco sycamore gravel road bike with carbon fiber frame franco sycamore gravel road bike with carbon fiber frame

The Sycamore is their own carbon frame design made for them in Italy.

franco sycamore gravel road bike with carbon fiber frame

Internal cable routing and bento box mounts round out the design.

franco sycamore gravel road bike with carbon fiber frame

The bike is routed for front derailleurs, too, but was only shown as a 1x. Pricing is still TBA, but probably starting around 7,750, same as their other carbon bikes.

franco sycamore gravel road bike with carbon fiber frame

Speaking of those other bikes, the geometric blue pattern paint is a killer option, with the top side of the top but getting a solid black so you’re not distracted while riding. Check ’em out at FrancoBicycles.com.

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Shredder
Shredder
5 years ago

Surely you mean it has a pivotless frame, not a pilotless one?

Erik Bakke
Erik Bakke
5 years ago

“offering 1.25″ travel on a pilotless frame”
All frames are pilotless until they are delivered to the customer.
This one happens to have a pivotless suspension design too.

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