Yesterday, Spot Bikes announced the brand-new Diggity 125 trail bike, the tenth model in the brand’s history built around its patented Living Link suspension system. Living Link is one of the most unique suspension platforms in the industry, developed out of Spot’s desire to create their own system, rather than license one from someone else. Now in its 3rd generation, Living Link has been continually refined over the past decade, but still relies on a titanium leaf spring in the main pivot.
Spot says the new Diggity 125 is “a carbon trail bike that’s quick, capable, and built to do everything a human-powered bike should do well. It’s the kind of bike that rewards a rider who wants to feel connected to the trail, who seeks instant response, energetic pop, and a lightweight feel without sacrificing descending capability.”
Spot Diggity 125
The Diggity 125 rolls on 29” wheels front and rear and features a full carbon frame. As the name suggests, the Diggity 125 has 125mm of rear-wheel travel using the brand’s 3rd-Gen Living Link suspension platform. That’s being paired with a 140mm fork to achieve what Spot calls the “perfect sweet spot for a human-powered trail bike.”
The new Diggity has some design elements carried over from the latest mid-travel Mayhem 140 (more on that below). With the Diggity, however, Spot says it focused on weight reduction and a lower center of mass while maintaining a high strength-to-weight ratio.
3rd-Gen Living Link
Spot tells us the 3rd generation of its Living Link suspension design debuted on the Mayhem 140 in 2024. Since then, they have reportedly been working to dial in its performance and behavior for the shorter-travel Diggity chassis. Spot says that kinematic control is one of the big benefits of designing its own suspension system, and they’ve optimized it perfectly on the Diggity.
According to Spot, peak anti-squat is where the rider spends the majority of their pedaling time, right in the sag range. They claim the Diggity provides the same pedaling support as their previous bikes are known for, but with better traction, thanks to the 3rd-Gen Living Link layout.
At the same time, the leaf spring works as both a negative spring and a positive spring in different parts of the stroke. Spot claims it helps initiate travel with a low breakaway force (negative spring) while helping to flatten the leverage curve in the mid-stroke (positive spring). “The result is a chassis that initiates softly, stays linear through sag, then ramps into bottom-out support around three-quarters of the way through travel,” says Spot.
Slaybar Architecture
Also introduced on the Mayhem 140, Slaybar is the term Spot uses to describe the truss-like tube spanning between the seat tube and downtube. This structural frame member is there to “distribute the load more evenly throughout the frame and allow it to flex more evenly.” According to Spot, the Slaybar actually allows them to use less material in the Diggity’s construction, bringing the frame weight down to 5.3 lbs (size large, w/o shock).
Frame Features
Spot says the Diggity 125 is “built to be owned,” and they’ve given it a variety of frame features intended to make it easier to live with.
- SprockLock pivot axles: Spot’s answer to finicky locking collet hardware. Sprocklock uses a splined mechanical interlock w/ a splined axle head and locking key cap into the frame.
- Six pivot bearings total: All the same size. All Enduro dual-row full complement. All housed in the links, not the frame, each with a secondary seal.
- Threaded bottom bracket. ISCG tabs
- Generous tire clearance
- Shorter seat tubes with more insertion than previous Spot bikes allow longer droppers across the size range
- Custom-molded rubber protection on the chainstay, chainstay bridge, and downtube
- Custom frame pack made by Colorado-based JPaks bolts ot the main triangle w/out straps and doesn’t eat bottle real estate
Geometry
In addition to the Diggity 125’s travel numbers, Spot aimed for the all-around trail bike sweet spot with its geometry. Based on the chart, the numbers look contemporary and well-suited to a shorter travel trail bike that’s meant to be lively and efficient while retaining some downhill chops. Key figures include a 65.2 degree head tube angle and 435mm chainstay across all sizes. Seat tube angle ranges between 76.5 and 77.5, steepening up the size range. Reach starts at 415mm on a small, extending in 30mm increments to 505mm on the XL.
Spot Diggity 125: Builds, Weights, Pricing
Spot is offering the Diggity 125 as a frameset w/ shock and in three complete builds. Frame color options are Lazuli Blue and Talus Grey
Frameset: $3,799
- Shock: RockShox Deluxe Ultimate
- Claimed weight: 5.3 lbs. (size L, w/o shock)
4-Star Build: $6,299
- Shock: RockShox Deluxe Ultimate
- Fork: RockShox Pike Select, 140mm
- Drivetrain: SRAM Eagle 90 Transmission
- Brakes: SRAM Motive Bronze w/ 200/180mm Centerline rotors
- Handlebar: Race Face Aeffect R alloy, 780mm, 20mm rise
- Wheels: DT Swiss M 1900 Spline
- Tires: Schwalbe Romy Race 29” x 2.4”
- Seatpost: Bike Yoke Revive (length varies by frame size)
- Saddle: Spot Custom Cro-Mo
- Claimed weight: 30.3 lbs. (size L)
5-Star Build: $6,899
- Shock: RockShox Deluxe Ultimate
- Fork: RockShox Pike Select, 140mm
- Drivetrain: SRAM GX AXS Transmission
- Brakes: SRAM Motive Bronze w/ 200/180mm HS2 rotors
- Handlebar: OneUp Components Aluminum (width and rise vary by frame size)
- Wheels: DT Swiss M 1900 Spline
- Tires: Schwalbe Romy Race 29” x 2.4”
- Seatpost: Bike Yoke Revive (length varies by frame size)
- Saddle: Spot Custom Cro-Mo
- Claimed weight: 29.5 lbs. (size L)
6-Star Build: $9,999
- Shock: RockShox Deluxe Ultimate
- Fork: RockShox Pike Ultimate, 140mm
- Drivetrain: SRAM XX AXS Transmission
- Brakes: SRAM Motive Ultimate w/ 200/180mm HS2 rotors
- Handlebar: OneUp Components Carbon V2 (width and rise vary by frame size)
- Wheels: Industry Nine Solix Whisp Carbon
- Tires: Schwalbe Romy Race 29” x 2.4”
- Seatpost: RockShox Reverb AXS B1 (length varies by frame size)
- Saddle: Spot Custom Cro-Mo
- Claimed weight: 28.4 lbs. (size L)
Spot Diggity 125: Availability
The Diggity 125 is available for preorder now through the Spot website. Current pricing is discounted slightly from the retail prices listed above. Check it out at: spotbikes.com
