When we first walked by the Stablead booth, everything looked almost too polished to be a completely new bicycle component brand. As it turns out, this is apparently the result of Tilta’s extensive experience creating camera rigging equipment and suspension components for cameras mounted on filming cars in Hollywood.
A lot of the manufacturing technology seems to directly transfer to bicycle components, so Tilta has created a spinoff company called Stablead to enter the bike world. Among those tapped to help the brand develop is none other than Brian Lopes, who has been brought on to help with product testing & development, marketing, media, and more.
New Inverted fork + rear shock
In spite of all the product looking fully baked, Stablead tells us that all of the suspension components are still prototypes and not final production. What’s most impressive is that the fork and shock have apparently only been in development for three months. In that time, they’ve managed to make an inverted fork with a one-piece carbon fiber steerer and upper assembly, and a rear shock with a carbon air can. Stablead didn’t touch on the technology used inside of the shock or fork, but they did mention their parent company’s experience with camera suspension systems and electronic stabilization. It will be interesting to see if we end up seeing some kind of electronic suspension control when these hit the market.
All that Stablead would say about the fork is that it will be aimed toward the enduro segment with around 160mm of travel and a goal weight around 2kg. We may see the fork and shock hit production by Q2 of 2026.
Hard Anodized Components
If you were able to take your eyes off the suspension components, the booth was filled with a number of beautiful, hard-anodized components. Stablead says that stems, cranks, and other components should be available by the end of July/early August. All feature hard-anodized finishes, including hardware.
Mechanic’s Tables, too
Part of what made the booth stand out were the beautiful carts packed with tools and accessories. These will also be part of the range, and they not only have incredible customization potential, but they can also be packed away like a trolley.
What about that bike?
Stablead made the full suspension frame in their booth as well, complete with a Pinion gearbox and belt drive. We’re told that at this point, the brand has no plans to get into frame production, but they wanted to showcase their manufacturing abilities, which we’d say they achieved.
