About a year and a half ago we got the first real teases from Barcelona mountain bike maker Unno about their entirely made in Spain carbon full-suspension mountain bike. In development for about 5 years now, the first production frames are finally available. And it’s probably been worth the wait. The new 29er Dash trail bike is being released as a numbered run, limited to just 25 bikes in 2017.
Unno Dash 130mm carbon trail 29er mountain bike
The Dash is the first production bike to make it out of Unno’s workshop. From the beginning they took it upon themselves to design and produce everything in-house. And they’ll be the first to admit that it took longer than expected.
But they seem to be perfectionists – down to the padded frame box. And say the bike is finally ready for a commercial debut. The first small batch has been coming together in their shop over the last couple of weeks and has just been boxed up in the 2017 Limited Edition run of 25 framesets.
Tech details
Final production details remain a little thin on the Unno Dash, beyond its raw carbon look and glossy clearcoat finish. But we know most of the key basics from what Unno has shared. And from what we can see about the short-link four-bar suspension design.
The 130mm travel carbon 29er trail bike gets machined aluminum links and a linkage-driven Ohlins STX 22 air shock. The front and rear triangles are both carbon, with alloy inserts for the standard threaded bottom bracket, ISCG mount, post mount rear brake, and the Boost rear thru-axle. The 1x-only frame also features pretty standard press in tapered headset, internal cable routing, and compatibility for a stealth dropper post.
We also do have geometry on the medium/large sized 29er trail bike. Although it isn’t entirely clear what size range will be in offer, as all the complete trail bikes & frames we’ve seen look to be suspiciously the same size.
If you are willing to put 5000€ into the new handmade frameset, hurry up to get in on the 25 available worldwide. Unno is holding off on fully opening their website up until their bikes make it to full production. But in the meantime you can email them to get one of this first run. And even pick your favorite bike number 1 to 25, as long as it is still available.
Next bikes from Unno?
The three years since Unno’s first carbon bike came out of the mold haven’t seen them sitting on their feet. While the Dash trail bike is the first to make it out to real production, there are plenty more bikes waiting in the wings. Just last week, we saw a shot of their pre-production Ever downhill bike. They are finalizing the production molds now, and that one should head into production by the first weeks of 2018.
