We call the Blindside a Big All Mountain bike designed to be a versatile big travel bike. With a front derailleur setup to get you to the summit and up to 190mm of adjustable rear travel so you can take on any downhill. The Blindside's versatility is quite surprising as the bike can pedal extremely well, is nimble on singletrack and jumps and can eat up rough DH style trails.
The suspension utilizes a large 2.75" stroke shock for low leverage and features a slightly progressive leverage rate curve that gives excellent consistent leverage throughout the travel allowing the natural progressiveness of the shock to ramp up perfectly. The frames features our own custom formed tubeset with internal gussets and a slimmed down rear triangle with internal cable routing for a clean look.
Frame Features & Specs:
Rear Travel: 180mm (7") / 190mm (7.5") Adjustable Rear Wheel Travel
Rear Shock: 8.75" x 2.75" (Forward Pin 22.2mm x 8mm, Rear Pin 22.2mm x 8mm)
Frame Material: 6061 Custom Formed Heat Treated Aluminum
Sizes: Small, Medium, Large
Current Colours: White, Blue, Raw
Frame Weight: 7.6 (without rear shock)
Complete Bike Weight: 35-40 lbs (Depends on Build)
Warranty: 2 year defect warranty, lifetime crash replacement
Seatpost/Clamp: 31.6mm Seatpost/34.9mm Clamp
Headtube: Tapered 1.5"/1 1/8" (1.5" Lower Cup 49.6mm ID / 1-1/8" Upper Cup 44mm ID)
Bottom Bracket: 73mm shell x 51mm chainline
Rear Dropout: 135mm x 10mm
Chainguide: ISCG 05
Brake Tabs: International Standard
Front Derailleur: Shimano HDM (High Direct Mount) Top Pull
Build Kit:
| FR |
| CHAINRING | Truvativ 24x36 (Included with crankset) |
| CHAINGUIDE | e.thirteen Heim 2 ring |
| STEM | Transition Temple Lite |
| HANDLEBAR | Kore Torsion Race 800mm x 35mm |
| HEADSET | Full Speed Ahead Gravity DX Pro |
| CRANKSET | Truvativ Holzfeller 2.0 RG 170mm |
| BOTTOM BRACKET | Truvativ Howitzer Team 73mm |
| BRAKES | Avid Elixir CR 8" |
| TIRES | Maxxis Minion DHF 26x2.5 EXO Foldable 60a |
| TUBES | Welterweight |
| PEDALS | Transition Stepdown |
| SEATPOST | Truvativ Hussefelt |
| SADDLE | Transition Park n' Ride |
| GRIPS | ODI Ruffian Lock-on |
| CASSETTE | SRAM PG950 11-32 |
| WHEELSET | TBC Revolution 32 |
| SHIFTERS | SRAM X9 |
| REAR DERAILLEUR | SRAM X9 |
| FRONT DERAILLEUR | N/A |
| CHAIN | KMC X9.93 |
Geomtery:
| SMALL | MEDIUM | LARGE |
|---|
| Reach | 360.53mm | 392.28mm | 424.03mm |
| Stack | 602.85mm |
| Top Tube (Effective) | 523.31mm | 555.06mm | 586.81mm |
| Seat Tube (center to top) | 431.8mm |
| Head Tube Angle | 65° |
| Seat Tube Angle | 73.5° |
| ChainStay Length | 436.88mm |
| Bottom Bracket Height | 356mm |
| Wheelbase | 1130.3mm | 1162.3mm | 1194mm |
| Head Tube Length | 120mm |
| Max Rear Tire Clearance | 26" x 2.8" |
| Rear Hub Spacing | 135mm |
| Rear Dropout Axle Size | 10mm |
| Head Tube | Tapered 1.5" / 1-1/8" (1.5" Lower Cup 49.6mm ID / 1-1/8" Flush Top Cup 44mm ID) |
| BB Shell Width | 73mm |
(577mm axle-crown)
| SIZING | SMALL | MEDIUM | LARGE |
| up to 5'10" | X | | |
| 5'8" - 6'2" | | X | |
| 6'0" and up | | | X |