AX-Lightness Composites will be presented later this month to ‘ Eurobike Show Friedrichshafen (GER) with big news, Vial Evo XC , its first frame mountain bike, from lightweight, only 870 grams (size M). Saw last year as a prototype, in these winter months has been optimized and designed to be placed on the market.
The story of AX-Lightness Composites
It ‘a German company based in Creussen Bavaria, specialized in the production of carbon components, part of an industrial group that also manufactures products for motorsport, including Formula 1.
Founded in 1999 by Axel Schnura, in 2015 had been in crisis for the non-payment by a supplier of Motorsport and was taken over by BenoBikes that has continued to invest in a high technology sector, where, however, matters greatly the ability of the artisans, who after the sophisticated production of individual components, must proceed to their final assembly.
Ax-Lightness is a brand known to lovers of the weights” feather “, has in its catalog such as the wheels Premium Boost 29 T weighing just 1,070 grams.
fRAME VIAL EVO XC
the Vial Evo XC is the first hardtail mountain bike frame, produced by AX-Lightness and was constructed from the knowledge and from certain features that were been developed for the Evo D Vial, ie the road model.
As we have already mentioned, in size M weighs 870 grams, but the “feather” weight was obtained by keeping in mind some essential technical features: Safety , structural rigidity and driving pleasure.
The Vial EVO XC is designed exclusively for use with single crown transmissions, has the seat tube of 30,8mm and internal cable routing, with the preparation for the adoption of both the electronic Shimano Di2 that a possible telescopic seatpost. This frame mounted with fork FOX 32 Factory SC, Eagle Group SRAM XX1, ultra lightweight components Carbon and Schwalbe Furious Fred, did you stop the scales on the weight of 6.9 kg.
GEOMETRIE
The wagon is super compact, it measures only 427mm and ensures the bike a great agility and uphill grip, the steering angle follows the latest XC trend, is very open and measuring 68.5 °, to better address the increasingly tough descents who meet on many paths cross country. The horizontal is long 597mm (M) while the measuring 440mm column and has an angle of 73.5 °. The reduced length of the head tube (95mm in size M), provide the rider a very low riding position and offers the possibility of mounting very short stems.
The Vial Evo XC is on sale only in sizes M and L.
AS COSTA
AX-Lightness sells frame kits Vial EVO XC to 2,999 Euros, and it can be bought directly from the German site, but there are some Italian e-commerce sites that sell it at a lower price.
INFO
www.axlightness.de
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