It’s some time since we noticed something new new from Airdrop, a Yorkshire-based mountain bike producer chargeable for the Edit, a 155mm journey 27.5″ bike now in its 4th technology. The model are nonetheless alive and kicking, nevertheless, proving they’re greater than only a one-trick pony with the discharge of the all-new Airdrop Filter, a 135mm journey path bike “constructed like an all-mountain bike however sharper, extra responsive and extra direct”.
Airdrop Filter
Like its longer-travel sibling, the brand new AirDrop Filter runs a 27.5″ wheelset. It additionally will get a 6061 alloy tubeset and the identical Horst-Hyperlink suspension platform confirmed on the Edit. The 135mm rear finish is paired with a 150mm journey fork, sat at a head angle of 65°. The model describe it as a motorcycle aimed toward riders who view the path in a different way, in search of out doubles, excessive traces and inside traces on corners… Those that ant a motorcycle that provides again, pumps tougher, boosts greater and adjustments route rapidly.
With that in thoughts, you’ll not be too shocked to study the Airdrop boasts a brief rear-end with 430mm chainstays and a backside bracket drop of 22mm. Equally, the attain is certainly not extreme, spanning a 425mm to 500mm vary from S-XL.
Seat tube lengths are brief (400mm to 480mm) permitting for the fitment of longer journey dropper seat posts. This additionally makes choosing the proper dimension simpler for riders, as most folks want solely concern themselves with the attain determine with out worrying an excessive amount of about standover. The precise seat tube angle is 74.5°, with the efficient angle acknowledged as 78.7° at a saddle peak of 600mm, 78.1° at 700mm, and 77.7° at 800mm. That’s fairly steep by fashionable phrases, and may supply the rider a commanding seated pedaling place.
The Filter is alleged to be progressive sufficient to work properly with air and coil shocks. It has a lift rear-end. We’re nonetheless ready to listen to again from Airdrop on tire clearance and leverage curve data. Cable routing is exterior, save for that of the dropper seat submit which might run a stealth setup. Dropouts are replaceable and the BB is threaded.
Pricing & Availability
The Airdrop Filter is accessible now as a fame-only (1149), body and shock solely with the selection between RockShox Tremendous Deluxe Final Coil or Air (£1449), the Cane Creek DB Coil IL (£1399), or the EXT Storia LOK V3 (£1949).
A big body alone weighs a claimed 3.5 kg, with full bikes beginning at 14.1 kg
There are additionally three full bike choices ranging from £3099 for the Filter Luxe, £3599 for the Filter Deluxe, and £4099 for the Filter Works. Head to the Airdrop web site for full spec data.
