First Ride Review

Genuine development or simply strong advertising slogans full of hot air? Revel Bikes is an additional ambitious novice lining up at the starting blocks and we were the only magazine in the world fortunate enough to assess the Revel Rascal. Does the new 29" trail bike from Colorado have what it takes?

Revel Bikes, the brand name

Never heard of Revel Bikes? Do not worry, there's no way you might have, with the launch of their trail bike, the Rascal, and their enduro bike, the Rail, the Colorado-based brand name is making its first public look. But the folks behind Revel are familiar with the scene as well as bring with them a great deal of experience from the bike sector. Prior to the launch, owner Adam Miller paid us a go to in our headquarters in Stuttgart to inform us some even more regarding the history of Revel Bikes. Adam hasn't even cracked 30 but he's currently built 2 bike brand names from scratch (Borealis and also Why Cycles). Senior engineer Jeremiah Starkey has actually worked for RockShox for over 11 years, as well as Jason Schiers, the creator of ENVE, brings with him a wealth of carbon know-how.

The tale of Revel Bikes began when owner Adam Miller was in search of a brand-new trail bike. After evaluating plenty of bikes from the widely known brand names, he tried a Canfield Balance at an exhibition and also was quickly convinced-- this suspension was precisely what he was looking for. Canfield was ready to certify the back linkage and so after two as well as a half years of development Adam prepares to present us with two carbon bikes with the copyrighted Canfield Equilibrium Formula, or CBF for short. The Revel Rascal we checked is a 29" trail bike with 140/130 mm traveling, the 2nd design is called the Rail and rolls on 27.5 ″ wheels, providing 170/165 mm travel.

The Revel Rascal carefully

We evaluated the 29er Scamp with 130mm of travel, however the longer-travel Rail shares the very same information as well as functions. The bike is exclusively readily available in carbon and also can be found in 4 frame sizes S, M, L as well as XL. The cables are directed inside via carbon channels, which makes them very simple to feed through the structure, and also the auto mechanics among us will more than happy to hear it's got a threaded bottom brace. There is space for a 600 ml water bottle in the front triangular of all frame dimensions. Revel deals a lifetime service warranty on the structure and also even has a collision substitute program.

The geometry of the Revel Rascal

The geometry of the Revel Rascal holds little surprises for a bike of this group, the measurements corresponding with the current interpretation of a modern-day, flexible trail bike. With 464 mm reach in dimension L, the Rascal is long enough without mosting likely to extremes. Some may call the 66 ° head tube angle slack for a bike of this course, we believe it's place on. The 75 ° seat tube angle is acceptable, although maybe a little bit steeper for our preference. The chainstays match the plan and also are neither excessively lengthy nor exaggeratedly brief. The only actually impressive worth right here is the bottom bracket decrease of 38mm, which assures to maintain your center of gravity low.