On some frames a hit seems to impact a bearing more than rotate it & to my mind this will wear it out quicker. When I look at a suspension frame, I tend to look at how a bump will work on the pivot points. Yey! Another nice touch is that the bearings are deliberately standard sizes meaning you can use any quality bearings that are the correct size. He actually lives in Scotland as well & so the bikes have mud clearance. The Cane Creek air shock performed extremely well, the back end of the bike tracked the ground as you’d want it to, although part of that has to be down to the frame design as well.Īlthough a Canadian brand, Banshee are apparently designed by a Scottish chap.
The Pike fork was great, although the fork model is up to you. This isn’t a substitute for actual jump technique! I’m happy on the jumps, but this frame inspired extra confidence. Happy to say it went down one of the black descents faster than I’ve ever been & it seemed happier in the air than anything else I’ve ridden 🙂 If you’re like me, climbing well is good, but of no use whatsoever if the thing doesn’t descend! In fact it climbed easily as well as any 125 – 150mm frame I’ve ridden. The shock had the ‘climb’ switch on it, for …climbing, but I left it open all the time & it still climbed pretty well. The Rune is a 160mm travel frame & was set up with a Rockshox Pike fork & Cane Creek DB Air shock at the rear. I got the chance to ride one whilst helping take groups round Dalby’s demo route for EDS Bikes. Many forks these days do 26 & 650b with the same fork, which is great for the indecisive! The dropout height is also adjustable to give 3 different geometries. To change wheel size you just fit the relevant set of dropouts. This is good news IMO, if only because it allows a frame upgrade by swapping all the bits from your 26er whilst still giving a bit of future proofing or choice depending on how you see things. …the Banshee Rune can be run as a 26er or 650b (27.5er). Following on from the wheel size post from, er, a bit too long back…
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