The paint isn't too much to write home about either, in just a month of testing, our bike was looking decidedly tatty. Slotting in just under Rocky Mountain’s Slayer, in terms of travel, the new Altitude is designated as an aggressive trail bike and it looks as though Rocky has built in the numbers to back that up. The bike features a 64-degree head angle, 76-degree seat angle and 480mm reach on the size. This model was fitted with Maxxis Wide Trail tyres front and rear and sadly a press fit bottom bracket. Geometry on this enduro-focused bike is on par with the category. The geometry makes climbs a snap, but the biggest surprise came when I hit the staircase descent at the end of the Hole in the Ground Trail-the bike just ate up every obstacle and begged me to go faster. See how the Rocky Mountain Altitude rates. The Altitude now boasts boost spacing, and clearance to run wider diameter tyres. The Altitude features a wheel size split on the medium frame with the small and medium frame coming with 27.5 wheels and medium and up frames coming with 29. Rocky Mountain Altitude 27.5/650b bikes reviews and prices.
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Cable routing is all internal with cables entering the frame near the head tube then popping out near the bottom bracket for the rear gears and brake, it’s a nicely secured and rattle free affair. The frame now features sealed bearings all round rather than use grease ports. You can buy an Altitude from Tredz here Designed alongside our Dyname 4.0 drive system, the Altitude Powerplay has everything you need for aggressive enduro e-biking.
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This, no doubt, goes some way to contribute to the low weight of the full build, even in this low spec the bike manages to come in at 31.1lbs (14.1kg), a good weight for a 150mm bike at this price. The redesigned frame uses Rocky Mountain’s Form alloy with each tube optimised for strength, weight and ride quality.
The frame of the Altitude has been updated across the range for 2018 and that includes the Alloy 30 model that we have in for test. Designed alongside our Dyname 4.0 drive system, the Altitude Powerplay has everything you need for aggressive enduro e-biking. Sporting longer travel, a new frame and redesigned linkage the Altitude is longer, slacker and feeling the benefits.
Rocky Mountain slot the radically overhauled 2018 Altitude into the category of an ‘aggressive trail’ bike. The bike is built with Rocky Mountains Ride-9 geometry adjustment, which allows the rider to tweak the geometry slightly by simply moving the position of the.
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