Evil Bikes The Following – first look

New aggressive trail 29er

The Following is Evil Bikes' first 29er

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Josh Patterson

Published: January 5, 2015 at 10:35 pm
The Following is Evil Bikes' first 29er - Courtesy
Evil will offer The Following in "Murder Black" and "Don't Shoot Orange." - Courtesy
The Following uses Dave Weagle's highly-adjustable DELTA suspension design - Courtesy
The Following will be available this spring as a frame with shock as with SRAM X1 and XO1 built kits - Courtesy
On paper, The Following looks like a trail shredder - Courtesy

Evil Bikes has unveiled The Following, a 120mm-travel 29er with low and slack geometry.

The Following has a full carbon frame with a claimed weight of 6lb / 2.7kg. This new 29er trail bike features internal cable routing through ports on the side of the head tube for a stealth-routed dropper seatpost and the front derailleur cable. The rear derailleur and rear brake lines are routed externally along the underside of the top tube. The rear derailleur then runs inside the drive-side seatstay, while the rear brake runs along the top of the opposing seatstay.The frame also has a Press Fit 30 bottom bracket, ISCG-05 tabs and integrated rubber frame protectors on the downtube and drive-side stays.

Like the two other bikes currently in Evil’s line, the 150mm, 26in-wheeled Uprising and the World Cup-proven Undead gravity rig, The Following is built around Dave Weagle’s DELTA suspension system.

The following uses dave weagle's highly-adjustable delta suspension design: - Courtesy

DELTA is a tongue-in-cheek acronym that stands for Dave’s Extra Legitimate Travel Apparatus

Like Weagle’s Split-Pivot suspension design, the DELTA system is a linkage-drive single pivot. What makes DELTA stand out is its adjustability. The system relies on a series of compact links to control the spring rate. Additionally, these links can be flipped to allow for changes to the head tube angle, bottom bracket height and wheelbase to be adjusted completely independent of the rear suspension, unlike other chip-based geometry adjustment systems.

On paper, the following looks like a trail shredder: - Courtesy

The Following is lower and slacker than some longer-travel 29ers currently on the market

Evil will offer The Following with SRAM X1 and XO1 built kits, which will retail for US$6,599 and US$4,999, respectively, when they become available this spring. The Following will also be offered as a frame with RockShox RT3 Debonair shock for US$2,599. (UK and Australian pricing has yet to be announced.)

For more information visit http://evil-bikes.com.

Josh Patterson

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Josh Patterson is a BikeRadar contributor and former technical editor. He has spent most of his career working in the cycling industry as an athlete, mechanic and journalist. He holds a master's degree in journalism and has more than 20 years of experience as a cyclist and 12 years of experience riding and writing for BikeRadar, Cyclingnews, Cycling Weekly, Dirt Rag, RoadBikeReview and Outside Magazine. A native of the Flint Hills of Kansas, Josh was a pioneer in the gravel cycling movement, having raced the first Unbound 200 and many other gravel events around the globe. He considers himself a cycling generalist and enjoys road, gravel and mountain biking in equal measure. When not traveling for work, he can be found exploring the singletrack and lonely gravel roads that surround his home in Fort Collins, Colorado. In addition to his love of cycling, Josh is an enthusiastic supporter of brunch, voting rights and the right to repair movement.
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