The Uncle Jimbo is a 165mm enduro-ready rideOli Woodman/Future Publishing
The Granite Chief has gone 650b for 2014Oli Woodman/Future Publishing
The Jabba Wood is Rose’s short-travel speed machineOli Woodman/Future Publishing
The all-new Sky Fire replaces the Beef Cake FR as Rose’s freeride machineOli Woodman/Future Publishing
The Unchained replaces the Beef Cake DH as Rose’s downhill rigOli Woodman/Future Publishing
The Rose Thrill Hill is a 115mm carbon frameset designed around 27.5in (650b) wheelsRose
SRAM XX1 keeps things both light and tight as far as the transmission is concerned on the Rose Uncle JimboOli Woodman/Future Publishing
An ultra-wide XX1 cassette on the Rose Uncle JimboOli Woodman/Future Publishing
A revised linkage ratio means the Uncle Jimbo will require less air in the shock than beforeOli Woodman/Future Publishing
A direct-mount front derailleur is now standard on the Rose Uncle Jimbo, but looks quite ugly once XX1 is fittedOli Woodman/Future Publishing
The black anodised finish on this Jabba Wood is super scratch resistant. It’s also a fair bit lighter than paintOli Woodman/Future Publishing
Levers are included for both the KS LEV dropper post and Fox Float CTD rear shockOli Woodman/Future Publishing
The 32 Float fork on the Rose Jabba Wood goes without decals for an extra stealthy appearanceOli Woodman/Future Publishing
The Rose Granite Chief will be up against some stiff 650b competition this yearOli Woodman/Future Publishing
The Granite Chief’s Fox Float CTD shock uses a three-position, handlebar-mounted leverOli Woodman/Future Publishing
The Granite Chief has a sensibly short cockpit courtesy of RaceFaceOli Woodman/Future Publishing
Fox’s CTD lever is a massive improvement over previous designsOli Woodman/Future Publishing
Dropper posts are easy to take for granted. Luckily, the Rose Granite Chief is ready for one out of the boxOli Woodman/Future Publishing
A 142x12mm rear end is standard on all Rose full-suspension bikes for 2014Oli Woodman/Future Publishing
The Sky Fire uses RockShox’s beefy Vivid Air shock to deliver 185mm of travel at the back wheelOli Woodman/Future Publishing
The raw finish helped us to appreciate shapes such as these on the Rose Sky Fire. This finish will not make it to production bikesOli Woodman/Future Publishing
The Sky Fire test bike featured a sensible buildOli Woodman/Future Publishing
Internal cable routing keeps things tidy on the Rose Sky FireOli Woodman/Future Publishing
Blue anodised pivot points on the Rose Sky FireOli Woodman/Future Publishing
The Rose Sky Fire we saw was built with a Fox 36 Talas air fork. We’d have stuck a coil version on insteadOli Woodman/Future Publishing
The Unchained uses a Horst-link, like most of Rose’s other full-suspension offeringsOli Woodman/Future Publishing
The higher shock position reduces travel from 220mm to 200mm on The Unchained. It also steepens the geometry by half a degreeOli Woodman/Future Publishing
The Unchained has some great shapes to it. We’re hoping Rose make a good choice with the paint on the production modelsOli Woodman/Future Publishing
The adjustable wheelbase of The Unchained means the post-mount rear end has to be able to moveOli Woodman/Future Publishing