New Transition Ripcord 24er – with video

Oh my.

Sometimes you get a yearning to be a kid again – today is one of those days. Transition have announced the Ripcord, a very fine looking machine indeed, for kids between 8 and 12 years old. 24″ wheels. 1×9 drivetrain (with e*thirteen chain retention). 100mm travel front and rear. And it looks AWESOME. 67degree head angle? 381mm chain stays? Yes please.

– Transition Bikes Marketing manager Lars Sternberg said: “We wanted to build a kid’s bike that provided the same killer riding experience as the rest of our line, and the last thing we wanted to do was create a product that required immediate upgrades due to sub-standard components. The young riders these days pick mountain biking up so quickly they can easily outgrow their equipment, and we wanted to be sure our bike was going to go the distance. The Ripcord is meant to do that and much more.”

All we know is that we wish we were a couple of feet shorter. In the US it’ll cost you $1699 – more on UK prices when we get it.

https://vimeo.com/126504724

More info here

Barney Marsh

Barney Marsh takes the word ‘career’ literally, veering wildly across the road of his life, as thoroughly in control as a goldfish on the dashboard of a motorhome. He’s been, with varying degrees of success, a scientist, teacher, shop assistant, binman and, for one memorable day, a hospital laundry worker. These days, he’s a dad, husband, guitarist, and writer, also with varying degrees of success. He sometimes takes photographs. Some of them are acceptable. Occasionally he rides bikes to cast the rest of his life into sharp relief. Or just to ride through puddles. Sometimes he writes about them. Bikes, not puddles. He is a writer of rongs, a stealer of souls and a polisher of turds. He isn’t nearly as clever or as funny as he thinks he is.

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