I am a fellow Evil uprising owner. Been giving a good hammering the past 3 weeks, including a dh race, uplift day, dh days and many xc/trail centre miles, and I can say it is a phenomenal bike!
I have it in the low setting and it is practically a mini dh bike, geometry with a 160mm fork not far off a stock Iron Horse Sunday in the day.
Despite its aggressive nature, it climbs pretty dam well too, partly due to its low weight, but the pedalling characteristics are great also.
Tyre clearance is tight in the back yes, but nothing to worry about a great deal. I have more clearance with a 2.35 highroller than I did with a Larsen though. Pictures of this bike show them fitted with hans dampfs comfortably so should be fine for the enduro warriors.
Evil have a completely different place of manufacturer than the alloy Evil Revolt days, this means production quality is a lot higher. With carbon, the quality control is a lot better with the carbon moulds, creating a more consistent batch of frames.
At no point of owning this frame have I thought ‘dam should of gone 650b’. 26″ still rides really well! They may go 650b, but with carbon moulds costing a lot of money, I can’t imagine it being very soon.
My build will be around the 30lbs when the new Pike arrives, but still built super reliably.
There will be full builds available soon for the Uprising, £4199 for the pro spec build, and £5999 for the uk race spec build. Contact your local dealer for more info.
I will be at the last round of the UKGE series at Eastridge if anyone wants to have a look at mine.
Cheers