2010 Nicolai Helius AFR

Following the launch of the Helius AM and Helius AC comes the Helius AFR – All FreeRide(!). Recommended fork is a 7” single crown. According to Nicolai they’ve made the seat tube “offset and slack allowing you to drop the seat forward and out of the way for the descent without sacrificing a good riding position when the saddle is up”. Seat tube is 30.9 for uppy-downy seatpost compatibility.

The design has been developed in conjunction with Elmar Keineke and Carlo Diekmann whose help during the testing stages enabled Nicolai to finalise this design in “record time”.

Available now from £1600.

·      175-197mm rear travel.
·      The same weight as the Helius FR (3.5kg/<8lbs).
·      12mm Maxle compatible rear end and Hammerschmidt compatibility both come as standard.
·      Hand-built in Germany – everything is machined and welded in house.
·      Huge colour choice – anodised, powder coat (matt, gloss, glitter…)
·      5 year warranty.

Helius AFR 2010 geometry

www.nicolai-uk.com

Ben Haworth

Orange Switch 6er. Stif Squatcher. Schwalbe Magic Mary Purple Addix front. Maxxis DHR II 3C MaxxTerra rear. Coil fan. Ebikes are not evil. I have been a writer for nigh on 20 years, a photographer for 25 years and a mountain biker for 30 years. I have written countless magazine and website features and route guides for the UK mountain bike press, most notably for the esteemed and highly regarded Singletrackworld. Although I am a Lancastrian, I freely admit that West Yorkshire is my favourite place to ride. Rarely a week goes by without me riding and exploring the South Pennines.

Comments (12)

dasnutdasnut August 20, 2009 at 11:37 am

yum yum, another potential replacement for the nomad.

alal August 20, 2009 at 11:57 am

Thats not a bad price considering. Taiwan ain’t cheap these days it seems.

auricgoldfingerauricgoldfinger August 20, 2009 at 12:25 pm

Yep – got mine ordered. Can’t wait to add it to the other 2 Nic’s sitting in my shed! Price doesn’t include shock BTW. CCDB going on mine.

richcrichc August 20, 2009 at 12:56 pm

I wonder what Knolly think about the offset seatpost thing, as I am sure they patented that

cycy August 20, 2009 at 1:14 pm

Nicolai have doing seat tubes like that for years. Nice looking frame that.

therealhoopstherealhoops August 20, 2009 at 1:25 pm

I still prefer my FR from ’05 to be honnest. This one ain’t much different to the Helius ST which has been around for years. 6/10 🙁

shoefitishoefiti August 21, 2009 at 4:52 am

What do you mean richc – how can you patent the angle of a seat post, that sounds like proper BS to me.

HairychestedHairychested August 21, 2009 at 7:21 am

Niiiiceee…. I want one in black.

Country_GentCountry_Gent August 21, 2009 at 8:55 am

Shoefiti, the seat post is offset forward of the BB joint. If you look in detail the “normal” seat post is only as a little stub possibly to mount a front mech on. This is what Knolly may or may not have patented……..

horahora August 21, 2009 at 9:21 am

Like the chainstay/seatube junction. Reminds me of that evil? jumpbike.

Must add a fair bit of weight though.

ScottCheggScottChegg August 21, 2009 at 12:03 pm

I don’t think weight is the number one priority on that frame.

brakesbrakes August 21, 2009 at 11:46 pm

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