Interbike 2011: Race Face

Yep, you heard that Race Face went all a bit wrong for a while earlier this year… well, it’s back and it’s got some new backers and bosses and is cranking out new kit as if nothing happened…

A table full of goodies…

The Atlas freeride components have been given a tickle, with a new, 60g lighter crank (which uses the new EXI crank arm interface for less struggling with big Allen keys) – the FR bar too now gets a 3/4in rise as well as the 1 1/2in rise. It’s now 785mm wide too.

Respond is RF’s mid-range gravity crank and a matching 740mm bar is also available.

Downhill’s getting lighter and this Six carbon DH crank looks to be one of the must-have pieces. It features carbon cranks with steel inserts. Weight is XTResque at 650g…

And here’s something for the XC racers – the NEXT SL crank seen here wit ha 26/38 2×10 setup comes in at 595g.

And here’s the cheerfully named Chester cranks, Race Face’s entry level DH crank.

The Atlas FR crank, as mentioned above is 80g lighter and the new EXI interface makes crank removal less of a struggle. Graphics have changed too – instead of a topo map of the North Shore, there’s now one of Whistler…

And here’s the Turbine 2X crank. Comes in 1x, 2x and 3×10 and in 24/36, 26/38 and 28/40 for the 2x setup.

Chipps Chippendale

Singletrackworld's Editor At Large

With 23 years as Editor of Singletrack World Magazine, Chipps is the longest-running mountain bike magazine editor in the world. He started in the bike trade in 1990 and became a full time mountain bike journalist at the start of 1994. Over the last 30 years as a bike writer and photographer, he has seen mountain bike culture flourish, strengthen and diversify and bike technology go from rigid steel frames to fully suspended carbon fibre (and sometimes back to rigid steel as well.)

Comments (8)

TreksterTrekster September 13, 2011 at 6:57 pm

Have they done something about the BB lifespan?

buzz-lightyearbuzz-lightyear September 13, 2011 at 7:02 pm

BB: Like add some decent seals

NorthwindNorthwind September 13, 2011 at 7:50 pm

That was supposed to be sorted when they switched the grease. In practice the cure for crap Raceface BB lifespan is still “switch to Shimano” I think.

jambonjambon September 13, 2011 at 8:57 pm

Have some of those cranks gone ‘Shimano’ with the splines on the non-drive side or is the gubbins still all clustered on the drive side like a really bad idea brought to fruition?

Nowt to get exited about really.

DanWDanW September 13, 2011 at 9:38 pm

Turbine cranks look gorgeous!

PacemanPaceman September 14, 2011 at 8:16 am

I agree, the Turbine Crankset looks great.

dasilvadasilva September 14, 2011 at 5:28 pm

What are the BCDs on them, looks like they might have gone to the SRAM 120mm standard?

STATOSTATO September 15, 2011 at 12:50 pm

Do they really need 8million different model ranges? its no wonder they went under, no-one can keep up with what models do what so many of them and they change so often!!

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