Roubion
As you might expect, the Juliana range has also been updated with the new frame designs. The Roubion, the women’s version of the Bronson, gets a few differences compared to the men’s bike: as well as some great colours, like this matt, ‘stonewashed purple’. The complete bikes also get lighter wheels than the Bronson.
As with the other bikes, the Roubion and Furtado get longer top tubes, a degree shaved off the head tube angle, and steeper seat tubes, as well as the new VPP links, better standover and internal cable routing. Despite the lower top tube, there’s still room for a full sized waterbottle, even with the piggyback shock on the Roubion. Talking of shocks, the Juliana bikes all have a shock tune for lighter riders. Travel is still pegged at 150mm.
Furtado
The Furtado is the women’s version of the 5010 and, like the 5010, gets an extra 5mm travel, bumping it up to 130mm. The Juliana range usually shares the same core frames as the Santa Cruz line, differentiated by different colours and colour-matched grips, narrower bars and a women’s Juliana saddle. For the 2016 Furtado though, there’s a new Extra Small frame size for which won’t be available for the 5010.
The new Furtado and Juliana will only be available in carbon (both ‘C’ and ‘CC’ versions).
