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The new Nukeproof Tracker looks like a great spec and price - £1999.00!!!!
External cable routing, lifetime warranty, decent geo (same as the Mega 297) and upgradable to your hearts content!
As a huge Nukeproof fan (on my 3rd Mega and 2nd Scout) it's great to see them bringing out bikes for all budgets.
Think this is going to be a massive seller.
This will be a big hit with the groms
spec is excellent for the price and geo is bang on
Mega, that 🤣
Undercuts the Specialized Status. Will they sell it frame only? If they could punt them out at £999 thats perfect Holiday ot twice-a-year-uplift-day bike to build up with some of your existing bits, some 2nd hand stuff etc.
17.2kg in size M...
And? It's not an XC bike
Quick look at the Santa Cruz lineup suggests a base spec Nomad CC is 16kg. That's a similar travel bike but you're paying an extra £3.5k for carbon, very slightly better component spec, and a whopping 1.2kg weight saving
Looks great for the money! Might want a coil with a piggy back for Alpine duties or that could just be me.
17.2kg in size M...
Same weight as my Banshee Prime 29er which has 135mm out back and 160mm up front. Sit, spin, enjoy the view and you'll be fine.
17.2kg in size M...
About the same weight as the Spesh Status and the Whyte Sythe.
Anyway, heavy bikes are back now - all the WC racers keep adding weight!
Whyte Sythe S is £200 more and but I think might be even better value. Better suspension, brakes and more suitable tyres.
Geo looks bang on and warranty is decent too.
Apparently Nukeproof are also working on an alloy entry level DH bike too.
Agree that the weight is fine - my carbon Mega is 16.5kg with 38s on it. Domains are really heavy aren’t they? Future upgrade there might take it under 17kg
Looks like they’ve changed the shape of the downtube a little. That should hopefully help with the cracking that the Mega Al suffered from
That downtube looks better as well. Probably lose some bottle compatibility with it though.
This but an alloy budget Reactor version would be it for me I think! Pretty sure I don't need a modern enduro bike for where I ride but a trail version could be the one.
Really like that. Sensible price 👌
I'd love one as an uplift bike.
That looks brilliant tbh.
Is it just me or is Tracker just a really trailbikey name though? And almost an anagram of Reactor. And not very nuclear or mega. Ruined, basically.
That fork should really only specified on lower end E-Bikes. It’s 2.55kg and has a damper technology that was not great 15 years ago.
That looks brilliant tbh.
Is it just me or is Tracker just a really trailbikey name though? And almost an anagram of Reactor. And not very nuclear or mega. Ruined, basically.
https://cms.cern/detector/identifying-tracks
The CMS tracker records the paths taken by charged particles by measuring their positions at a number of points...the construction materials were therefore carefully chosen to resist radiation.
@northwind well, Tracker is clearly what they're using for budget alloy bikes: they already have a Tracker hardtail, and this is the FS counterpart, hence the actual product name ("Tracker FS"). Still, as you say, generic.
That fork should really only specified on lower end E-Bikes. It’s 2.55kg and has a damper technology that was not great 15 years ago.
TBH at this price I'm just impressed it's not the terrible turnkey version they put on entry level park bikes. I think it incorporates the dual flow circuit, which basically fixes what made old motion control a bit limited and chokey on repeat hits? If so then it's not stellar but perfectly decent.
I used to have a coil lyrik in my trailbike so I guess I'm a bit skewed on what's a reasonable weight 🙂
It looks like there's going to be a new E-bike too, the Kilowatt.
https://www.pinkbike.com/news/first-look-nukeproof-kilowatt-a-killer-value-avinox-e-mtb.html
That fork should really only specified on lower end E-Bikes. It’s 2.55kg and has a damper technology that was not great 15 years ago.
I've had a 35 on my hardtail for years now and whilst it's not amazing, it does a perfectly adequate job of getting out of the way when smacked into immovable bits of ground.
Buttery smooth - nope
Perfect damping - nope
Costs less than £250 - yup
The Domains a bit more ££ (aftermarket at least), but then the Z1 is significantly more again, is there another option (Manitou, x-fusion, suntour?)
If I was in the market for a new bike I'd put serious consideration into that bike, have a bit of a soft spot for nukeproof though (currently 2020 mega)
Blake Samson gives a rundown on the tracker FS:
When do they actually go on sale then? Looks like a perfect bike for aspiring groms.
It does look great! Apparently they do have plans to do a budget Reactor as well so I don't know whether to just wait for that, but kinda tempted to get one of these when they're out. I do miss having a bike that gives the confidence to just plough into everything! My last enduro bike (Vitus Sommet) was a bit of an overbiking fail for me though, but I was also just getting back into riding and have progressed a lot since then.
When do they actually go on sale then? Looks like a perfect bike for aspiring groms.
Apparently September.
