New frame, currently building it up… Is this acceptable? I heard it was tight, but seriously!!!

Invisible mud clearance?

Ha, linked the pics now

What tyres are they?

That won’t last long. At the very least helitape it if there’s room!

2.25 geax gomas

I am actually seriously concerned that the frame might get damaged! Are other uprisings like this?

😯 That tyre looks half worn to me too!

Right wheel size? 😉

I would return it, looks like a bad design (what a surprise eh!?)

2.25″ isn’t very wide, especially for a long travel bike.

They obviously don’t have mud in Seattle!

hang on, i’ve just dug out me old copy of bs4500 ‘limits and fits’…

i reckon that’s ‘tight as a bastard’

(my road bike has more clearance than that, no kidding)

Definitely a 26 inch wheel too.

I wouldn’t be happy with that at all.

That’s what put me off getting one, there’s a good thread on MTBR on the Uprising where tyres and clearances are discussed in detail so you might be able to get something else that gives a bit more clearance.

That’s just a bit too tight ….

If when your back wheel takes a hit the extra air forced around the tyre will make that contact the frame.

Even with a smaller tyre you’ll need to helitape all the way round the back & sides of those stays where the tyre is close.

That is a big bag of wrong.

I had a goma and it was quite a tall tyre. You won’t get a 2.25 advantage in there though! I have very little clearance on my yeti and am glad I helitaped the carbon as stones do get dragged through the gap.

It’s rubbish. A mate has one and has a conti mountain king in there. Seems to work ok clearance wise, no chance of getting anything big in there though which us stupid given the intended use for the bike. Careful with the pivot bolts as well as the lacquer seems very delicate. They ride incredibly well, just a shame there wasn’t more thought in the design.

Didn’t they update the rear because of this?
If it’s new, send it back.

Specialized Purgatory also fits fine as well.

That is just silly. There’d be much more clearance than that if I were to use the 26 dropouts with the 27.5 wheels I have on my Spitfire. A few mates are running those Gomas and they’re not exactly big tyres, on the smaller side of enduro-y ones if anything.

I have tall spikes for tyres atm and have same if not mms more room than that!

Updated rear triangle might be what’s needed.

Tbh I would of asked for a refund the first time you were mianing quite rightly about your Evil uprising.

Singlespeed. I sent my first frame back and found a shop which had a frame in stock, so I purchased that one instead.

I have an Uprising, have ran it for over a year now. I use 2.3 Hans Dampfs and have similar clearance to you. The bike has been ridden everywhere in all kind of conditions from Muddy UKGE to The Trans Provence and it runs fine. Where other systems have more space to develop a lot of mud, this simply cannot get past the brace so there is actually less build up. 3M taped it from the start and never looked back.

If you send this frame back you will miss out on one of the best rear suspension designs in the 20 years that I have been riding bikes. Also, Evil are now bringing out a new rear triangle which will be made available to customers for free if they have problems, or at cost if they just fancy a change. Every single frame out there will have a quirk, from Santa Cruz’s lower linkage that acts as a rock inviter to the cable routing on the new GT Force/Sensor, it doesn’t mean you should write them off….

In regards to having to use the Evil warranty, since the days of the Revolt they have gone full circle and Luismi, their main man in Madrid has been amazing at helping me out when I smashed my rear triangle on Trans Provence. Even though I had the words biggest rock fly up and crack the chainstay, which you could argue is crash replacement, he had a new one in the post, priority at my house in 48 hrs.

If your worried about the clearance email luismi@evil-bikes.com and he will reassure you and put your mind at rest.

Trust me on this Edward,

All the best,

Lee.