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  • New Atherton S.150 launches today from £4,499
  • Ben_Haworth
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    Hot outta the inbox is the news from Dyfi Valley that the Atherton S.150 trail bike is launching today. Here’s a quickie Press Relase. The S.150 start …

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    New Atherton S.150 launches today from £4,499

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    rootes1
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    The alu atherton bikes visually look so much nicer than their carbon offerings. Odd that given so many size options and their manufacturing process, they only offer 3 stack heights though.

    stcolin
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    Mullet only? I’m out.

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    tall_martin
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    I’d love a test ride in the bike park ?

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    5lab
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    Odd that given so many size options and their manufacturing process, they only offer 3 stack heights though.

    how many stack heights do you need? given you can adjust it by adding a spacer under your stem I don’t see it as much of an issue.

    nwgiles
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    how heavy is it?

    dirkpitt74
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    Would be nice if they did a full 29’er.

    Never ridden a mullet, might see about hiring one next time I’m at Dyfi…..

    dirkpitt74
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    @nwgiles
    how heavy is it?

    Around 16-16.5kg apparently.

    chrismac
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    16kg according to the article on pb. I’m not sure why a trail bike needs to be built to cat 5 strength if your name isn’t atherton

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    nwgiles
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    @dirk – Thank you

    Yak
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    That looks great. No problem with 16kg or so as all the specs come with good kit. I can’t imagine Raaw or similar high end alu bikes are any lighter.

    fooman
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    The alu atherton bikes visually look so much nicer than their carbon offerings. Odd that given so many size options and their manufacturing process, they only offer 3 stack heights though.

    I’m not so sure (though I admit I’m a fan of the carbon bike look) I saw one on at Gee Athertons talk and initially I thought it was an early prototype of the carbon model as if they were trying to figure out geo etc. What you don’t see from the photos is the bottom bracket area is very extended and square and gives downtube an odd looking angle as it floats a few cm from both the bb and headtube. In pretty much every photo, left or right, they’ve position the pedal to cover this area so it doesn’t look as pronounced. I thought it looked ‘unfinished’.

    andylc
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    I used to be at least a little bothered about weight before. Just got a Canyon Strive, which is around 16kg (although that includes a bit of extra weight for the Shapeshifter).
    This things climbs so much better than my older lighter bike it’s unreal. Made me realise that within reason, weight doesn’t really matter.

    chakaping
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    Well it certainly looks solid.

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    Yak
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    I see what you mean from the pics above. I’m sure there are structural reasons to make that area large. Also improves the space in the front triangle so guessing any shock is fine + bottle?

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