Nukproof Giga take 5,746.
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Everybody, it's new bike day.
And on hand, we've got the Nukeproof Giga.
This bike right here.
You might've seen images of this bike floating around
over the last couple of months
if you spent any time lurking in some mountain bike forums.
Hasn't exactly been the best kept secret, but it's real.
So now we get to dig in
to all the little details of this new beast.
You can get it with either 27.5 inch or 29 inch wheels.
This 27.5 inch version comes
with a 180 millimeters of rear travel.
And the 29 inch version comes
with 170 millimeters of rear travel.
No matter the wheel size
all the bikes come with 180 millimeter fork upfront
and have a 63.5 degree head to the angle.
So pretty clear where this bike's intensions lie.
There are three complete models.
All with full carbon frames.
Prices start at $3,500 for the comp version.
They go up to $4,600 for the elite version.
And then the factory build that we have here
is 5,500 US dollars.
Wanted to go the frame only route?
That's going to set you back $2,600 dollars.
Parts getting highlighted on this bike.
You got a full Shimano XT drive train.
Shimano XT four piston brakes.
Fox factory suspension for 38 upfront.
And a Float X2 shock in the rear
and DT Swiss aluminum rimmed EX 1700 wheel set.
And those are mounted up with the
Michelin wild Enduro tires.
The bike yoke handles the dropper post dues on this bike.
This size, large, has 160 millimeter dropper post.
The frame alone, without a shock,
is said to weigh 2,900 grams.
So not super light
but reasonable considering this bike's intentions.
All right, let's take a step back for a second
and talk about where this bike actually came from.
After all, Nukeproof already make the mega,
a bike with 160 millimeters of travel,
that's had some pretty good success
under the likes of Sam Hill
on the Enduro world series circuit.
This bike, it started while they were working
on the descent downhill bike.
They started wondering what
if they took that suspension platform
and created something a little bit more pedalablee.
They made an aluminum mule called the Mulse.
That's if you take the word mule, combine it with pulse
which was the name of the previous downhill bike,
that aluminum mule, they tested it out
and decided the idea had merit.
So they ran with it created this bike.
Basically, in their words,
the reason that the Giga exist is because they could.
Time to go over some of those geometry numbers.
Here, it is the size large,
and it has a reach of 475 millimeters,
chain stay length of 445 millimeters.
A head tube angle of 63.5 degrees.
And I should mention, chain stay length remains the same
across all sizes.
We are starting to see more companies have size
specific chain stay lengths.
That's not the case with this bike.
There's five sizes available.
So you can go all the way
from small to extra, extra large, and according
to Nukeproof's sizing chart that should accommodate riders
from 5.2 inches all the way up to 6.7 inches.
That's a pretty broad range.
There aren't any geometry adjustments to be seen
on the Giga, but what it does have,
is an adjustable main pivot.
So you have basically two main pivot positions.
You can adjust them with an eight millimeter Allen key
undo a bolt a full turn, flip a lever
and you have a higher position.
So one of the settings is it gives it a 29% progression
and the other one 25.5% progression.
So basically if you want something a little more supple
off the top with plenty of ramp up,
there's a position for that.
Something a little more mid stroke support,
there's a position for that.
It could also work well
if you're going to be running a coil shock.
So this bike is easily air or coil shock compatible.
Basically those adjustments just allow riders
to really fine tune the bike to their liking
and the terrain that they're going to be riding.
As far as other suspension related numbers go,
Bike has either 96% or a hundred percent anti squat at sag.
And depending on where that main pivot position is again.
So again, this bike was designed for the descents
but they didn't forget to make it able to be peddled.
And without feeling just like a big wallowing mess
you have clearance for up to 2.6 inch rear tire.
Also has plenty of room for a water bottle
inside the front triangle.
It's got a really neat design where
the water bottle almost sits cradled
by the down tube and you can see that right there.
So plenty of room for that full sized water bottle.
Generous chain slap protection.
Nice and thick on the seat stay and chain stay.
So got to ride in on this bike already.
Nice and quiet.
That's also helped by the tube in tube
internal cable routing
and final details has ICG tabs as well
as a threaded bottom bracket.
So basically hits all the points
of what you'd like to see on a modern bike.
One more feature to mention is this has
ceramic universal derailer hanger.
We're seeing that come on new bikes across the board
which is great to see.
Basically, it means that if you do somehow break
your derailer hanger,
there's a good chance that a shop
will have a new one available.
And they're relatively inexpensive.
I believe around $10 or so.
This bike just showed up,
so I have a one ride in on it so far
so I can't really go into any in-depth impressions
but I can say right off the bat
I am impressed by how well it pedals.
Very efficient feeling.
There's not a lot of shock movement
and in the full open position
you can look down and stay in pretty calm.
Even if you stand up and mash on the pedals
not a ton of bob, which is impressive considering it has
that 170 millimeters of travel.
And that float X2 is a pretty supple shock.
So it will be fun to kind of experiment with that.
This bike's made for the descents though,
that's to me the main focus
but I'm definitely gonna take on some weird,
awkward climbs and see how it handles that stuff.
So far, the position itself
for climbing, nice and comfortable.
Keep talking about steep, seat tube angles and pretty
much every review these days, but they are really nice
for this style of bike.
And the overall position of this one feels great for me.
On the descents, I've only tried it
in the more progressive setting but super wet, super muddy.
So I wanted the extra supplements off the top.
Seemed to work really well.
You can plow with this thing.
But it does have that nice peppiness that I've kind of
always liked about Nukeproof's bikes, the Mega itself.
That's always had this extra little pop when you want it.
Seems like that's there with this bike as well.
But like I said, that's only a first ride, so we're going to
have to do some more riding and do some back-to-back
with some other bikes in this category.
So stay tuned for that in the future.
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