Identiti Bikes (United Kingdom) - Press Release: Mettle. Bettered Perfection.

The Mettle is our much loved but often abused bike of choice that lives its life covered in mud and used for taking on all day epics in the mountains, uplift days, or just thrashing around. A true workhorse designed to take it all and keep on coming back for more. It’s widely become the bike of choice for riders that want to spend more time riding, less time faffing and it’s just got even better.

What’s different?

Slacker Head Tube Angle | Steeper Seat Tube Angle | Longer Reach on all sizes.

‘What does this mean?’ We hear your screaming at your computer. We don’t believe in change for changes sake, but if we can make a change for the better, we will. Here’s how it helps you…

As a combined package all three geometry changes mean that our sat down sizing (effective top tube length) remains almost identical to the previous generation Mettle, yet your mass is more central and balanced between the wheels. But the stood up, foot out, berm slapping sizing – the kind of riding you’d buy this bike for – is more confident and ready to get loose when you are, simple.

What else?

Two fresh licks of paint – Satin Rich Rust or Gloss Night Time Navy.

Features:

Metric Shock:

Designed around Metric 230x60mm shocks early on, we were a first adopter of this superior technology. We also use bearing mount shocks for extra suppleness off the top.

Boost axle spacing:

148mm back end for stiff wheeled goodness.

Horst Link Suspension:

The Mettle is built around a proven Horst link suspension platform, it works, simple. It let us tune the kinematics to provide progression deep into the travel, low pedal kickback and optimised anti squat figures for pedal efficiency.

Threaded BB and ISCG 05 tabs:

Remember pressfit? We’ve NEVER put it on a frame because threaded is better.

Bonus water bottle mount:

Drink water.

Proper Sealed Bearings:

Chunky 6902 bearings in every pivot. Reliability is key.

Practical Tyre Clearance:

Designed and tested in the UK, there’s mud, lots of it.

Tapered Headtube:

Run a zero stack headset for a fully slammed set up. ZS44 Upper ZS56 Lower.

‘Anyone got a 5mm?’

Every hardware bolt on the frame uses a 5mm hex key. Who needs multitools anymore!?

Low Stand over:

Thank us later.

Mettle RCX - Price £4799.99:

• Fork: MRP Ribbon Air 170mm 39mm Offset
• Shock: Rock Shox Super Deluxe Ultimate
• Brakes: SRAM Code R
• Brake Rotors: SRAM Centreline 200/180mm
• Chain: SRAM XO1
• Chain Device: MRP Amg V2
• Crankset: SRAM Descendant Carbon 170mm DUB 34t
• Bottom Bracket: SRAM DUB
• Cassette: SRAM XO1 Eagle 10-50t
• Rear Mech: SRAM XO1 Eagle
• Gear Cable: Fibrax
• Shifter: XO1 Eagle
• Stem: Renthal Apex 35mm 40mm
• Handlebars: Renthal Fatbar 35 Carbon
• Headset Upper: Gusset S2
• Headset Lower: Gusset S2
• Grips: ODI Elite Motion
• Saddle: Gusset S2 AM
• Seatpost: KS Rage
• Seat Clamp: Gusset Clench
• Inner Tubes: Halo Tubeless valves and Sealant
• Front Tyre: Schwalbe Magic Mary Addix Soft Snake Skin 2.35
• Rear Tyre: Schwalbe Hans Dampf Addix Soft Snake Skin 2.35
• Front Wheel: Halo Vortex
• Rear Wheel: Halo Vortex Supadrive