The New ONE-SIXTY and ONE-FORTY - Untamed Evolution

The New ONE-SIXTY and ONE-FORTY - Untamed Evolution

Merida (Taiwan) - Press Release: Good things often take time, so it’s an understatement to say how exciting we are to finally be able to share the news of two new bikes that will set the standard for MERIDA mountain bikes: the all-new ONE-SIXTY and ONE-FORTY.

Having undergone the longest and most rigorous development and testing program of any MERIDA model to date, we’re happy to say that these two new machines are the most advanced and feature-packed mountain bikes we’ve ever made, designed to work in perfect harmony with the rider to allow them to push further and harder than ever before.

The ONE-SIXTY is our longer travel bike, aimed at the serious enduro rider and racer or anyone that needs maximum performance and dependability in rugged terrain, with the ability to take on the toughest and roughest descents and climbs. The ONE-FORTY is aimed squarely at today’s do-it-all trail rider, where all-mountain prowess needs to be balanced with lighter-weight uphill ability.

In these shrinkflation-ridden times, it’s a rare case of you getting more than you expected, with both bikes having more travel than before. The ONE-SIXTY delivers 170 mm of front wheel travel and 161 mm at the rear in full 29” mode or 172 mm in mixed ‘mullet’ 29” front 27.5” rear setup, while the 29” wheeled ONE-FORTY offers 150 mm at the front and 143 mm at the rear. That is delivered through our new Flexstay-Adjustable-Size-Tuned suspension kinematic. It’s FAST. Really fast.

The Flexstay part adapts the low-maintenance P-FLEX system seen on our NINETY-SIX cross-country rig to a long travel platform, the bike is Adjustable to work with both 29” and 27.5” rear wheels without altering the geometry, and it’s Size-Tuned to deliver more wheel rate progression as the reach increases, offering greater support for heavier or harder riders while allowing lighter riders to actually use full travel.

While these two bikes are aimed at different riders, they both deliver a huge number of shared innovations thanks to our all-new long travel platform design, which is available both in carbon fibre CF and aluminium LITE. No matter which is picked, they both share their geometry, design and the vast majority of their features.

We’ve also smashed the compromises modern riders need to make when picking a size that fits both their physical frame and desired riding characteristics. Whether you want a long reach rock hammer of a bike or want that short wheelbase pop’n’party feel, you’ll be able to get the bike dialled without compromise thanks to our reach-based AGILOMETER sizing, short stack and standover heights plus our 30-230 mm infinitely travel adjustable MERIDA TEAM TR dropper post on every size.

The geometry has also been radically overhauled, with a much broader range of reach figures throughout the five sizes each bike is offered in, ranging from the bijou Extra Short up to a mighty Extra Long. That’s combined with progressive super steep seat tube angles for tenacious climbing performance and slack head angles for calm and collected behaviour in the face of trail chaos.

And to top it all off, there are a whole host of other features that boost usability and reliability to new heights; with integrated tool and storage options, easy-to-maintain features and so many other cool things we’d need another sheet of A4 to list them all. Do other bikes in the market have these features? Yeah, sure - but none of them has all these features in one bike.

Our new sizing system, suspension kinematic and progressive geometry concept delivers the performance you want, married to the perfect fit, with all the features you’ll ever need, freeing you to focus on the trail ahead. No more compromise, just the untamed evolution of the mountain bike.

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