After teasing us with the down nation Murmur, UK’s Starling Cycles has introduced that they’re “making it official” and launched the Mini Murmer. The Mini Murmur is a 120mm rear-travel path/XC/down nation/do-whatever bike that Starling says is “severely enjoyable and severely quick”.
Including to the Mega Murmur and the Murmur, the Mini Mumur takes Starling’s award-winning, metal, handmade, single-pivot body and morphs it right into a “zippy path rocket”. Saying that it has “all the really feel of metal, constructed round 120mm rear journey, go-for-it geometry, and light-weight parts”.
The Mini Murmur will likely be out there as a frame-only or full bike possibility. The entire bikes will likely be spec’d with “DT Swiss’ F232 ONE air suspension, quick Michelin rubber, DT Wheels, and light-weight Hope parts.”
Not everybody wants a blaze o’ glory, coil-sprung enduro bike, and that’s the place the Mini Murmur steps in. Starling hopes the Mini will provide an additional avenue into Starling for extra riders. It provides a load of versatility, making it good for a shreddy lunch run or a fast lap on the native loop. Starling says it’s a powerful climber and zippy singletrack shredder” and that it’s made for all-day, huge climbing, epic adventures… for big days of “up” and “down”.
Mini Murmur Particulars
The Mini Murmur is constructed round Starling’s handmade metal body. It makes use of their adjustable shock mount which interprets to Starling reaching big versatility from their design. They’ll adapt their frames into “long-travel, huge mountain crushers or short-travel razzers, just like the Mini Murmur”.
The entire-build Mini Murmur makes use of a light-weight, DT shock in 210x50mm size, which gives 120mm rear journey. The body’s entrance triangle is handmade within the UK utilizing Reynolds 853 heat-treated tubing. The rear triangle can be handmade, however by ORA in Taiwan, utilizing heat-treated chromoly.
Like all of Starling’s Core full suspension bikes, the Mini has a UDH drop out, by means of axle, adjustable shock mount, and all of their V3 body options. It’s a metal body, so it may be repaired, refurbished, recycled, and repainted. Starling factors out that it’s “made to final and to reject throw-away, new-bike-every-season bullshit”.
Mini Murmur Spec Record and Retail
Retail: £2150 (body with out shock)Body with DT shock: £2549Complete bike, incl. VAT: £7650
Fork: DT Swiss F323 One 120mm
Shock: DT Swiss R535 120mm
Wheels: DT Swiss XMC 1501
Tires: F/R Michelin Wild XC
Crankset: Hope Carbon 165mm / 32T Hope 30mm
Backside Bracket: Hope 30mm
Chain: Shimano 8100 (XT)
Cassette: Shimano 8100 (XT)
Derailleur: Shimano 8100 (XT)
Shifter: Shimano 8100 (XT)
Brakes: Hope XCR 4 Piston F/R
Rotors: 180mm Hope Floating F/R
Grips: Sensus Lite
Bar: Renthal Fatbar Lite V2 T6 Alloy
Stem: Hope TR 40mm
Headset: Hope
High Cap: Hope
Seat Clamp: Hope
Seat Publish: Bike Yoke Divine
Dropper Distant: Bike Yoke
Saddle: Fizik Alpaca X5
Starling Cycles Mini Murmur Geo
Starling Buyer Help Particulars
“In an age of folding manufacturers and brutally fussy guarantee departments, we wish to present the client that they arrive first. And we wish to make easy and delightful issues that final for years, don’t turn into out of date in a single day, and don’t have to be scrapped whenever you crash them.”
All Starlings V3 frames include a 7-year guarantee towards producer defects. they’re additionally lined by a crash-replacement service. Crash it and injury it, they usually’ll repair it. You pay for transport, they pay for labor and supplies.
The guarantee and crash substitute service applies to the unique proprietor. Nevertheless, all homeowners, new or non-original, have entry to their repaint, refurbish and restore companies. In case your body is wanting worn out and drained, you possibly can ship it to Starling for recent bearings, paint, and graphics.
In case your body is broken, they will restore it and typically even improve it. They’ll restore flared head tubes, dented tubes, and damaged or bent body options, similar to. tabs or brackets. Saying that “they will’t do every part”, however they’re assured that they will hold your body working for a number of years.
Take a look at all the Murmurs on the hyperlink beneath.
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