Bike Radar out of the UK, called the Bionicon Urban Road a “Stylish and functional geared urban machine” in their recent review of the bike. We agree!
Their conclusion was: “In spite of its apparent minimalism, the Urban offers quite a lot. All in all, this is yet another interpretation of what a good city-speciļ¬c bike could look like.”
Read the original review on BikeRadar.com
In the course of our regular product control we have unfortunately noticed that one production run of our suspension fork Double Agent TA 170mm can pose a risk for users of the product Supershuttle FR.
For this reason we are recalling the Double Agent TA 170mm suspension forks. Because of the potential risk to users the suspension fork in question should no longer be used.
The affected products have been fitted with an incorrect elastomer stack and to short of a foot on the damper cartridge, which can lead to the fork achieving too much suspension travel and a risk of bottom out. With frame sizes medium and small the front tyre could contact the lower fork crown when the fork is fully compressed. All recall work will be done by Bionicon USA.
Please contact your Bionicon dealer or Bionicon directly. We will do our upmost in order to carry out the recall as smoothly as possible. We apologise for any inconvenience caused by the recall.
Many thanks for your support and understanding.
The BIONICON – Riders Innovation Circle
Bionicon’s Urban cargo was introduced in Europe earlier in the year, but most of our brethren across the pond are getting their first glimpse of it at Eurobike this week. Here in California there are already some Urban Roads out on the streets, and we’re looking forward to introducing the Urban Cargo at Interbike.
On Road.cc and UrbanVelo.com the Urban Cargo is described as “Part cruiser, part load carrier, part urban machine…” They also show off the Urban Road in a series of close-up photos.
A great little video showing how the Bionicon system works, and how it functions on the trail.
More Bionicon-related videos can be found on our Video page.
Millimeters Gear Review blog has just posted a very in-depth review of the Bionicon Edison LTD. Reviewer Matt Phillips compares the geometry change of the Bionicon’s on-the-fly system to other adjustable travel and geometry systems on the market. Matt is known for his thorough, thoughtful and accurate gear reviews. Read what he has to say at http://millimeters.mountainbike.com
WideOpen Dirt Bike Magazine out of the UK just released their latest issue with a review of the the Bionicon Ironwood. The current Issue #7 for August 2008 can be downloaded in electronic PDF form for free from http://wideopenmag.blogspot.com/2008/08/wideopen-issue-7-is-online.html
In it the reviewer says:
“On the trail I was surprised at how much fun the bike was and found myself chucking it into berms, off drops and through rock gardens with easily as much confidence as my familiar DH bike. I was even more surprised at how nicely the bike jumped and it felt really happy in the air, giving me loads of confidence to push it further.”
Bionicon USA staffers got to take out and test the new Bionicon 170mm Double Agent TA fork this past weekend, before shipping off the first 170mm-equipped Supershuttle FR to it’s anxiously waiting owner this week.
The new fork falls between the 150mm Double Agent and the 200mm Special Agent upside-down fork in the Bionicon line. It combines a plush and responsive coil with an adjustable air chamber and an elastomer bottom-out bumper. It is stiffened by a 20mm through axle (thus the TA designation). The dual-crown leading-axle design pulls the stanchions back for a shorter feeling “stem” length, better suited to the steepest of downhill runs. The 170mm travel fork, with Bionicon’s patented F.I.T. (Front Impact Transmission) headset and stem weighs in at a scant but solid 6.5 pounds.
The first Bionicon Urban Road in the U.S. hit the streets this week in Los Angeles. Steve, a long time Bionicon Edison rider took delivery of the first of Bionicon’s new line of commuter bikes over the weekend, and rode the bike just as intended, to commute.
The Urban Road is designed from the ground up to be a simple, straightforward, low-cost urban commuter bike. With a steel frame, no nonsense 1×9 drivetrain, comfortable upright position, bullhorn bars, V-brakes and rack-mount lugs, the Urban Road is an ideal solution to higher gas prices and traffic jams. You don’t want to take your 17 pound race bike to work and back, or your 30 pound mountain bike. This bike is tailor-made for the task.
Decline Magazine, in their July 2008 Issue, did an extensive review of the technology and performance of Bionicon’s adjustable suspension and geometry system on the Supershuttle. They pored over technical drawings, pulled apart the system to see how incredibly simple it is, and came out believers. As the article was being written, we were called upon several times to help clarify certain aspects of how the system worked, and the vision behind it.
This was without a doubt the most thorough investigation and explanation of Bionicon’s patented systems by any media to date. If you can’t find a back-issue of Decline Magazine, you can read the full review on the Bionicon (German HQ) web site.
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