Ellsworth Enlightenment Carbon 29

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Ellsworth's Rare Earth Carbon Fiber finds its way to the firm tail mountain bike! Prompted by the awesome capability of their new found Sustainable Business Practice Carbon Facility, we continue the carbon fun on the front ends of the Enlightenment 29. The Force directional carbon shapes and lay patterns provide for some amazing ride feel. The DMS (Dual Mono Stay) Firm tails have an element of absorption to them, without mechanical articulation. Interchangeable dropouts let you run these as multigear or ONE gear designs. And the unique dropout design will accommodate a belt drive system. The Enlightenment 29 features some of the most outstanding stand over height of any 29er, making this beauty a very versatile 29'' firm tail. Frame: DMS Firm Tail Rear Triangle Interchangeable Drop Out design (single speed, multi gear and belt-drive ready) Rare Earth Carbon Fiber processing Force Directional Tube Design, Lay Up Design, and Geometric Shaping Tapered Head Tube Internal and Integrated Cable RoutingComponents: 2011 Fox F29 RLC fork, 100mm 15QR Orbit 1.5 ZS headset Easton Monkey Lite handlebar (31.8x685mm) Thomson X4 stem (0 degree, 100mm) SRAM XO Trigger shifters Avid Elixir Carbon brakes with 160mm rotors SRAM XO rear and X9 front derailleurs Truvativ Noir XC3.3 crankset, 175mm Truvativ GXP bottom bracket SRAM XO chain 9 speed SRAM XO cassette (11-34T) Loaded Xlite seatpost (27.2) WTB Silverado saddle with titanium rails Kenda Small Bloc 8 DTC (29x2.10) Wheels: Ellsworth 29 wheelset, handbuilt by master wheel builders Hubs use Japanese EZO sealed bearing and uses more and bigger ball bearings; three pawl design Patented Direct Pull Quadruple Taper Butted Spokes using a special lacing pattern to resist lateral flex Rims use Ellsworth's proprietary tapered wall rim extruded from xxx9 Aluminum and are wide for a wider tire contact patch (save weight by running a narrower tire, but still get the traction and control of a wider heavier tire) Weight: 1745 grams Geometry (in inches): S/M L Head Angle 72.5 72.5 Seat Angle 73.5 73.5 Top Tube length 23.5 24.5 Stand Over 28 30.5