Canadian bike maker Devinci has launched a 29er version of its Spartan enduro racer. Called, unsurprisingly, the Spartan 29, it's available in both carbon and aluminium flavours, all promising "bottomless stoke".
Much like the 27.5in version, the Spartan 29 and Carbon 29 get 165mm of rear travel and a 170mm fork. The bike features the same hi-lo adjustable geometry system found on other Devincis, which lets the rider choose between a slightly lower and slacker setup, or a taller, steeper one with a little more reach.
Swapping between the two involves flipping a set of pivots upside down.
Spartan Carbon 29 — enduro everyday
The Spartan Carbon 29 gets a full-carbon frameset with a split-pivot suspension setup that's sized for trunnion mount metric shocks. The rear end runs a wide Super Boost 157 axle and the drive-side chainstay is dropped for clearance. There's room for 2.5in tyres in there, as well as chainrings up to 38t if you've got the legs. Pleasingly, the bottom bracket shell is threaded. Thank you, Devinci.
Devinci's geometry numbers are pretty on point for a big, bouncy race bike. In "lo" mode, a medium has a 65 degree head angle, 76 degree seat angle, 445mm of reach and 639mm of stack. Switch to "hi" changes those numbers to 65.6 degrees, 76.5 degrees, 453mm and 644mm respectively.
Spartan Carbon 29 builds start at $4,539 / CAD$5,399 / €4,799 for a bike with SRAM NX Eagle, a Rockshox Yari Charger RC Debonair fork and Super Deluxe RC3 DB shock. A frameset costs $3,369 / CAD$3,999 / €3,499. UK pricing and availability is to be confirmed.
Spartan 29 — same feature, more metal
The everyman aluminium Spartan 29 gets all the same headline features, just with an all-alloy frameset. The geometry is identical and it's adjustable in exactly the same way.
Builds for the Spartan 29 start at $3,339 / CAD$3,999 / €3,599 for an NX Eagle build along the same lines as the Carbon 29 version. A frameset costs $2,169 / CAD$2,599 / €2,299. Once again, the UK situation is to be confirmed.
