- Manitou Circus Expert fork that puts this bike in another league
- frame with integrated seatpost clamp & clearance for fat tires
- NS Bikes cockpit including: Lick handlebar & Sam Pilgrim grips
- light NS Bikes Quantum 25.4 stem, with short dirt jump specific 37mm reach
- integrated headset
- Octane One sealed front 20mm hub
- Octane One sealed rear SS pro hub with 10t driver
- SRAM Level hydraulic rear brake
- light, high-end crankset Salt Plus with real press-fit Spanish BB
- low profile NS Aerial pedals with removable pins
- strong NS Fundamental rims
- Octane One fat seat-post combo
Awesome ride quality of steel tubes and classic slim look - this is the bike to go for if you love cromoly.
The Metropolis has all the features of a modern pro-level dirt bike, with geometry and parts that have been chosen by our top riders. You can take it straight out of the box and head to Mellowpark to practice your 360 nosedives, or even go for a big backflip at a Crankworx event. If you are not planning to go so far, hit the streets and practice some off-the-bank tailwhips. The bike is ready for this kind of stuff because it has all the features of a modern pro-level dirt bike. We have years of experience in building dirt bikes and believe that this is one of the best out there.
Frame: NS custom butted 4130 cromoly
Fork: Manitou Circus Expert, 100 mm travel, 20 mm axle, aluminium steering tube
Headset: Salt by WTP, integrated IS42, sealed
Stem: NS Bikes Quantum 25.4, 37mm reach
Handlebar: NS Lick
Grips: NS Sam Pilgrim signature, w/o flanges
Brakes: SRAM Level 160mm rear, Tektro Novela 160mm front
Bottom Bracket: SALT by We The People, Spanish BB, 19mm x 8 splines
Crank: SALT by We The People, tubular cromoly
Chainring: SALT by We The People, 25T CNC aluminium ring
Chain: PYC-510HX
Rims: NS Fundamental
Hubs: Octane One 20mm (sealed bearing) front, Octane One SS Pro 10T Driver (sealed) rear
Spokes: 14G-2.0mm w/ 14mm nipples
Tires: Kenda Small Block 8 26x2.1
Seatpost + Saddle: Octane One fat seat-post combo
Pedals: NS Aerial
Weight: ~12.9 kg including pedals, without front brake
Metropolis 1 | ||
Wheel | size | 26" |
Fork | travel | 100 |
Reach | mm | 397 |
in | 15,6 | |
FC | mm | 654 |
in | 25,7 | |
Standover | mm | 749 |
in | 29,5 | |
Stack | mm | 555 |
in | 21,9 | |
Effective TT | mm | 605 |
in | 23,8 | |
Actual TT | mm | 574 |
in | 22,6 | |
Seat tube | mm | 306 |
in | 12,0 | |
Chain stays | mm | 381 |
in | 15,0 | |
BB rise | mm | -4 |
in | -0,2 | |
Headtube | angle | 69,0 |
ST angle | effective | 70,0 |
Wheelbase | mm | 1036 |
in | 40,8 |