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 “significantly enjoyable and significantly 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 “the entire really feel of metal, constructed round 120mm rear journey, go-for-it geometry, and light-weight parts”.
The Mini Murmur can be obtainable as a frame-only or full bike possibility. The entire bikes can 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 supply an additional avenue into Starling for extra riders. It gives a load of versatility, making it excellent for a shreddy lunch run or a fast lap on the native loop. Starling says it’s a robust climber and zippy singletrack shredder” and that it’s made for all-day, huge climbing, epic adventures… for enormous 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 enormous versatility from their design. They will 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 offers 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 Checklist 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
Prime Cap: Hope
Seat Clamp: Hope
Seat Put up: 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 shopper that they arrive first. And we wish to make easy and delightful issues that final for years, don’t turn out to be out of date in a single day, and don’t have to be scrapped once you crash them.”
All Starlings V3 frames include a 7-year guarantee in opposition to producer defects. they’re additionally lined by a crash-replacement service. Crash it and harm it, they usually’ll repair it. You pay for transport, they pay for labor and supplies.
The guarantee and crash alternative service applies to the unique proprietor. Nonetheless, all homeowners, new or non-original, have entry to their repaint, refurbish and restore providers. In case your body is trying worn out and drained, you possibly can ship it to Starling for recent bearings, paint, and graphics.
In case your body is broken, they’ll restore it and generally even improve it. They will restore flared head tubes, dented tubes, and damaged or bent body options, comparable to. tabs or brackets. Saying that “they’ll’t do every thing”, however they’re assured that they’ll hold your body operating for a number of years.
Try the entire Murmurs on the hyperlink beneath.
StarlingCycles.com
