It mimics every move you make, flaring out around corners, floating drops with perfect poise and landing them with equal control. Watch the Yakuza Kumicho in action and you can see the back end working overtime, chattering under braking and squatting under power, but when you’re actually riding it just feels great. In fact, the predictable swingarm feel makes the bike almost like a natural extension of yourself rather than a separate machine, and from the fi rst run all of our testers were just thinking about the trails and the lines, not the bike. The soft shock sucks the bike on to the ground to provide superb traction and makes it easy to fold up and flick from line to line without even thinking about it. As soon as you sling your leg over, feel it sag back into its travel and hit the hill, it comes alive with an amazingly playful feel.
The best thing about the Kumicho is that we didn’t even think about the price of the component spec once when we were riding it. The SDG saddle is tough and easily adjustable, although you’ll probably need to glue or wire the grips on because ours worked loose quickly, even in generally dry test conditions. The big, blocky WTB treads are impressively sure-footed too, although the 2.7in front tyre only just squeezes through the fork brace. Hayes HFX-9 brakes with 203mm (8in) rotors do the stopping effectively, and the WTB wheelset takes the hits without worry. A clamp-on e.13 chainguide (the frame doesn’t have mounting tabs) keeps things running smoothly in the rough too.
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The almost ubiquitous Truvativ Hussefelt crankset is joined by a full Truvativ cockpit and SRAM X.7 gears. We’d rather have it plush for traction than too stiff though, and you can tune squat and bob out with the SPV damping. The Manitou Swinger 4-Way coil shock out back was a bit too soft for even our skinny test team too. It’s noticeably more flexible under braking and cornering loads though, and you can feel the springs grating in the legs. Once we’d fettled the rebound it was actually very plush and keen to level out long step or boulder runs or serious drops without panicking. With £300 less to spend on kit there are some obvious compromises, but we were impressed by how well the Marzocchi Super T fork rode compared to the 888s elsewhere. It’s certainly not a bike you’ll get the wheel out of in a hurry. The only disappointments are the thin, unclamped, 12mm drilled dropouts that spread and bind when you try to drift the 150mm rear axle out of them. You even get a bottle cage under the down tube for drink or light battery duty. Specifications Frame: 6" TRAVEL FREERIDE DUAL SUSPENSION SINGLE PIVOT W/ SEALED BEARINGS, 1.5 HEADTUBE, REPLACEABLE DERAILLEUR HANGER, INTERNATIONAL DISC BRAKE MOUNT Fork: SPINNER AMMO 1, OX VALVING, 20MM THRU AXLE, 150MM TRAVEL Rear Shock: FOX VANILLA R 8.75"X2.5" Front Derailleur: SUN RACE FD, 34.9MM CLAMP Rear Derailleur: SHIMANO ALIVIO Shifters: SHIMANO ALIVIO EZ-FIRE Brakes Levers: SHIMANO ALIVIO Brakes: TEKTRO IO SPORT W/8" ROTOR Chain: KMC Z72 Crankset: FSA ALPHA DRIVE, 170MM Cassette: SHIMANO HG-40, 11-32T, 8 SPEED Pedals: WELLGO ALLOY PLATFORMS Bottom Bracket: FSA POWER DRIVE, 73X118MM Headset: FSA NO 60ST 1.5 TO 1-1/8 REDUCER STEEL Saddle: WTB PURE V SPORT Seat Post: ALLOY MICRO ADJUST, 30.0MM Handlebar: IRON HORSE DH, 31.8MM CLAMP Grips: BLACK GRIPS Stem: ALLOY DH STEM, 31.8MM CLAMP Tires: ITS NINJA, 2.6" FRONT/2.35" REAR Wheelset: WTB DUAL DUTY FREERIDE Weight: 42.The Kumicho’s the only bike here to use a big 1.5in-compatible head tube, which means you can fit Manitou’s monster single-crown Travis fork if you remove the reduced Aheadset. Of course, all of Iron Horse?s Yakuza frames feature 1.5? headtubes for strength and compatibility as well as replaceable hangers just in case you pull come up short on that next landing.
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Whether it?s rocking out at your favorite bike park, nailing that drop-in at your local freeride spot, going big deep in the woods, or even a little street or park action, the Yakuza series has a bike to fit your needs! The 6? travel Yakuza freeride frame found on the Ojiki and Aniki models features Iron Horses CPS suspension system to soak up the big hits but still allowing you to pedal back up that next climb. Mountain Bike - 2009 Iron Horse Yakuza Aniki Mountain Bike (Freeride/DownHill) - Wholesale Electronics made in China
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