A STEEL XC bike?! Starling Cycles Mini Murmur

A STEEL XC bike?! Starling Cycles Mini Murmur | Workshop Chatter

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@tombowman9463 6 ай бұрын

I had the privilege of riding this very bike in the Starling 0:53 parking lot. It accelerates like a rocket. It’s so amazing that one frame can be build up is so many exciting ways.

@thomasstone1363 6 ай бұрын

Absolute dream machine!!!

@AP-vw7fv 4 ай бұрын

That thing is gorgeous!

@joshlarue2838 6 ай бұрын

I really like this bike, I've been drooling over a murmur for awhile. I'd really like to try it with a 52.5 stroke shock and a 140mm fork.

@NewPolishScientist 5 ай бұрын

Fantastic

@Carriere886 6 ай бұрын

Each time Joe talks about wheel weight, I remember the articles of Bicycle Quarterly and Jan Heine, saying that wheel weight doesn't matter that much because bikes don't accelerate (or brake) as fast as a car or a motorcyle ... but from my personnal experience they make a bike much more faster than the same weight saved on the other parts of the bike ... I don't know wich one is true :D

@joemcewan2950 6 ай бұрын

Good point, i should clarify. For a road bike you are just overcoming losses, so agreed wheel weight has minimal impact. But for mountain bikes on rough terrain, every bump and lump acts to slow the wheel down. You are constantly having to put in energy to accelerate the wheels again. Lighter wheels need less energy!

@theospuehler397 6 ай бұрын

Very nice Bike. Is this a Medium+ ?

@MadeByMuel 5 ай бұрын

What a dream bike! Maybe one day…. But probably not 🤦‍♂️

@eXaviar 4 ай бұрын

Hi, could it work with a 150/160mm fork?

@niklassvensson9119 4 ай бұрын

That would be a normal murmur or mega murmur.

@Ammotive28 6 ай бұрын

That looks rapids, looks like it can take a beating too

@los1379 6 ай бұрын

What I’d like to do: Murmur (or possibly Twist…) frame, 2 different sets of suspension and wheels for enduro/ XC. The minimal time it would take me to swap that out seems well worth it!

@KPsychRN 6 ай бұрын

My thoughts exactly. Was thinking an Ohlins 36 for the front. If I understand correctly, you can hot swap air spring cartridges without having to drop the lowers. If this is true, you could have their air shock on the rear for your trail setup and coil for enduro with a single fork for both (save time with not having to unbolt the front brake from the fork and realign the caliper). Could be quite the quiver…

@niklassvensson9119 5 ай бұрын

How come ther is no mini twist? I gett the point with 29" wheels, but why no xc mullet?

@starlingcycles835 5 ай бұрын

We just don't think it needs it. We do a 130mm rear travel version of the Twist, and that seems fine for mullet wheels. We might try it one day!

@niklassvensson9119 4 ай бұрын

@@starlingcycles835 Just odred me a Twist, so coming next spring i will start trying stuff and try do some XC racing again.

@Metal-Possum 6 ай бұрын

I remember when 100mm was your long travel bike... those were the days.

@jugaloo5873 6 ай бұрын

I'll pinch that water bottle line, if you don't mind, xx

@Shawn-in-da-Canyon 6 ай бұрын

Could you run a 130mm fork on that?

@starlingcycles835 6 ай бұрын

Yep, that would be good!

@tubularmonkeymaniac 6 ай бұрын

"Not an enduro bike". Brother it's steel, I would be throwing myself off cliffs on this thing 🤪. I used to ride enduro trails on a 100mm 'XC' bike. Anyway looks like a blast.