Arktos 150
Alchemy Arktos Collection
The New Arktos 125 is the perfect blend of fast and fun. Shorter travel means more efficiency, with a super-responsive and nimble frame. Is it an XC bike? Nah… This thing is made to be ridden hard and built up so it can take a beating. Beat your buddies uphill, then impress the group with some full-send-ability. The Arktos has unlocked the power of modern geo, now with improved linkage for more travel and advanced kinematics. Our signature Sine Suspension virtually eliminates ‘pedal bob,’ providing instant, efficient forward power to attack climbs, rollers, and sprints. When it’s time to get sendy, the 130mm/125mm of FOX Factory, Kashima-coated front/rear suspension punches well above its weight.
The Arktos 140 is the trail breed of our MTB platform. The true “all-around” bike with a Fox Factory 36 (150mm) fork and 140mm of travel in the rear, this thing can climb, descend, and play with ease. The more you throw at this bike, the more you’ll be impressed with yourself! Crush your PRs, let it rip downhill, and feel the confidence of the perfect bike for you. The Arktos 140 utilized its modern geo and patented Sine Suspension to keep the pedaling smooth and efficient. Despite all its pedaling efficiency, there’s 150/140mm of Fox Factory top-of-the-line suspension to help you cruise along while sending the big stuff.
Like to get ROWDY when you ride? Is it all about high-speed thrills? Is bigger always better? If you answered “yes” to any of these, the Arktos 150 is definitely the bike for you. This bike takes its punishment and keeps coming back for more. With a 170mm FOX Factory 38 front suspension and 150mm rear, complemented by our patented Sine Suspension, it devours even the most brutal trails with speed, confidence, and dependability. Like you, the 150 is the happiest when you’re absolutely sending it! But don’t let those numbers fool you – despite its descending pedigree, the 150 will also get you to the top with surprising swiftness and agility.
Conversion Kits: Quickly transform your 125 into a 140 or even a 150 (and back again) with Alchemy’s conversion kits: Get two (or three) bikes in one – for a fraction of the cost of buying a second bike – and always have the ideal rig for your immediate riding plans. Kits include corresponding shock and fork and any necessary links for changes.
Alchemy ARGOS
Inspired by the Argos section of the Apex trail system in Golden, CO, the Argos titanium hardtail is the newest addition to the Alchemy mountain bike line-up.
The Argos is handmade in Alchemy’s workshop and is built to tackle strenuous climbs throughout the Colorado Rockies while maintaining strength, resilience, and impact resistance. It is a true trail-attacking hardtail with updated, progressive geometry. Using Alchemy’s custom USA blended titanium, the tubing, bends, and welds are all designed for quality ride feel and performance. With the option to finish with the ultra-durable Cerakote vs. liquid paint, your paint job will last much longer and hold up to whatever you put this bike through.
This is one gorgeous bike!
Ibis Exie
The Ibis Exie for all. Sharing the same geometry and performance as the Exie USA (made in Santa Cruz), the newest Exie offering is handbuilt in Vietnam. It’s everything we love about our US-made offering (albeit ~250g heavier) in a wallet-friendly build. They were showing a new color scheme at Otter.
It features their new logos.
Factor LANDO XC
A 29er To Rollover Your Best Times
You know the type. You see them at all the trailheads. Out-front Garmin mount. Closer fitting gear and lightweight helmet. Looking for ways to get their best times on their favorite trails. Maybe you are one of them. If so, you’ll love the Factor LANDO XC. This lightweight full-suspension 29er elbows its way to the front of the start line with a race-oriented geometry and suspension working together. Fast and fun, it’s the perfect mountain bike for Cape Epic aspirants, gravel crossovers, and roadies looking to get dirty.
- Vertically Oriented Shock
- Predictable Suspension
- Split Seat Tube
- One-Piece Molded Carbon Rocker
- Progressive And Modern Geometry
- Black Inc Integration
The special paint job that had on display was pretty sweet, with highlights to the orange Ceramic Speed derailleur cage.
Factor LANDO HT
A 29er To Shred The Competition
Whether you want to rip along flowy trails, destroy your rivals between the tape, or feel the joy of a lightweight hardtail mountain bike, the Factor LANDO HT can set all your rides alight. Made from high-quality materials and a carbon fiber layup utilizing different carbon types to optimize efficiency requirements, the LANDO HT offers exceptional stiffness-to-weight in a minimalist package. It is the hardtail mountain bike of choice for discerning XC riders looking to maximize their speed and race times.
Digit DATUM
Digit DATUM is a 140mm rear travel All-Mountain / Trail bike designed and manufactured in California, USA.
Its all-new ANALOG suspension matches both the better descending and pedaling attributes of the industry’s most respected four-bar suspension systems while delivering significantly reduced weight, carrying more water bottles, and offering improved reliability.
It does this by replacing the many parts which on other frames comprise the upper link and shock subassembly with a unified strut named INTEGER. Hidden inside the frame, it guides the upper suspension pivot smoothly and with incredible lateral stiffness, flows more oil, squeezes more air, and has fewer parts in an easily serviceable, low-motion-ratio package.
The culmination of years of development and ride testing on trails, bike parks, and all-mountain terrain, Datum is our reference, our middle point between XC and DH. It’s a mountain bike for riding in, across, up, and down mountains – we’re not going to call it a quiver-killer, but it’s a bike that will deliver miles of smiles whether you’re showing up for your local Wednesday Night XC World Championships or Sunday’s Shred Session Enduro Series.
Impressions => The mad scientist himself, Tim Lane, allowed me a brief ride of the DATUM. Although it was very brief, my thoughts were that it rode like an XC bike until you really hit something, and then the INTEGER unified strut absorbed things like a beefy trail bike. But the entire time, the bike offered composure, connection, and compliance.
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