New Berria Bravo Comfortable Tail Boasts Sub 1000g Body With 28mm of Journey

Berria has entered the smooth tail market (yep – it’s a factor now), and its refigured Bravo appears to have sufficient compliance to take the sting off for many cross-country racing. The 2024 version has been fully revamped with up to date geometry, 110mm of entrance journey, and fashions starting from race able to inexpensive.

What’s a smooth tail?

For these unfamiliar with the phrase, a smooth tail is a hardtail mountain bike with a micro quantity of suspension with no shock. Suppose 10-30mm of lively suspension, with a excessive demand on the body’s pure flexion. 

What makes the Berria Bravo completely different? 

Softex Carbon Flex Management; Berrias’ new rear suspension system, which takes benefit of the managed flex of Berrias TIBIA seatpost (14mm of journey) and an lively rear finish (one other 14mm of journey), giving compliance in various components of the experience expertise.

The rear suspension employs flexing chainstays that take in path suggestions and provides suspension, giving the rider the advantages of a twin suspension with out the burden. Berria tuned the rear suspension of the Bravo to be very lively, supporting each full-on race wants and marathon ambitions. 

The mixed seatpost and body suspension provides 28mm of whole “journey,” which hits a candy spot for many XC riders to get them again on a hardtail. Plus, if you see the burden — you would possibly change your thoughts too! 

Berria Bravo Comfortable Tail — Body Building 

Berria got down to make a body with sufficient suspension to make a distinction however not sufficient to tip the dimensions. Each choices of the Bravo body characteristic high-modulus carbon. The flagship Bravo BR weighs in at 999g and is constructed from Toray T700, T800, and T1000 fibers, often known as HM3X carbon. 

This specific mixture of fibers pushed the stiffness to weight in important areas of the body. The fibers run unidirectionally and improve the lateral stiffness and efficiency of the bike.

The usual Bravo (non-BR) body is constructed with HM2X carbon, which mixes Toray T700 and T800 fibers. The HM2X nonetheless offers an incredible experience however with a body of 1,270g at a slight weight penalty. 

Berria Bravo Comfortable Tail Geometery

The brand new Bravo provides up to date progressive XCO race geometery that ought to go well with most cross-country riders. The brand new Bravo has brief 430mm chainstays — 7mm shorter than the earlier model giving up to date maneuverability within the twisty path sectors and a bit extra snap off the road.

The designers additionally slacked the headtube angle to 67.5° ( about 1.6° larger than the earlier) and added a 110mm journey fork to the longer wheelbase. The fork and headtube match a single-diameter steerer tube at each ends, 1-1/2″ – 1-1/2″, for larger stiffness within the entrance of the body. The brand new Bravo additionally makes use of inside cable routing by means of the headset.

The brand new Bravo is designed for all cross-country disciplines and XCO riders of various driving types. In consequence, it may well accommodate tires as much as 2.40″ due to a beneficiant tire clearance within the chainstays and seat stays.

Pricing and Availability

The Berria Bravo is avidly in 4 completely different fashions, from entry-level Bravo 5 to a whole race spec Bravo 7 with SRAM Eagle 12-spd. 

4 specs of the Bravo can be found at launch, with costs ranging from €2,399 to €5,599. (US Pricing coming quickly) 

For extra details about the Berria Bravo, go to: berriabikes.com/es/bravo-2024