Inside Line: The new Maiden DH bike from Rocky Mountain

There are a lot of bad bike videos out there. This is not one of them.

Good music, not too much slow-mo, good job capturing the feel of just how fast this bike is movings, and Vanderham isn’t dressed like a toddler who didn’t get out of his PJs.

Bravo.

Below is the bike in the video, the new Maiden.

It was no secret Rocky was developing a new downhill bike, its previous downhill platform, the Flatline was long in the tooth, to say it nicely.

The details from Rocky’s press release:

• Full carbon frame, link, chainstay, and seatstay

• Optimized for 26” or 27.5” wheels with Equalized geometry

• Four bar Smoothlink suspension

• Pipelock collet axles lock into the frame for stiffness

• Oversized Enduro MAX type bearings for longer bearing life and higher load capacity

• Integrated frame protection: molded downtube guard, shock fender, chainstay protector, and bolt-in fork bumpers

• Di2 electronics compatible with internal stealth battery port

• Internal cable and brake routing

• PressFit BB107 bottom bracket, drop-in IS42|52 headset, 157mm axle spacing, ISCG-05 tabs

• Sizing: S/M/L/XL

Geometry:

There is a lot of interesting tech going on with this bike, and I’m about ready for bed, so check out BIKES.COM/MAIDEN for the lowdown on the result of four years of development.

There will be four models and a frameset:

Unlimited — $10,499

World Cup — $6,999

Pro — $5,499

Park — $4,499

Frame Only — $3,999

Hopefully we’ll get our first ride on the Maiden next week at Crankworx, stay tuned.