Description
Key stats:
- 5 sizes perfectly fit riders 4’10” to 6’8″. If you want something different, select Custom in the size menu.
- Stock wheel size is 29 inches in sizes M3-M5 and 27.5 inches in M1 and M2. If you want something different, select Custom in the size menu.
- Head angle is 68 degrees with a 120mm fork.
- Seat tube angle is 74 degrees.
- Front end is RAD neutral with about a 60-degree RAD angle.
- Chainstays are nice and juicy to balance you between the wheels.
- Head tube is 44mm for maximum compatibility.
- Bottom bracket is 73mm threaded for ease of use.
- Dropouts are SRAM UDH so they’re future proof. Until they make a new standard.
- Depending on frame size, we provide water bottle/tool mounts inside the front triangle, under the down tube and on top of the top tube.
- Hand made with premium Reynolds 853 tubing by an experienced, proven fabricator.
Warm Embrace Geometry:
The NoWukkas is the only hardtail on the market that’s designed specifically to prevent the most common injury crashes:
1. Over the handlebars. The relatively short reaches and tall stacks provide a RAD neutral fit with a high RAD angle. This gives you great comfort in the saddle, plus optimal range of motion for cornering, braking, descending, pumping, dropping, hopping, jumping and all the fun stuff. You forget the bike is there, and you simply enjoy the ride.
2. Washing out in turns. The Mistress balances your weight very close to the middle of the bike. Compared with mainstream trail bikes, The Mistress puts 10-30 percent more weight on the front tire. This makes cornering insanely easy and confidence inspiring — the front tire just doesn’t want to wash out like on a regular bike.
RAD fit. Rider Area Distance (RAD) is the imaginary line from your bike’s bottom bracket to the centerpoint of the grips. You use this lever to maintain balance on your feet and to make the bike do cool things like turn, hop and jump. Mistress RADs are designed to fit your body size and proportions. They create comfy seated pedaling, chain-snapping peak power and flowy shredding.
Namastays. The Mistress doesn’t have chainstays. Naw, these are too long and too sweet. We call ’em Namastays. Namastays increase front tire traction and make the bike feel quieter in bumps.
Slack in Back. Mistress seat angles are traditionally slack at 74 degrees. Most bikes that are designed to be pedaled well share this seat angle. The slacker seat angle relieves knee pain, access more booty power and gives you a more open, roomy cockpit when you’re pedaling in the saddle.
Sizing & Geometry
The Mistress is designed to perfectly fit riders from 4’10” to 6’8″.
Below is our stock geometry and sizing. This creates bike that’s comfortable in the saddle and handles great out of the saddle. These reaches are shorter than mainstream performance mountain bikes, but they are logically proven to work better for the vast majority of riders.
Are you between sizes? If you want to optimize comfort and handling everywhere, choose the smaller size. If you prefer a longer seated pedaling position or you want to blast non-technical trails in a straight line, choose the longer size. Not sure? Get the smaller size.
Do you want custom geometry? Maybe you’re extra small or extra large or you have unusual proportions or you want something different in terms of travel, sizing, geometry or wheel size. We can make you just about any kind of acoustic bike you want. In the Size menu, select Custom. After your purchase you’ll receive an email with directions to send me information about you, then I’ll start working with you on your dream frame. Custom geometry adds $500 to the price of your frame.
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