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<\/a><\/p>\nThe New Bike<\/h2>\n
As the Silverback Stratos is a brand new bike, let’s jump into some of the new features it offers. The Stratos follows the Sesta in Silverback’s cross-country race bike category with an updated slacker geometry to assist handling on technical terrain. The head tube angle is 69 degrees and seat tube angle 74.5 degrees with the medium frame sporting a 435 mm reach, 1136 mm wheelbase, and chainstays measuring 435 mm (across the size curve). To assist further the Stratos is designed with dropper seatpost support in mind.<\/p>\n
Silverback built the Stratos with an asymmetrical design which is most noticeable in the front triangle. The result is a number of eye-catching flat surfaces and sharp angles forming almost triangular shaped tubes in places. According to Silverback the purpose of these shapes is to better manage riding forces through the frame at the points where they are strongest.<\/p>\n With the rear suspension, Silverback made an effort to make it lightweight. There is an oversized tapered pivot just above the bottom bracket that makes use of a commonly available headset sized bearing while the rocker is injection moulded carbon fibre. The suspension is assisted by slender seatstays that flex as the bike travels through the suspension eliminating the need for moving parts between the seat- and chainstays. And, as you can see, there is space to fit two water bottles in the front triangle. Although not fitted to Stenerhag’s bike, a storage compartment can be fixed to the Stratos in the wedge-like gap where the top tube and down tube meet at the head tube.<\/p>\n Stenerhag races on Fox’s range topping Factory suspension with their cross-country focussed 32 Step-Cast fork and Float shock. She has a dual remote lockout lever to open and close the fork and shock.<\/p>\n The drivetrain is a SRAM XX1 Eagle system featuring a 32 tooth chainring and a Stage Power left crank arm. The brakes are also from SRAM, their cross-country Level brakeset in the Ultimate specification level.<\/p>\n The wheelset is courtesy of the Swiss company Ceetec with their carbon rims and a set of DT Swiss hubs. Stenerhag races on Maxxis tyres electing for an Ardent Race 2.35″ for the front and a Rekon Race 2.25″ on the back.<\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a>\n<\/div>\n<\/a>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a>\n<\/div>\n<\/a>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/a><\/p>\nJennie Stenerhag’s Silverback Stratos SBC<\/h2>\n
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