Article 2022 Rossignol Mandate Shift 11 – first ride review

[knut7]

The Norwegian adventure- and emtb rental company Trye had the 2022 Rossignol Mandate Shift Deore 11 in for a few days, and we got to ride it. Rossignol have been making emtb’s for for a few years. The old model was designed by Felt, but the new Mandate Shift is only sold by the Rossignol brand. We did a video of the test, here we also mention two new motors from Shimano. Chek it out!









Price and availability



We quite liked the old Rossignol bikes. They were functional bikes at a good price. And the price remains a strength for the new bikes too. Rossignol has become a direct-to-customer brand that is selling bikes from their website. Delivery of the Mandate Shift is not spcified. We found prices for two countries. In the US it’s $4.399, and it’s €4.399 in Italy.

Geometry



The test bike has a wheelbase of 1.255 mm, pretty decent...

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[Mr-EPIC-3]

So that will be interesting to see what you find out about the Shimano EP801 and EP600 motors. Hopefully the EP801 will get a bump to 95Nm and the EP600 will be small motor with 75Nm.

 

[knut7]

So that will be interesting to see what you find out about the Shimano EP801 and EP600 motors. Hopefully the EP801 will get a bump to 95Nm and the EP600 will be small motor with 75Nm.

Hoping to get that video out tomorrow

 

[Sherman]

This is actually one of the more interesting new bikes. Affordable price and seems pretty good base for a nice trail bike.