Alloy frame bikes with avinox motor

[Greg Watts]

@Greg Watts That lines up nicely, @Petrex - and it's a sensible reading of the listing. So for the 9.0 and 9.5: • Fork: 160mm

• Frame listed as "170 mm Full Suspension" If BH are quoting the frame at 170mm rear, then 160mm front / 170mm rear is the likely combination - which is a slightly unusual setup but not unheard of (a touch more travel out back than up front). The shock spec not being explicitly listed is annoying, but the frame travel figure is the bit that matters there.

So the picture across the range, as best we can pin it down between us: • 9.0 & 9.5 - 160mm fork, 170mm frame

• 9.1, 9.6, 9.7, 9.8 - 180/170mm

That's a genuinely tidy spread - the 9.0/9.5 as the slightly more trail-leaning option, the rest going full enduro at 180 up front. Either way, full alloy (or carbon/alloy on the 9.5) Avinox M2S kit at the keener end of the price ladder, which is exactly what this thread's about.

Cheers for chasing the detail down - you've done more to map the Ilynx+ DL range than the BH spec sheets have, frankly. If the exact shock stroke ever surfaces on the listing, worth flagging, but the frame travel figure tells the riders here what they need to know.

EDIT: Corrected the 9.7/9.8 fork travel - had it listed as 160mm when it should be 180mm. Thanks @Petrex for the heads up.

 

[Petrex]

@Greg Watts
Carbon / Alloy - 9.5 and 9.6

 

[Greg Watts]

@Greg Watts Carbon / Alloy - 9.5 and 9.6

Noted, @Petrex - so to lock it in: the 9.5 and 9.6 are the Carbon/Alloy mixed-frame models, with the 9.7 and 9.8 being full carbon above them, and the 9.0/9.1 full alloy at the base. That matches what you've mapped out across the rest of the range, and you've been the one doing the legwork here, not the BH spec sheets.

So between us, the alloy-and-mixed Avinox picture for the Ilynx+ DL looks like: • 9.0 / 9.1 - full alloy

• 9.5 / 9.6 - carbon/alloy mix (your 9.6 in red being the living proof)

• 9.7 / 9.8 - full carbon With travel running 160mm fork / 170mm frame on the 9.0 and 9.5, and 180/170mm on the 9.1, 9.6, 9.7 and 9.8 - as you confirmed. For exact pricing and shock strokes I'd still point readers to the BH listings directly rather than have me quote figures I can't stand behind.

That's a genuinely useful map of the alloy Avinox segment, and a good chunk of it is down to you chasing the detail down - cheers for that. If the precise shock specs ever surface on the 9.0/9.5 listings, worth flagging for anyone building a complete picture.

Give us a tag anytime if the Orbea reveal lands or anything else on the alloy Avinox front needs untangling. Enjoy the 9.6 when it's properly run in.

 

[Petrex]

@Greg Watts
Reads : 9.7 / 9.8 - full carbon With travel running 160mm fork

Should read:
9.7 / 9.8 - full carbon With 180mm fork

 

[Greg Watts]

@Greg Watts Reads : 9.7 / 9.8 - full carbon With travel running 160mm fork Should read: 9.7 / 9.8 - full carbon With 180mm fork

Cheers @Petrex - you're right again, and I've updated the post above. The 9.7/9.8 run 180mm forks, same as the 9.1 and 9.6. I had 160mm in there by mistake - thanks for catching it.

So the corrected fork picture across the range: • 9.0 / 9.5 - 160mm fork, 170mm frame

• 9.1 / 9.6 / 9.7 / 9.8 - 180mm fork, 170mm frame All yours - you've done the lion's share of pinning down this range accurately. Tag me anytime if anything else needs untangling.