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Cortex / Medium
£2,389 £2,949
Fast and agile, Cortex is a trail riding, down-country, all terrain mountain bike for seriously epic days out. It comes alive on long technical descents with 120 mm rear travel, big wheels and a stiff responsive frame.
With bang up to date geometry, Cortex is confidence inspiring with a playful character. Stand up and mash on the pedals out of turns, manual sections of trail and pop off tree stumps, rocks and roots. Smash out short and loose technical climbs, flat out descents and tight techy singletrack sections. The harder you push the bigger you grin.
At a glance
- SRAM GX Eagle AXS 12-speed groupset
- Rockshox Pike Ultimate fork
- Cane Creek shock
- Sonder Alpha 29" wheelset
Cortex frameset is hand-welded from 6061 double butted aluminium with a tapered ovalised top-tube and large section down-tube for a stiff chassis with just enough compliance to get you out of trouble. 66 head angle, 74.5 seat tube angle, 40 mm bottom bracket drop and a 465 mm reach (size large). Cortex’s dialed in geometry and 2.6" tyre clearance offers a comfortable and efficient climbing position for big miles and a stable, spirited platform for smashing up descents.
GX Eagle AXS
GX Eagle AXS combines the proven GX Eagle groupset with SRAM®’s wireless shifting technology. Customisable via SRAM®’s AXS smartphone app, it shifts precisely and instantly every time, eliminating cable stretch completely. It also leaves your bars nice and clean!
Sitting in the middle of SRAM®’s groupset hierarchy, GX Eagle AXS is the best groupset most of us would ever need, using a 12-speed 10-52 tooth cassette.
Features
Up to Date Trail Bike Geometry
Trail bike Agility with Enduro bike stability, the Cortex has a confidence inspiring, stable and forgiving ride.
Metric Shock Standard
Designed around metric shock sizing standard, with lengthened shocks and shorter strokes that increase bushing overlap for more smooth, supple, sensitive and reactive suspension action.
Horst link suspension design
The tried and tested Horst link suspension design allows the suspension to stay active when braking.
Tyre Clearance
Clearance for up to 29 x 2.6in tyres.
Internal Cable Routing
Internal routing in the front triangle for clean lines.
Geometry and Sizing
Sizing
It is important to get the right size bike, if the bike fits it will be faster, more comfortable, and easier to handle. You can also take into consideration the standover height to ensure you pick a bike that will be a good fit. If you measure your inside leg and ensure there is a minimum of an inch from the toptube to your crotch this will give you enough seatpost adjustment to find your optimum saddle height.
Generally we recommend: Small: Riders between 5ft 2in and 5ft 7in (157-170cm) Medium: Riders between 5ft 6in and 5ft 10in (167-177cm) Large: Riders between 5ft 9in and 6ft 2in (175-187cm) X-Large: Riders of 6ft 2in + (187cm)
Transmitter
| Size | Small | Medium | Large | X-Large |
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| ST - Seat tube | 405 | 425 | 465 | 485 |
| TT - Top tube | 575.6 | 597.3 | 625.6 | 649 |
| HT - Head tube | 100 | 105 | 115 | 125 |
| HA - Head angle | 66 | 66 | 66 | 66 |
| SA - Seat angle | 74.5 | 74.5 | 74.5 | 74.5 |
| CS - Chainstay | 445 | 445 | 445 | 445 |
| BB - BB drop | 40 | 40 | 40 | 40 |
| FO - Fork offset | 46 | 46 | 46 | 46 |
| WB - Wheelbase | 1169.1 | 1191.2 | 1220.2 | 1244.3 |
| SO - Stand over | 749.7 | 768.4 | 782.6 | 796.6 |
| RE - Reach | 420 | 440 | 465 | 485 |
| SK - Stack | 601.7 | 606.3 | 615.4 | 624.6 |
Frame Spec
Alloy 29er short travel full suspension trail bike
| Weight: S: 2.73kg; M: 2.91kg; L: 3.05kg; XL: 3.11kg |
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| Hydroformed and custom butted alloy frame tubing |
| Internal cable routing |
| Rear Shock: Rockshox Deluxe Select+ 190 x 45mm |
| Horst link suspension layout |
| 120mm rear travel; 130mm fork travel |
| Clearance for up to 29 x 2.6" wide tyres |
| 73mm BSA threaded bracket shell |
| 148 x 12mm rear thru-axle |
| 31.6mm seat tube, 34.9mm clamp |
| ZS44/28.6| ZS56/40 headset (frame and rear shock does not come with headset) |
Standard delivery to UK addresses is free over £30
Next Day deliveries will be shipped same day if you place your order before 2pm Monday - Friday.
If you are not happy or have changed your mind, you can return your unused product within 123 days of placing the order for a refund.
Simply return it to us, free of charge, with all the original packaging.