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Banshee Prime Frame 2016

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Banshee Prime Frame 2016

Rowdy all-mountain attitude in a 29" body

The Banshee Prime is equipped and ready for the party, so throw on your best clipless dancing shoes, throw a leg over, and get ready to rage. Founded on Banshee's all-new KS Link suspension platform, the Prime frame features an insanely supple design as it completely eliminates pivot resistance and nearly all DU bushing rotation. To achieve this, Banshee's KS Link provides the rider with better traction through its ability to react faster to sudden changes in the terrain, resulting in superior small bump compliance for an overall smoother ride. The short one-piece forged linkages boosts the Prime's overall stiffness and responsiveness by lowering its center of gravity, while its fully sealed, oversized bearings and low pivot loads keep maintenance virtually non-existent.

Honing in on the small details, the Prime features Banshee's new modular dropout system which uses a 3-position adjustable geometry and "flip-chips" to alter the head angle in half degree increments, and also change the BB height in quarter inch increments, transforming the bike into whatever you need it to be. A 44/56mm tapered headtube cleverly permits the use of a zero stack headset cup to reduce the stack height if needed. When it came time to create the lines for the tubing, Banshee didn't just replicate shapes and weld together some aluminum pipes. Instead, they meticulously hydroformed 7005 AL aluminum tubing and internally ribbed the chain and seat stays are for a noticeable increase in strength and stiffness, and a decrease in weight.

The Prime can be easily adjusted from neutral setting to be higher and steeper to feel more like a regular trail bike with good pedal clearance for tight technical terrain, or it can be dropped down to the slack and low setting to become the high speed fighter jet of a bike. This adjustability is important, as the low and slack geometry is not suited to every trail, as you may well know. Sometimes it is more important to have the pedal clearance that comes with a slightly higher BB height, and sometimes the more nimble feel of steeper geometry when riding slower and more technical trails.

Benefits:

  • 135mm rear travel: When combined with 29" wheels this is is what we found to be the optimal travel for hard enduro style riding
  • 29" Wheels: frame can accomodate up to 29x2.5" tires
  • Adjustable geometry: 3 positions with a flip of the chips - Slack and low, neutral, higher and steeper
  • Short Chainstays: 17.4-17.6" chainstay length optimizes weight distribution and makes the bike fun and nimble
  • Taper Headtube: 44mm ¦ 56mm (1.125" zero stack top, 1.5" zero stack bottom) allows angle sets and tapered forks
  • Hydroformed 7005 AL tubes: Increases strength and stiffness, and reduces weight
  • ISCG2005: Latest standard in ISCG for chainguide mounting
  • New KS Link suspension: Optimized suspension kinematics for a fast, efficient and overall fun ride
  • Front derailleur Compatible: Uses SRAM S3 low direct mount system
  • Full length seat tube: Maximum saddle height adjustibility
  • Internal ribbed stays: Increase stiffness for railing berms and holding lines through the roughest of trail sections, as well as increasing pedal efficiency
  • Aggressive geometry: Slack angles paired with frame anti-squat suspension maintains descending speed while keeping the front end planted on steeper climbs
  • Fully Sealed bearings: High Quality fully sealed bearings used throughout to minimize maintenance
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SPECIFICATIONS
Frame Banshee Prime hydroformed aluminum, 135mm travel
Wheel Size 29"
Fork Not included
Rear Shock Cane Creek Double Barrel CS Air
Headset Included No
Headtube Diameter 44mm ¦ 56mm (1.125" zero stack top, 1.5" zero stack bottom) allows angle sets ad tapered forks
Front Derailleur Mounting SRAM S3 low direct mount system
Bottom Bracket Size 73mm - ISIS 118mm
Seatpost Diameter 30.9mm
Seat Clamp 34.9mm Bolt-on
Dropout Style 12x142mm
Accessory Mounts Bottle mounts under down tube
Cable routing External
Intended Use Trail, Enduro
Weight 4.14 kg / 9.13 lbs

Note: Components are subject to change without notice.


GEOMETRY (mm/inch)
Size Medium Large Extra Large
A: Seat Tube Length 445 / 17.5 483 / 19 534 / 21
B: Effective Top Tube 585 / 23 615 / 24.2 650 / 25.6
C: Stack 632 / 24.9 640 / 25.2 640 / 25.2
D: Reach 416 / 16.4 445 / 17.5 480 / 18.9
H: BB Height Low - 336 / 13.25 / Neutral - 342 / 13.5 / High - 348 / 13.75
F: BB Drop/Rise - - -
G: Head Tube Length 115 / 4.5 115 / 4.5 125 / 4.9
H: Head Tube Angle Low - 67.0° / Neutral - 67.5° / High - 68.0°
H: Seat Tube Angle Low - 75.0° / Neutral - 75.5° / High - 76.0°
J: Standover Height 728 / 28.7 748 / 29.4 771 / 30.4
H: Chainstay Length Low - 448 / 17.6 / Neutral - 445 / 17.5 / High - 443 / 17.4
L: Wheelbase 1159 / 44.6 1189 / 46.8 1224 / 48.2
Suggested Rider Height 5'5" - 5'9" 5'9" - 5'11" 6'0" - 6'4"

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