A mountain bike with attitude is what you can call the Iron Horse Bootleg. The frame is made of aluminium which can be regarded as the best metal for building mountain bike frames. Aluminium is a lot cheaper than other metals and is easy to work with. Its light nature makes is one of the most durable metals to build automobile and bike frames with.
It has all tremendous features to tackle the hardest dirt track biking competition. Robust – lightweight – shock resistant and more; we are surely talking about the Iron Horse Bootleg 1.0. A design backed by the latest scientific researches, the Iron Horse Bootleg 1.0 is your ideal partner for off road competitions.
Aluminum built with alloy tubes, 13.1 Kg only for 17”, supported by full suspension; typical of the latest mountain bikes, the Iron Horse Bootleg 1.0 is among the lightest models of its category. The rear wheel tour has been increased to 4”, the mud clearance has some considerable improvements and the frame lost almost ¾lb. The Iron Horse Bootleg 1.0 has both a front and rear lockout which makes it really efficient.
The Iron Horse Bootleg has tubes made of show off the sleek frontal diamond. The swingarm uses a unique seat mounted on a tube to drive the rear shock. The shock in the Iron Horse Bootleg is mounted to the middle of the down-tube. Iron Horse fans love the idea of the DW link and might find it a big shock that it is not present on the Iron Horse Bootleg. However, the manufacturers believe that the DW link is really of no good when it comes to shorter travel bikes. The engineers, who came up with the design for the Iron Horse Bootleg, had come up with the design for a bike that has a lively feel and a supple nature for short travels. The rear tire clearance of the bootleg is extremely good when compared to the predecessors of the Bootleg. It comes up to 2.1in WTB.
The 19 inch frame of the Bootleg is the first time Iron Horse is venturing into such design. The riders who are in the UK and who are destined to live around mud find this to be good news as they will not have to worry about the tyre width restrictions.
RockShox is the kind of rear shock which completes the Iron Horse Bootleg 1.0. This rear shock did have a few teething troubles when it was first launched, but now it’s all sorted out and compliments the bike. The rear shock that is fit is found to be perfect, because of its spot on damping.
The accessibility of the rebound adjuster and the flood gate dial is another compliment to the Iron Horse Bootleg. The whole body of the bike is black with a few highlights in Red and Grey to make it look stunningly sexy and classic!
Iron Horse Bootleg