Cavalerie Anakin
The Cavalerie Anakin, out of France, is developed around an Effigear gearbox—another French brand—not the widespread Pinion. With 160mm of travel front and back, this is one of the longest travel gearbox bikes that I spotted at the show. With a 66-degree head tube angle, the geo on this enduro rig looks pretty modern.
The model that I saw on display was spec’ed with a belt drive in a very clean design, with no extra pulley tensioners—unusual for a full suspension gearbox bike. The belt is tensioned with the dropouts, similar to some singlespeed frames.
The rig I saw was spec’ed with Enve wheels, a BOS Kirk shock, and a Formula Thirty Five fork. According to Cavalerie’s website, the Anakin can be built down to 13.64kg (30lbs).
While I didn’t spot them at Eurobike, Cavalerie also offers a 185mm-travel freeride rig, the Squirrel, and a 200mm-travel full-blown DH rig, the Falcon–both with gearboxes.
