Product Description
Brand |
Juliana |
Category |
MOUNTAIN |
Seller |
Backcountry |
With the popularity of mountain biking exploding in recent years, bike companies are continuously improving their offerings in order to meet the ever-increasing capabilities demanded by riders. Mountain bikers are seeking out rougher trails than ever before, and they wish to conquer those trails with speed and unwavering confidence. With all these fantastic bike choices available on the market, it can be tricky to pick a steed that's versatile enough to be your do-it-all, Jane-of-all-trades ride, but with the non-stop progress of Juliana bicycles, we think that the newest iteration of the Joplin Carbon R Mountain Bike does a damn good job in just about any terrain you throw its way. For 2020, the aggressive trail machine takes the speedy cross-country roots of the Joplin and pushes harder and further into extreme-country, chasing sunsets in the backcountry, tackling new highs, and elevating confidence on steep and chunky descents. It got a full blown makeover in the geometry department, revealing the stable feel of slacker angles and a longer wheelbase, and pairing up with new lower-link driven VPP suspension that boosts stability when the going gets steep. The new Joplin takes the notion that cross-country bikes are made to be ridden delicately and carefully through technical terrain, and flips it on its head, because the last time we checked, we've never slowed down on a rowdy and ripping section of trail just because our ride is a little shorter in the travel department. We suppose that with the release of Juliana's new Maverick, and the Roubion getting a makeover in the suspension department, we shouldn't be all that surprised to see tweaks to the Joplin went in the same direction. The new Joplin follows the trends of its deeper-travel siblings, moving the VPP suspension down to a lower-link that offers improved stabilization in the roughest terrain, while an extra 10mm of travel helps soak up additional rocks and roots that the previous Joplin would have...
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