Product Description
Brand |
Juliana |
Category |
MOUNTAIN |
Seller |
Backcountry |
Math may not be our strong suit, but when we crunch the numbers on Juliana's new Joplin D Mountain Bike, we find ourselves scratching our heads, wondering how the bike rides with such all-mountain confidence that blows well beyond the sum of its numbers. The Joplin may have been synonymous with cross-country machine in its earlier iterations, but this year it got a full-blown makeover from hub to hub, packing in geometry that stretches much further into a new realm of down-country. A slacked out head tube offers massive amounts of confidence on steep, intimidating descents, and a steeper than ever seat tube keeps you perched for punchy climbs -- but that's not where the biggest head-turner happened. Juliana updated the Joplin's suspension with a new lower-link centered pivot point and shock, which not only adds 10mm of suspension to the ride, but also lowers the center of gravity making the steed feel more planted and stable when you're threading the needle through root-latticed tree lines. 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 shied away from. This makes the new ride more confident than ever, ready for bigger trails, rutted out lines, brakes bumps galore, and even turning the odd set of rollers into doubles -- but not at the cost of climbing. The new suspension is designed with the same engineering principles as the brand's longest travel bikes, making it just as at home riding cross-country as it is extreme backcountry. Juliana's VPP suspension is designed to stabilize the suspension when you're putting power down..
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