Now we have Religion within the youth to hold on the traditions, stewardship, and love of using bikes. Large Bicycles is renewing that Religion with an all-new, up to date youth mountain bike. It’s a renewal, because the Large Religion isn’t a brand new line, however it’s reimagined for a brand new technology of children who wish to have enjoyable and shred.
The Large Religion is particularly for growing younger riders. The brand new vary options purpose-built (youth-friendly) suspension, up to date geometry, and parts for smaller, lighter our bodies.
A Return of Religion
The brand new Religion vary is the primary of its sort from Large. It’s a set of high-performance, full-suspension path bikes which might be on par with grownup mountain bikes. The distinction is that they’re particularly dialed for youth use and dimensions—proper all the way down to the dropper seatpost.
The up to date Large Religion line begins with an aluminum body with youth-specific geometry. The up to date geometry expertly matches Giants’ all-new proprietary suspension setups, WheelSystems, and ergonomic touchpoints for smaller our bodies.
The small bike packs loads of cool tech, so let’s begin on the base.
Large ALUXX SL Frameset
Let’s begin with the body. The Religion’s canvas is a high-performance ALUXX SL aluminum frameset with youth-specific path geometry. Weight is a giant a part of the image right here, and Large desires to maintain the Religion as slim and smooth as doable.
The body boasts options like inner cable routing, dropper submit compatibility, and a tapered headtube. Its development seems to be very beefy and on par with some severe alloy path bikes. The graphics are cool and understated, with a little bit of skate type blended in. Plus, there may be a lot of clean house for stickers, and in case your youngsters are like mine… the extra, the higher.
TRA WheelSystems
Subsequent up is the wheelset, and that, too, is youth-focused. Large’s new youth-specific TRA WheelSystems borrows important tech from the grownup TRA WheelSystem, together with good trendy broad rims, performance-level hubs, and further thought put into the longevity of the construct.
The edges are barely overbuilt, with 5mm rim partitions that hopefully will maintain these kiddos dent-free for some time. The rear wheel boasts a 72-tooth freehub, higher than some grownup mountain bikes. The hubs are simply serviceable, like most Large TRA hubs, and will final.
Suspension Tuned for Younger Riders
How a younger rider sees the path differs considerably from how a 6-foot-tall grownup blasts by the one observe. Their bikes ought to be capable of deal with these distinctive calls for and take a look at to not hinder their using development. Large feels one of the simplest ways to beat that is variable wheel sizes and suspension tuned particularly for teenagers.
The Large Religion makes use of the Large FlexPoint rear suspension system with a Crest FloTrac Lite shock. New Crest Lite suspension forks with FloTune Lite dampers assist youngsters deal with technical terrain with extra confidence and management.
Two Distinct Large Religion Fashions
The brand new Large Religion vary consists of two fashions. The Large Religion incorporates a new Large TRA WheelSystem with a 27.5-inch entrance wheel and 26-inch rear. The wheels borrow very important options and applied sciences from race-proven grownup TRA WheelSystems, together with WideGuard expertise, to enhance rim energy and scale back the danger of flats. The smaller Religion 24 has 24-inch TRA wheels entrance and rear for lighter weight and simpler dealing with.
All Religion fashions have youth-specific cranks, brake levers, and new Contact Swap AT Lite dropper seat posts. The Contact Swap AT Lite dropper has a lighter motion and requires much less pressure/weight to provoke the drop, making it a lot simpler for teenagers to make use of. The grips and levers are additionally youth-focused, with a smaller diameter grip and easier-to-access levers.
Tremendous Energetic FlexPoint Rear Suspension
Each Religion fashions characteristic FlexPoint rear suspension techniques with a Crest FloTrac Lite shock. This linkage-driven, single-pivot system creates constant damping and spring efficiency all through the journey. Like bigger Large bikes, it isolates the rear shock to supply small bump sensitivity by all the wheel path.
Youngsters might or might not discover all of the refined nuances of the tech, however they’ll certain really feel if it’s easy. My son describes it as having a “magic carpet really feel.” The above result’s a easy, energetic really feel by the shock stroke with no harsh bottom-outs.
Crest FloTrac Lite-Shock
The Crest FloTrac Lite-Shock is designed and constructed in-house to enhance Large’s suspension platform kinematics for light-weight riders. It receives {custom} tuning for much less pressure enter and light-weight motion.
Paired with Giants Triple Stream Path expertise that stabilizes the shock’s movement when energetic, Crest FloTrac Lite provides smaller riders elevated traction and management whereas descending or climbing. The Crest TR Elite Lite and Crest SL FloTune Lite forks are custom-tuned for mild riders. The design boasts low-friction motion and the most recent Large FloTune Lite damper.
As well as, all Religion fashions characteristic Unified Suspension Setup, a information displayed on the forks indicating optimum air strain, and damper setting suggestions for each the rear shock and the fork based mostly on rider weight.
135mm or 130mm of Actual Journey
The Religion collection has 135mm of rear Journey, with a 140mm Crest SL FloTune Lite fork, which is explicitly tuned for riders weighing below 62kg. The Religion 24 collection has 130mm of rear Journey and is paired with a 140mm Crest TR Elite Lite Fork, which can be explicitly tuned for riders weighing below 46kg.
Spec’d to Climb and Descend
Taking place the hills is enjoyable, however going up is OK, too, when you’ve got the proper gears. Both Religion mannequin comes with Microshift Introduction X G-Sequence-10-speed, an 11×48 cassette paired with a 30T entrance chain ring. The crankset is a brief 155mm (or 140mm on the 24″ mannequin), hoping to restrict pedal strikes and foster a steadiness of cadence and energy.
There isn’t a entrance derailleur, however there’s a very beefy Large chain information. Paired with the Introduction X G-Sequence derailleur equals zero dropped chains.
Tire-wise, the Religion will get severe, arriving with Maxxis Minion DHR II, 2.4, 60 TPI TLR. Paired with the Tektro hydraulic brakes with 180/160mm rotors, this bike ought to in a position to tackle mountains!
Large Religion Geometry
Large Religion Full Spec’s
- Colours: Copper
- Body: ALUXX SL-Grade Aluminum entrance and rear triangles, 12x148mm thru-axle, 135mm FlexPoint suspension
- Fork: Crest SL FloTune Lite, FloTune Lite Damper, 140mm
- Shock: Crest FloTrac Lite, 165/45mm, trunnion mount
- Handlebar: Large Contact TR, 20mm rise, AL6061 aluminum, 740mm
- Grips: Large small-hand
- Stem: Large Contact, 8 levels, 40mm
- Seatpost: Contact Swap AT Lite, 100mm
- Saddle: Large Romero
- Pedals: Large Pinner Lite
- Shifters: MicroSHIFT Introduction X Path set off shifter SL-M9505-R (with nanowire)
- Rear Derailleur: Microshift Introduction X RD-M6205AM
- Brakes: Tektro, 180mm/160mm
- Brake Levers: Tektro HD-J285
- Cassette: Microshift Introduction X G-Sequence, 10-speed, 11×48
- Crankset: ProWheel Allure, 30t, 155mm
- Backside Bracket: Press Match
- Rims: Large TRA WheelSystem, alloy, hole rim wall development, hookless, 30mm interior width, 40mm outer width, 21mm top, Huge Guard Expertise.
- Hubs: Entrance- Large alloy, DBL, six-bolt. Rear – TRA 72t pawl driver, six-bolt
- Spokes: Sapim Laser
- Tires: Maxxis Minion DHR II, 26×2.4, 60 TPI, folding
- Extras: Large 1x chain information
What Measurement Religion Does My Rider Want?
Large provides some tough outlines of the dimensions steerage.
- Religion 24: 5-9 years outdated and incorporates a 64.1 cm (25.2 in) standover top—27 kilos with pedals.
- Religion is 9-13 years outdated and has a 67.6 cm (26.6 in) standover top—29 kilos with pedals.
Pricing and Availability
- Religion $2,500
- Religion 24″ $2,600
All Large Religion fashions can be found at Large.com or your native Large retailer, as we advise dialing within the good dimension.
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