GATES NICOLAI t Quentin Derbier UCI MTB World Championships Leogang, Austria Qualifying 5th 4X Pro Tour Val di Sole 5th 4X Pro Tour Fort William 5th 4X Pro Tour Willingen 8th Winner Dual Climb Crankworx Les 2 Alpes { 01 } austauschbare vordere Dämpferaufnahme { 02 } 135x12mm Ausfallende { 03 } Umlenkhebel mit zwei Dämpferpositionen { 01 } replaceable front shock mount { 02 } 135x12mm dropouts { 03 } shock lever with two travel positions 03 02 01 Q uentin Derbier has proven the ION14 goes fast! Before the qualifiers of the UCI world championships in Leogang, some believed 4X fullies were inferior to hardtails. And then Quentin finished fifth with the ION 14 fully. It transfers pedal strokes into speed like a hardtail, which has benefits beyond 4X. For starters the rider benefits from a relaxed climbing position making all mountain tours a pleasure. Second, its very progressive rear frame kinematics and the rear shock with some extra travel turn it into a true slopestyle machine. Those pro section jumps of modern 4X tracks, some as far as 15 meters, and drops as deep as three meters on slopestyle are its bread and butter. Not least of all a zero stack headtube and 12mm axle improve its stiffness-to-weight ratio, so we happily issue five years of warranty also for racing.