Rocky Mountain release details of Element 29 RSL carbon bikes for 2013

Pic: RMB Element 970 RSL

Today Rocky Mountain Bicycles released details on the all new Element 29r RSL range. All RSL frames are carbon constructed with 95mm of rear travel using RMB's 'Smoothlink' design. These have been billed as all out race beasts and the weight of and extra large 970RSL is a shade over 12kg without pedals and without tubeless. (source bikerumor.com)
We don't have pricing yet and availability wont be until later in the year. Needless to say we can hardly contain our excitment.

Pic: RMB Element 999RSL

Topping the range this year is a bike we think can rival the Specialized S-Works Epic for top spot amongst serious racers. The Element 999RSL weighs in at a claimed 10.1kg for a medium frame without pedals. Rumours are that it will come in somewhere around the $9k mark making it very competitive with other high end race bikes.

Something a little different is the Element 970 BC Edition. With a stealth black fit out and Talas Fork (120mm-95mm) and Reverb dropper seatpost, this bike was designed with the unique racing found on Vancouver's 'North Shore'. That said, a bike like this, with 120mm front travel would eat the Kalamunda Circuit alive! We don't have pricing or weight for this bike yet but expect it to be a little more portly than the 970RSL.

Stay tuned as more info leaks out on the Element 29 RSL and other goodies to come in the near future.

Custom wheel building now available at Liberty Bikes

With the addition of bike mechanic Ben Roberts to the team, we are excited to be able to offer wheel building to our customers. Be it for road, mountainbike, track, Polo, BMX or commuter we are able to hand build a set of wheels to your desired specifications be it race, bomb proof or just bling factor.

We source rims from top brands such as Sun Rims, DT Swiss, Stans No Tubes, Salsa, Velocity, eclat, Colony and Odyssey. Spokes from DT Swiss, Sapim and eclat. Hubs from Velocity, Shimano, Profile Designs, Hope, Chris King, DT Swiss, Ringle and Sadio, just to name a few.

Also we hare happy to try and source any brand that you desire for any of the components.Your imagination is the only limit. We don't mind if you source the parts yourself either.

The process costs $70 per wheel and includes a consultation process where your requirements are matched up to possible solutions. Then the work really gets going once all the components are sourced (if we don't already have them in stock) and Ben hand builds each wheel. This price also includes a discount on a spoke retension after 2 weeks of $10.00 (usually costs $25.00 down to $15.00)

Coming Soon: Ellsworth Handcrafted Mountainbikes

Exciting news!! Liberty Bikes will soon take delivery of our first Ellsworth dual suspension 29er mountainbikes.

Based in California, all Ellsworth Bikes are made in the USA. The Evolution (pic above) is a 120mm front and rear travel XC/trail bike with Ellsworth's celebrated ICT suspension platform.

Here's what Ellsworth have to say about ICT:

"Internationally patented and quantifiably the most energy-efficient suspension design in the World, ICT tuned four-bar linkage design provides a true zero-energy loss to suspension function. By aligning the instant center on the chain torque line and continually tracking the chain torque throughout the range of travel, ICT is accomplished without the need of a lockout. This keeps the suspension fully active and always on, resulting in increased traction and control, and reduced rider fatigue."