One other within the spherical of {custom} Cape Epic XC bikes, is that this Buff-Megamo Group reproduction Megamo Monitor. I don’t consider we’ve ever lined Girona-based Mégamo bikes earlier than. Though I’ve often seen them across the European XC Marathon circuit over the previous few years. This newest Monitor XC bike even popped up within the PR of Fulcrum’s newest Crimson Zone Carbon+ cross-country racing wheels final fall.
Now the Buff-Megamo males have ridden to a first-stage Cape Epic win on this restricted version bike you possibly can really purchase now by their sellers… if one is near you.
What sort of bike is the Megamo Monitor R120?
The Megamo Monitor is a contemporary 120mm full carbon full-suspension XC race bike, paired to 120mm forks. It incorporates a acquainted light-weight linkage-driven single-pivot suspension design with small-diameter flex seatstays. Its brief management hyperlink is mounted excessive on the seattube, driving a horizontal shock beneath the skinny, broad toptube.
The Monitor is constructed round fashionable geometry for technical XCO & XCM racing – in 4 inventory sizes (S-XL). Slack 66.5° head angle, steep 75.6° seat angle, brief 431mm chainstays. And medium lengthy Attain (435mm in M, 460mm in L).
Add on high of that a lot of the present top-tier requirements. Absolutely inner routing by the headset, UDH, 29er x 2.4″ tire clearance, Enhance spacing, BB92 PressFit backside bracket, a 31.6mm dropper put up, and mechanical or digital compatibility.
Buff-Megamo Monitor Cape Epic restricted group reproduction XC bike
Hans Becking and Wout Alleman of Buff-Megamo received Stage 1 of the Cape Epic elite males’s race yesterday. On these custom-painted Megamo Monitor 120 cross-country bikes which you can get now.
The bikes characteristic geometric contour graphics impressed by native South African artwork. The inexperienced & blue pull the extra subdued colours out of their commonplace group pastel palette to match the South African flag.
Monitor Buff-Megamo Cape Epic reproduction – Pricing & availability
The rationale you and I haven’t actually heard a lot about Megamo is that they’re virtually completely distributed by a community of lower than 200 supplier bike retailers in Spain and its territories. Plus, one other choose handful of nations world wide. I do know that makes it much less interesting to most of our world readers. However that is nonetheless a great-looking restricted version bike value a better look.
Solely 20 Buff-Megamo Group Cape Epic Restricted Version Megamo Monitor XC bikes are formally on the market anyway. They usually retail for 11,000€, pricing them out of most of our budgets anyway. However for that, you do get a race-ready construct to match your {custom} Cape Epic group paintjob.
120mm RockShox SID Final fork, 120mm through the SIDLuxe Final rear shock, an entire SRAM XX SL AXS Eagle transmission & powermeter cranks, Stage Final Stealth 4-piston brakes, a RockShox Reverb AXS dropper, and Fulcrum Crimson Zone Carbon wheels.
And an unique matching Buff-Megamo Group Racing Package from Castelli to journey in, as effectively. Simply not within the European, Dutch, or Portuguese XCM champs’ colours.
