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It covers well what people call trail or all mountain. But it doesn't mind an occasional XC or enduro race.
The Essentialis designed to be used with short stems. We recommend stems that are 35 to 55 mm long.
In general you can mount any 4-piston brake, if it is a flatmount brake. As far as we know, there is only one supplier offering a 4-piston fatmount version. Unfortunately at this point there is no adapter solution which solves this.
The Essential was developed and tested for a maximum system weight (rider, bike, riding gear) of 110 kg.
In Summe ist das ARC8 für ein Trailbike am Berg brutal stark - es zaubert aber auch im Downhill dank hoher Laufruhe ein Lächeln ins Gesicht.
Die Basler bauen mit dem Essential das vermutlich leichteste All Mountain der Welt.
Als studierter Designer muss ich zugeben: Das schicke Carbon-Gewand und die schlichte Lenker-Vorbau-Einheit haben mich total angesprochen.