Nordest’s standard inexpensive 4130 mountain bike hardtail is again with a brand new Britango mk3, nonetheless constructed to climb like an XC bike. However now much more able to smashing the downhills with as soon as once more up to date slacker & longer geometry, plus a shift in direction of longer suspension forks. The third technology adjustments are all comparatively minor, however replace the already stable hardtail that’s simply itching to turn out to be your favourite path shredder…
Nordest Britango mk3 inexpensive trail-ready MTB hardtail
Again in the summertime of 2019, Nordest debuted their first inexpensive all-rounder Britango metal hardtail, with extra of an XC focus. Lower than half a yr later they’d already added a second, burlier Britango TR as riders begged for a extra succesful downcountry path bike. That mannequin was a success, and Nordest riders have been asking for a subsequent technology. And, by standard demand, right here it’s…
The Nordest Britango mk3 retains every thing that made that TR body nice, and steps it up a bit extra.
One inexpensive metal hardtail for all of your path using wants, with a little bit of a lean in direction of extra technical capabilities
What’s new?
The brand new Britango mk3 appears quite a bit like gen 2. Nevertheless it once more refines the geometry to make it a greater downcountry all-rounder. An necessary start line to notice, the brand new bike now could be designed round 140mm forks (with a bit longer axle-crown than a couple of years in the past). You may as well nonetheless run right down to a 120mm fork, however 140 is the Britango’s new candy spot.
The brand new bike slackens its headtube one other diploma out to 65°, whereas steepening the seat angle a level to 75°. Up entrance, body Attain grows +/- 10mm longer. Whereas out again there’s a balanced further 5mm on the nonetheless quick 425mm chainstays. Additionally body Stack additionally finally ends up about 4-17mm increased with the larger forks and longer, stronger bolstered headtubes. However the backside bracket is 5mm decrease to stability rider place out.
Past geo & journey, the brand new Nordest Britango mk3 additionally will get a pleasant UDH replace, with new hooded thru-axle dropouts. And a bit extra tire clearance. Now it can match a max 29 x 2.6″ or 27.5+ x 2.8″ tire.
Tech particulars
The Britango mk3 remains to be welded in Taiwan from inexpensive double-butted 4130 chromoly metal, with a 2x gusseted headtube and machined chainstay yoke. At a claimed 2.69kg for the M/L body, it’s simply 140g heavier than the earlier, much less succesful technology. The brand new metal body contains a 44mm headtube, Enhance thru-axle with a UDH, and exterior cable routing with inside 31.6mm dropper publish routing.
2024 Nordest Britango mk3 – Pricing, choices & availability
The new Britango is out there solely as a body for 650€ for those who pre-order it now. EU delivery is free, slated for Could 2024 supply. That’s 100 euro financial savings vs. the common retail value this summer season. Worth contains metal body, and alloy thru-axle, UDH & seatpost clamp.
The body is available in two colour choices – gloss black or white. Every with a yellow ‘face’ headtube, impressed by the Egyptian vulture that offers the bike its identify. And Nordest affords the Britango mk3 in three inventory sizes (M, M/L & L).
“The Britango (Neophron percnopterus), is the smallest of the Iberian vultures… a summer season migrator, which might usually be seen in Portugal, Spain and the Canary Islands from the tip of February, remaining within the nesting zones from March to September. Throughout the autumn it migrates south, spending the winter in sub-Saharan Africa. It prefers rugged areas, normally in river valleys and mountains, nesting in holes and rocky platforms.
