Description

Meridas mountain biking history is long and illustrious the Multivan Merida Biking Team dominated XC and marathon racing for many years. Pro racer Ralph Naef spearheaded the original Ninety-Six project; a lightweight full suspension bike and rode it to a silver medal at the World Champs at Fort William a week after it was launched.

Today’s XC marathon and stage race courses have become much more demanding. Theres also a growing number of riders looking for Down-country bikes combining the climbing and sprinting ability of a lightweight XC race bike with the ‘trail-ability’ of a trail bike… So the new Ninety-Six is a super modern cross country race bike.

Modern in this case means that it is much more downhill capable than its predecessors. Available in 2 variants; RC for full on XC racing and for down-country riders non RC models have 120mm front forks grippier tyres and more powerful front brake. To improve the downhill performance the head angle is slacker the reach longer and the bb and stand over height are lower. All these changes make the bike more stable and there is more space to manoeuvre on the bike. The seat angle is made steeper to allow greater pressure on the pedals. The new Ninety-Six leverage ratio is more progressive. The higher ratio at the beginning of the travel makes the suspension sensitive to small impacts and the progression gives it great support in the mid-travel. The new P-FLEX system means there is no seat / chainstay pivot point which saves weight improves stiffness. The properties of carbon and the leaf-spring-like frame design allow sufficient flex without having an impact on durability.

Highlights:

Superlight CF5 carbon frame
FOX Float DPS Factory shock and FOX 34 Float SC Factory 100mm fork with dual remote lockouts
SRAM XX1 Eagle AXS wireless drivetrain
Reynolds Black Label 309/289 carbon wheelset with Maxxis Rekon Race tyres
Shimano XTR hydraulic disc brakes
FOX Transfer dropper post
Frame
CF5 carbon – premium fibres for highest performance and lowest weight, internal cable routing, long seat post insert depth. Boost axles standard, threaded BB, 2 bottle mounts and trail mount, max tyre width 29 x 2.3

Shock
FOX Float DPS Factory; remote lockout

Fork
FOX 34 Float SC Factory ; Air; 100mm travel; Tapered; Remote lockout; 44mm fork offset; Max. tyre size: 29 x 2.4

Gears 12
Shifters
SRAM AXS Rocker Paddle

Rear Derailleur SRAM XX1 Eagle AXS
Bottom Bracket SRAM BB DUB PF MTB 92
Chain Next Gen SRAM XX1
Chainset SRAM XX1 Eagle; 34 tooth chainset; Powermeter. Crank length: 170mm (S), 175mm (M,L,XL)
Cassette SRAM Next gen XX1; 10-50 teeth; 12 speed
Brake Lever
Shimano XTR

Front Brake Shimano XTR; 2 piston hydraulic disc brake caliper with Shimano RT-MT900; 180mm rotor
Rear Brake Shimano XTR; 2 piston; flat mount hydraulic disc brake caliper with Shimano RT-MT900; 160mm rotor
Grip
RockShox TwistLoc grip

Handlebar Merida Team CC II; carbon; 760mm wide; 12.5mm rise
Stem Merida Team CC II; aluminium; 31.8mm diameter; -8 degree rise. Stem length: 60mm (S), 70mm (M/L/XL)
Headset Merida 8151 1-1/8-1.5 cartridge bearing
Pedal Not Included
Saddle
Prologo Scratch M5 PAS

Seatpost Fox Transfer SL; 30.9mm diameter; in-line; Drop: 100mm All sizes
Wheel Size 29
Rims Part of wheelset – Reynolds Black Label 309/289 XC; 30/28mm inner rim width; carbon; Tubeless ready (tubeless tape and valves included); Lifetime warranty
Spokes Part of wheelset
Front Hub Part of wheelset – Reynolds Black Label 309/289 XC; 110x15mm; Center lock
Rear Hub Part of wheelset – Reynolds Black Label 309/289 XC; 148x12mm; Center lock; Shimano 12 Speed; Merida Expert TR axle with removable lever, 6/4mm allen key
Front Tyre Maxxis Rekon Race; 29 x 2.35; Kevlar bead, folding; TR EXO 120 TPI
Rear Tyre Maxxis Rekon Race; 29 x 2.25; Kevlar bead, folding; TR EXO 120 TPI
Other Carbon bottle cage