It doesn't always have to be carbon: At Niner, aluminum is alive and kicking
In the summer, Niner presented the Jet9 in carbon, now the trail bullet follows in aluminum. With 120 millimetres of travel at the rear, a fork with 130 millimetres of travel is the right size at the front - and the bike with this travel is perfectly positioned in the trail bike niche.
The Boost axle dimension is on board, allowing Niner to shorten the chainstays for agile handling. In terms of design language, the hydroformed aluminum tubes follow the carbon fiber sibling almost seamlessly and there are no deviations in the geometry either.
With a longer reach and slacker head angle, Niner has injected the bike with a current geometry statute and probably also good downhill handling. With the 130 millimeter fork, the Jet 9 achieves a head angle of 67.5 degrees, which promises a smooth ride.
There are no experiments with the bottom bracket, a conventional BSA bottom bracket is installed here, so there's no need for fiddly bearing insertion and removal. The bike is equipped with a front derailleur mounting option, so the single and double chainring options are open.And there is another parallel to the carbon model: the new Jet 9 is compatible with two types of wheels. As befits Niner with 29er wheels and the bike is now also designed for trendy 27.5 Plus wheels for tire widths up to 3 inches.
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