The quintessence at Propain is the so-called Pro10 system. With his mission to develop the best rear triangle and frame concept, CEO Robert Kraus laid the foundation for this 12 years ago. It has been at the heart of Propain frames ever since. The functionality of the centerpiece therefore remains completely unchanged and merely changes its position in front of the seat tube on the new Tyee, so that the shock is ideally integrated into the main frame. The new Tyee is even more balanced and agile than before thanks to the changed arrangement of the rear triangle. In terms of suspension travel, 170 millimetres are available at the front and 160 millimetres at the rear.

Propain is also breaking new ground in terms of design. According to the company, the new Tyee is elegant, clean and aggressive at the same time, with many visible edges and flowing shapes characterizing the image of the Tyee. "The conceptual decisions in the development of our new Tyee were significantly influenced by our experience with the previous models, the 29" Trail Bike Hugene and the experience of our World Cup Downhill Team. We have incorporated the best findings into the development of the new Tyee. The new Tyee is the most versatile and probably the best bike we have ever built," says Kraus.

With the combination of a slack steering angle of 65°, a very steep seat angle of 77.5° and a floating shock that is positioned centrally in the bike, Propain aims to achieve the following with the Tyee: Pleasant pedaling uphill with lots of pressure on the front wheel, but also optimum weight distribution downhill. Propain is starting 2020 on big wheels, with the new Tyee 29" entering the Enduro segment. There is also still a 650B version. In order to make optimum use of the characteristics of the respective wheel size, a separate frame concept was developed for 29" and 650B.propain-bikes.com