Big news! We’ve rejigged and relaunched the Starling Cycles Frameset Collection.
Eagled-eyed browsers might have seen a few changes here on our website.
The first big one is that we’ve taken things back to basics with our collection of framesets.
Framesets are Starling’s frame-only collection. They’re the roots of what we create as a custom, handmade frame builder and the best-selling side of our business.
We’ve taken a good look at how we approach them and reorganised the collection. We’ve made them easier to understand and require a bit less technical knowledge to choose which is best for you.
Previously there was a lot of overlap between models – we’ve tried to give each frame more of a clearly defined ‘purpose’ so it’s more obvious which is best for you.
We wanted to make sure they’re simple, straightforward, easy to understand and easy to buy. We know a lot of you understand our products really well, but we want to make sure that newcomers to Starling can understand what we do without needing a PHD in Starling Cycles!
So, without further ado, introducing our updated Frameset collection:
The Starling Cycles Roost is our mullet-wheeled, stainless steel hardtail mountain bike with room for a 120 to 160mm fork.
Mixed wheels (27.5″ rear, 29″ front) are heaps of fun to ride and a whole load of fork options allow you to build anything from a gravity monster to a zippy, XC whippet.
The Starling Cycles Murmur is our award-winning, do-it-all, steel shredder. It’s UK-made with 135mm rear travel, 29″ wheels and Reynolds 853 steel. It’s best paired with a 150mm fork.
Mid-travel and 29″ wheels make the Murmur the perfect, versatile all-rounder, walking that fine line between ‘trail’ and ‘enduro’. Not too much travel that it’s slow and sluggish, still enough that it’ll take on big mountains, race tracks and bike parks.
Supplied as standard with 135mm travel, but can go up to 150mm with a longer stroke shock.
The Starling Cycles Twist is our mullet-wheeled, mid-travel steel shredder. UK-made with 135mm rear travel in Reynolds 853 steel. It’s best paired with a 150mm fork.
Mid-travel and mixed wheels (27.5″ rear, 29″ front) the Twist is made to be fun and fast, easy to throw around and a little more playful than pacey.
It’s a tough call between the Twist and the Murmur, but the mullet wheels may suit riders who prefer ripping turns, popping manuals and a more playful style.
Supplied as standard with 135mm travel, but can go up to 160mm with a longer stroke shock.
The Starling Cycles Mega Twist is the Twist, made mega. The Mega Twist combines mullet wheels with 165mm rear travel and our award-winning steel frameset.
The Mega is a new model name to Starling, but not a totally new bike. This is the Twist with a longer stroke shock to allow 165mm rear travel – it’s what was previously known as the Twist ‘Enduro’.
We introduced this new model to create a clearer, easier-to-understand range of bikes and to make it more obvious that we offer a long travel, mixed-wheel bike.
Run a shorter stroke shock with this to step the travel down to 135mm, creating a standard Twist.
The Starling Cycles Mega Murmur is the Murmur, made mega.
It combines 29″ wheels with 165mm rear travel, 170mm front travel and our award-winning steel frameset.
Unique to the Mega is our UK-made, Mega swingarm which extends chainstay length up to 455mm. No other bikes in the collecting have this.
The Mega is for the biggest, roughest, rowdiest terrain. Bags of travel, our longest wheelbase and longest chainstay. It’s the ideal choice for taller riders who’ll benefit for more room on the bike.
Supplied as standard with 165mm travel, but can go down to 140mm or 150mm with a shorter stroke shock.
But hold on a second, aren’t we missing some bikes?
Never fear. We’re not deleting any bikes or cancelling 27.5″ wheels.
The Starling Cycles Swoop will return shortly. In reality, we receive very few Swoop orders these days. They require different tooling to Murmur and Twist frames so are very expensive to create in batches of one or two.
The Swoop will become one of our Rare bikes, and will be produced in small run batches, then sold until they’re out of stock. They’ll be less frequently produced than Murmurs and Twists but will still be in our collection and available. Get in touch if you want one.
The Beady Little Eye and Beady Big Eye models will also return shortly. We’re doing some work on those behind the scenes and are VERY excited about them.
Sturns and Spurs will remain in our Rare collection. They’re not available right now, but, get in touch to register your interest. We may do another batch at some point.
And what about Starling Cycles Complete Bikes? Watch this space, they’ll be returning very soon with out first proper complete bike collection. We have some stunning full build Starlings coming. If you can’t wait and want one now, get in touch and we’ll make it happen.
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