2011 ROCKY MOUNTAIN VERTEX

Awesome 29er. Very low mileage. Rock Shox solo air 100mm fork with lockout.Deore BB92 triple crank with SLX front derailleur . Deore 9x3 speed group with new SRAM chain and cog. Shimano hydraulic brakes. WTB wheels, tires and saddle. No scratches, cracks or dents, ready to ride. Seat tube is 430 mm, top tube is 602 mm, set up for 5' 11" rider as pictured.

Direct-mount front derailleur
Oversized tubing (all tubes are larger diameter than previous Vertex frames)
Tapered 1.5″ to 1-1/8″ headtube
Heavily shaped and butted top- and down tubes with wide, flat surfaces in high stress areas for better strength
S-Bend seatstays to absorb some vibrations with flared round-to-square tube shapes for strength
Larger, 30.9 diameter seatpost opening
Shimano BB92 bottom bracket shell design

The Vertex 29 is the alloy version near the lower end of a range of impressive 29ers, with equally impressive price tags. You won't find a Rocky in a supermarket, nor will a supermarket bike, (or many bikes at all), ride quite like one either. The frame benefits from the well thought out design found in the top end carbon models and as a result achieves the same level of handling and speed on offer there. Ride reports talk about these bikes having typical 29er characteristics while retaining some of the fun factor usually associated with a smaller wheeled bike. In short: the big wheels don't hinder flicking the Vertex into a corner.

Components on offer here are more what you would expect on a trail, rather than race bike, but then it would be an error to think this bike has only one purpose. Sure the carbon versions with top of the line groupo's are weapons on a race track, but the alloy 29er is certainly not limited to this appeal. Many riders are after a sprightly, fast, singletrack trail carving machine - and that certainly describes the Vertex in all its incarnations.