Airborne riders Josh Patton & Trevor Gay shredding the Pathogen at Snowshoe Bike Park in Snowshoe, West Virginia.
Airborne has been developing the Pathogen for 2 years with input from many riders at local, national, and World Cup levels. It's modified 8 inch-travel single pivot suspension is super plush (at 240x76mm) and eats up the big hits with ease, while keeping brake feedback to a minimum. The double-butted 7000 series frame has been massaged and tweaked with rider feedback to include extra mud clearance, internal cable routing in the rear for both derailleur and brakes, and replaceable left and right drop-outs. All pivot points use sealed bearings with dust caps.
The 64 degree HT angle coupled with an effective 72 degree ST angle makes for a neutral handling bike that's great on both your local gravity scene and a World Cup level event.
The Pathogen frameset includes a FSA Orbit headset, tuned X-Fusion Vector Coil HLR Shock with 5pc bushings, 3 different spring rates, and rear 150x12mm Maxle. It comes in two colors: Warning Yellow and Black Plague.
MENTIONS @AirborneBicycles
I wish they were offering a full build and not just the frame
Found the manufacturer: www.kinesis.com.tw A ton of familiar designs.
Airborne has been very transparent in their business model but the thread is from another MTB site so I wont link it.
P.S. I'm not German, just live here currently
Maybe when you sell some you can sponsor better riders. Some Russians (Killroy Benderoni anyone? ) look like they've got a lot to offer.
Love that band. @blb326 The lyrics read "Sometimes I feel, I feel like, just gonna give up, just gonna give up, sometimes, I feel, I feel like, I'm just gonna give it up." I hope you don't serenade her with this song, or maybe you heard "just don't get enough"