Canfield Bikes Brings Back Chrome Nimble 9 Steel Hardtail for 2021 with Complete Builds
Canfield Nimble 9 - Chrome
PRESS RELEASE: Canfield
Canfield Bikes announces that the 5th generation of its iconic steel hardtail, the Nimble 9, will be available in chrome for 2021 with pre-orders open immediately at early Black Friday/Cyber Monday pricing.
The N9 will also be offered in the immensely popular Static black metallic and Cherry Cola red metallic. Owner Lance Canfield says, "We're excited to bring back the Nimble 9 in chrome once again. A lot of you have asked about this over the past year, and we listened."
Canfield Nimble 9 - Cherry Cola
For the first time in the brand's history, the model will also be available as a complete bike with multiple frame and wheel options. The complete Nimble 9 will feature a SRAM Eagle Lunar GX drivetrain, Spank and SDG cockpit and a choice of Magura or TRP brakes. Wheel options include all-new Canfield Special Blend wheels as well as premium carbon upgrades from Atomik Carbon and RideFast racing.
"Our goal with complete builds is to offer the best blend of performance and value possible, to put together bikes we would ride without any 'take-off' parts at a realistic price," says Canfield. "Our philosophy is to spec high-end parts where it matters, and create value on components that won’t detract from the ride."
Handcrafted in small batches, the Nimble 9 is a steel all-mountain hardtail built to get rowdy and designed to accommodate 29-inch, 29-plus or 27.5-plus wheels with up to 2.8-inch tires and thanks to sliding dropouts, is singlespeed ready. It combines the ride quality of 4130 chromoly steel with vertically compliant, radial-bent seatstays and aggressive all-mountain geometry.
Canfield Nimble 9 - Static
The 5th generation of the N9, which debuted last year, sees refreshed geometry and bigger sizing, adding more than an inch to the reach across sizes. In addition, all sizes see a shorter seat tube to better fit today’s longer dropper posts and provide more maneuverability when you drop the saddle and let gravity take over. Chainstay yokes have also been redesigned for added stiffness and durability.
Pre-orders are open now directly through Canfield with early Black Friday/Cyber Monday pricing valid through November 30, 2020.
FACTORY BUILD SPECS
• Fork: MRP Ribbon Air 150mm w/ Custom Canfield Decals
• Wheels: Canfield Special Blend 29 AM/Enduro - 30mm ID (Atomik and RideFast premium carbon upgrades available)
• Tires: Maxxis Minion DHF 2.6 WT EXO TR / Dissector 2.4 WT EXO TR
• Drivetrain: SRAM GX Eagle Lunar 12-speed
• Cassette: SRAM XG-1275 Eagle 10-52T
• Cranks: GX Eagle Lunar DUB 165mm crankset with 32t ring
• Bar: Spank Spoon 35 - 800mm
• Stem: Spank Split 35 clamp - 45mm length
• Grips: SDG Thrice 31mm
• Brakes: Magura MT Trail Sport (4-piston front/2-piston rear) *or* TRP Slate T4 (4-piston)
• Rotors: Magura 180mm *or* TRP 180mm
• Seatpost: SDG Tellis (150mm/170mm)
• Saddle: Custom Canfield SDG Radar MTN
• Headset: Cane Creek 40 Series (includes carbon spacers)
• Seatpost Clamp: Canfield
• Sealant: Trucker Co. Cream II
FRAME FEATURES
• 29″ All Mountain
• 4130 chromoly steel
• Radial-bent seat stays for vertical compliance
• Increased reach and shorter seat tube
• 66° head angle (w/ 150mm fork)
• Recommended fork length: 140mm - 160mm
• Custom sliding Boost 148mm x 12mm rear dropouts, axle included
• 73mm BSA Threaded BB
• 30.9mm seat post
• 34.9 or 35mm clamp size
• Adjustable 16.33“ – 16.93” chainstays
• Singlespeed-able
• Stealth cable routing
• Two water bottle bosses
• Includes dropouts/derailleur hanger, rear axle and hardware
• Max. seatpost insertion: 200mm(S), 235(M), 275(L), 320(XL)
For more information, pricing or to pre-order, visit CanfieldBikes.com.
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Riding "too often" is a stupid, stupid reason to deny you your warrenty, and COMMEMCAL and SRAM should listen in and realize that stories like this affect how people choose which compay gets there money (hint, hint) and maybe make better-quality components...
The reoccurring constant being 12 speed, which I think is just too many gears in a confined space, requiring too much operating precision and no tolerance for wear and tear.
Im running a hybrid shimano 10 speed setup with an 11spd mech to handle with 50t cog, if I was in the market for something new I'd be looking at microshifts 9 speeds stuff
Unfortunately I'm stuck with my Eagle chainset with the bike I own, if given the chance I would happily go back to my old SRAM X9 with perfect shifting on every sprocket every ride.
I don't think we crossed some magical treshold with 12spd.
TBH i've heard it all before. When 1x11 first came out people said it's too much and the chain will wear out super quick because of "cross chaining". People said a 50T cog is just too much for a rear derailleur etc.
If I wanted I could spend the rest of my life reading forum posts about people having issues with every single bike component ever released.
I have a bike with a 1x10, 1x11, 1x12. Both SRAM and Shimano. Somehow they all seem to work great?
The difference in gear spacing is minimal between 11 and 12spd. On 11 and 12spd MTB cassettes the last sprocket or sprockets actually extend beyond the freehub body. For example here is a picture of an NX Eagle 12spd cassette:
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See how the last two biggest sprockets are shaped and attached? The second largest sprocket is dished towards the spokes, and the biggest sprocket is riveted to the outside of the second to largest cog, and again it's offset towards the spokes. They can do this because the sprockets are so big that they don't interfere with the spokes.
So a 10, 11, 12spd cassette might fit on the same length freehub body, but when you actually measure the cassette from sprocket to sprocket, a 12spd cassette is wider than a 10spd one.
(11spd road freehub bodies are 1.85mm wider than 8-9-10spd freehub bodies)
Coulnd't get it to even shift well in a stand. Swapped out all the cable routing to try shimano branded, lubed up clutch, everything. Couldn't get it to shift well. Took it to LBS, payed for their time, they couldn't figure it out either.
Turned out that something "magical" didn't work about it and Shimano wouldn't tell us what was wrong but offered to warranty it. Said something about manufacturing tolerances. My guess is a bushing was too tight or a bad pressfit somewhere? IDK not a mechanical engineer.
New one came in (with a bone dry clutch) but once that was taken care of it shifted wonderfully.
After a few hundred miles on it I objectively think HG+ shifts better under load than Eagle. But I had to spend a lot of money to get it to work properly.....never have had to do that with SRAM 1x11 or Eagle.
I'm still sticking with it though because dumping 3 gears while I'm standing and cranking in the pedals is a pretty cool feeling :-)
Geometry. I’m running a 140 fork. More tire clearance. Shorter seat tube. It’s a comfortable frame, is flexes just rite. Single speed is easy, and playing with the dropouts is a cool feature. I can totally tune the ride. It is a few pound heavier. But not heavy at all. I’m using the exact same build on the new nimble 9. Except for a longer dropper post. The epo felt a little sharper but that might be the steel vs carbon. It fits me better at 25mm longer too. I loved the epo and had 4 solid seasons on it. I broke it and fixed it and kept riding it. The feel of a well
Crafted steel bike is something else. I’m sure other brands ride well, but this one so good. I had to wait. I’m patient. It was worth it! @arclarke:
It's happening this week! Going for a frame and fork set. I'll start collecting parts now.