Evil Launches 2022 Insurgent with More Travel & Mixed Wheel Option
Aimed at freeriders and enduro racers alike, Evil's new insurgent gets revised geometry and an updated look, with a straighter top tube to match the rest of the fleet. There's no mistaking this silhouette for anything else.
Evil's brand image heavily focuses on fun more than results, so it's no surprise to see the travel get jacked up from 150mm to 168mm of rear wheel travel. Those keen on racing might opt for the MX build with a 29" front wheel and 170mm fork.
Everything about the new Insurgent is boosted, from the Super Boost rear hub spacing to a wider, stiffer main pivot. The stout head tube can also handle a 180mm+ dual crown fork. You can be sure that team riders like, Kurt Sorge, will be sending it on the Insurgent as their main freeride rig.
Evil's brand image heavily focuses on fun more than results, so it's no surprise to see the travel get jacked up from 150mm to 168mm of rear wheel travel. Those keen on racing might opt for the MX build with a 29" front wheel and 170mm fork.
Everything about the new Insurgent is boosted, from the Super Boost rear hub spacing to a wider, stiffer main pivot. The stout head tube can also handle a 180mm+ dual crown fork. You can be sure that team riders like, Kurt Sorge, will be sending it on the Insurgent as their main freeride rig.
Insurgent Details
• Travel: 168mm rear/ 180mm front (170mm MX)
• Wheel size: 27.5" or 29"/ 27.5"
• Carbon frame
• Head angle: Low - 65.3°/ 64.2° (MX)
• Seat tube angle: 78.2°/ 76.9°
• Chainstay length: 430mm
• Sizes: S, M, L, XL
• Frame only: $3,299 USD
• Complete bikes: $5,999-8,299 USD
• evil-bikes.com
• Travel: 168mm rear/ 180mm front (170mm MX)
• Wheel size: 27.5" or 29"/ 27.5"
• Carbon frame
• Head angle: Low - 65.3°/ 64.2° (MX)
• Seat tube angle: 78.2°/ 76.9°
• Chainstay length: 430mm
• Sizes: S, M, L, XL
• Frame only: $3,299 USD
• Complete bikes: $5,999-8,299 USD
• evil-bikes.com
Not surprisingly, the only colour available is a matte grey, or as Evil labels it, "Clean Slate".
Although a lot has changed from the original version, the Insurgent name lives on. Evil's main product man, Mike Giese weighed in on why,
 | The Insurgent resonates with our core 27.5 audience, past and present. We feel by carrying forward the name, we are paying homage to the bikes freeride roots, while catering to the new trail/endure customer by offering the MX 29 configuration. The jump in rear wheel travel was a commonly requested item from our team riders, in-house employees, and customers alike. New bones, new face lift, but the same ethos for an all-around shred machine." |
There are also Fox Float X2 or Push 11.6 rear shock options, but no pricing was available at this time.
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I say 2025 we’ll get to see a 190mm insurgent.
Knowing Evil, they’ll milk this, and make a park variant.
So if i like the size of a medium 2018 Insurgent this is going to feel too big in size small, correct?
I'm so confused.
Also, haters gonna hate, but what is the weight?
But 168 travel? Too much.
170-180 front, with 38 fork? Too much.
63.5 HTA? Too much.
This is supposed to be the mid-long travel 27.5 trail/light enduro bike, all these numbers infringe on the wreckoning. I suppose then I'll just have to wait for the new Calling - if they add 20mm to that it becomes an insurgent.
BUT... ~67* actual seat tube angle. So tall people are still gonna be at like 75* STA which "can" still be OK. Just depends...
For 120mm fork, they quote “521mm” as axle-to-crown. 521mm is the ATC for the 110mm SID, not the 120mm. ATC then jumps 20mm to 541mm for the 130mm fork, which is accurate. Additionally, things like BB drop, reach, and virtual TT do not change based on fork travel or geo setting- these number would most certainly change when you adjust those. For example, if the reach is 460mm with a 120mm fork in Low, the the reach should be more like 445mm with a 130mm fork in X-Low.
Love the bike, but yeah, their geo charts are kind of a hot mess.
OG following seat tube was way way way slacker than quoted.
OG offerings wheelbase much longer (and not caused by a longer ac fork measurement)
Wreckoning BB much higher
I could carry on.
It’s not even that weird of a standard. Devinci, Pivot, Evil, Salsa and I’m sure some others are now using it. If it lets them have the chainstay lengths they want, have beefier/wider suspension bearings and tire clearance then why not? For better are worse innovation would stop without new standards developing.