Rotec Revert 5.0 AM/Enduro Racer
After much anticipation, Rotec’s heavy hitting entry into the All Mountain arena is here! The Revert 5.0 is now available for order. Not only does the Revert destroy any gravity styled trail, from enduro to flowy jump lines, but the geometry of this new frame is super responsive on any park styled course - and our concentric-bottom-bracket-based based "SPP" (Shared Pivot Point) suspension system makes the rear-wheel tracking and overall handling truly superb. The pedaling efficiency is unbelievable, and with its X-Fusion's Vector air HLR shock and it's perfectly balanced cockpit and amazing center of gravity, it floats over the biggest jumps and obstacles like it has an autopilot function. This extremely comfortable and stable bike redefines fun on two wheels, while being at the pinnacle of all-mountain competition. The Revert 5.0 initially will be sold as a frame for $1499.00 USD without it shock, or with an X-Fusion Vector air shock for $1699.
The Revert 5,0 is compatible with either 27.5"or 26" wheels, so you can truly build this frame up to suit you, and the roughest terrain you can find. While going through testing, we have had huge feedback regarding the frame's lightness and handling. The rear end is amazingly stiff, making cornering feel like you are locked into a rail-guided machine. Keep an eye out for the new Revert prototypes floating around the local trails, as our factory pilots show just what these new bikes are designed for.
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That said, not sure if you're being sarcastic. :-)
I guess the proof is in a full on review...
Time to go to bed I reckon. Just don't get tangled up in the cable routing.
#redefiningsleep
but i agree, looks like a 08'ish iron horse azure
I step away for a few years and all hell breaks loose. Okay, I get it... most of you are confused and bewildered by what you saw and read.
I can understand that, I can also understand why a majority of the comments were made...I get that too.
So if you are going to understand this right, I guess I need to be the one to set it straight and make it right...some of you may take offense to how I am going to present myself right now and to be honest I don't care.. since you didn't I wont either.
First off I'm John Sullivan, those who know Rotec from years past know me as Sully know who I am.
Those of you that don't, well what can I say, being that this is PB most of you were likely 10 yrs old then when I got involved with Rotec as a rider then as its 2nd owner over 23 years ago
So I feel that a back story is needed to say me peace, Rotec started in 1997 in Southern California...made quite the stir in the mountain bike industry of that period and granted for most of you that's ancient history.
Hell, some of you probably have parents that remember or even rode our brand and experienced the great the bad and yes even the ugly or watched its journey back like the Phoenix from the ashes that it was before I bought the company in 2001.
Look everybody, I'm not here to make excuses about how this particular model was released to the public..it is what is was, nothing any of us can do about now as all that is now part of internet history.
What I'm here to do is clear the air, define the intent of what is and share what's coming in the future for ROTEC.
So first and foremost...Rotec was a brand that was defined by its gravity heritage and still is... Rotec was never about climbing a mountain or a 30 mile loop on a XC adventure trail.
When Rotec was created by its original owners they had only had one thing on their mind and that was the descent! Back in those days the technology of the brand was firmly planted in moto not climbing.
When I acquired the brand in 2001 the mountain bike industry was in a serious state of flux, things were changing, the bikes the culture the racing hell it was all being turned upside down and I stepped right in it with a passion for things that I didn't quite fully understand.
What I did know was that I loved DH and I loved what DH meant for those that did it too. I wanted to be apart of it. Did I have a lot to learn? absolutely, did I have people tell me What the HELL are doing getting involved?? lol what do you think? hell yeah they did, but I didn't care.
So I did what I loved and did it the best I could..I knew I wasn't going to change the biking world, but what I did care about was changing what the world thought of the ROTEC brand as a whole. Those who knew me understood my drive and wished me luck and for many, they supported me and even more still do today.
I've been on and off Pink Bike since its early days and trust me its always been full of passion for biking but like anything great its also been full of cynics, naysayers and folks that just don't have anything good to say about anything that's relevant other then to say ooh look at the decal color or the seat is crap or the brake cable is to short or to long or whatever.. yeah I'm talking to you!!
Its good though, that's what's great about opinions... you get to see both sides of it. There's always bad with good its not a perfect world, nor is this industry or bikes for that matter but there always a bike for those who chose to ride them....period, regardless of what opinions are.
So for all of you that said the REVERT 5.0 is a joke or a Walmart bike, God bless , You have an opinion and I love you for it cause like a*sholes we all have one and god knows I love mine.
For those of you that want the real skinny on what this bike is all about... well as a 26/27.5, 4-5 inch travel concentric bb bike its no 30 mile loop adventure rig that's for sure. Can you climb with it? Of course you can because any great air shock on the market today with lock out or climb mode will make it climb. This rig is about the descent, the gravity sensibilities it provides, the thrill of the jump and the slope of the park you ride it in.
Look did the release say things that, well... may not have been quite accurate? Well like anything written about ANY bike in this industry that we call cycling.... its all SUBJECTIVE.
What's crappy to you may not be to others, what's killer to me may not be to you or what readers see in the magazine's, you tube or social media.. its HYPE...and trust me its all marketing. It doesn't matter of which brand out there is giving it, all say it and do it...why because they are all vying for your biking dollar.
My issue is with objectivity...or the lack of it when discussing products one has no experience with or knowledge of...look folks we are not wild animals here that are ruled by pack mentality so quite acting like you are.
You want to know who ROTEC is and what we're about put your man pants and be an adult, use your mind and not your a*shole to communicate with.
I'm an ADULT here and most likely older then you... I want to talk to you as an ADULT.. so be one.
That makes sense!