Video: Calibre Bikes Releases Bargain Sentry Enduro Race Bike
Press Release: Calibre
Only 6 years on from our first bike, the £350 Two.Two hardtail, Calibre has moved on and stepped up.
With a selection of shorter travel bikes in the range, the Sentry was the logical progression for us. Modern ‘progressive’ geometry complimented by top name parts represent incredible value for money, resulting in a truly race ready bike which doesn’t need any alterations out of the box to perform at the highest level. With EWS racer Chloe Taylor and the rest of the Calibre team (sorry Kenzie, still need to do some growing!) on board for 2019 we decided to build a Pro level bike that really does prove the Sentry frame is worthy chassis for racers.
The ground up design came from our own desire as riders to have a fast, confident bike that would allow the rider to concentrate on the big hits and fast lines, simply a bike that would look out for you at all times – a Sentry. After nearly 2 years of development, hours working with Rock Shox on shock tunes and 5 prototypes ridden and raced all over the world, we are finally (yeah we know it’s taken a while – good things come to those that...) ready to release the Sentry and Sentry Pro.
At £2,000* the Sentry brings 150mm of rear supplied by custom tuned Rock Shox Deluxe R and 160mm front travel from the awesome new Yari RC with 42mm (shorter) offset fork. SRAM NX Eagle supplies the GO while the stop is from the renowned Guide RE (200mm front, 180mm rear rotors). WTB tubeless ready ST wheels coupled with WTB Tough High Grip Vigilante 2.6” and Trail Boss 2.4” tyres provide the grip as well as out of the box protection from punctures/cuts for a true race ready ride straight out of the box.
The Sentry Pro is £2,800* and brings the same frameset but with upgrades in the suspension in the form of the Super Deluxe Coil with Twist remote lock-out and the class leading Rock Shox Lyric RC2. Gearset is increased to the SRAM GX Eagle and brakes go up to the mighty Code R (200mm front, 180mm rear rotors). WTB take care of the wheels again with the AYSM rims to create a light and stiff wheel and again the WTB Tough High Grip Vigilante 2.6” and Trail Boss 2.4” tyres for race ready out the box.
You, but faster – Calibre Sentry
Due in stock end of April, register your interest here:
Calibre Sentry
Calibre Sentry Pro
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*with GO Outdoors discount card - £5
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None of these are sold through bike shops, so they still cut out the middlemen and pass some savings to the consumer.
& we'll be too busy fighting over the last tin of beans in Tesco anyway.
I'm gonna ask the company supplying my bike if they can fit it with 29" Camembert wheels, they will be more valuable than gold in a few weeks, months, whatever.
same price
I wouldn't come here as a tourist, even as a bike geek.
Now Go Outdoors, please sort out your BMX offering www.gooutdoors.co.uk/cycling/bikes/bmx-bikes a decent value cromo 24" would be great
If tuned correctly, the Topaz probably edges the McLeod on long descents (like I said, the choices are limited with Manitou). However, the McLeod probably delivers 90% of the performance for under €200. You wrote about better value products and value for money the Mattoc, Magnum and McLeod deliver. Their chassis's are good but not the best. Their tunability, ease of maintenance, damper performance and air springs are top notch and prices significantly below the big two and most competing products.
Prices are sure low and I would say SR is also not bad. Topaz is made by SR, at least the body is the same.
the Mc Leod also wont fit in my frame but the topaz does, still 400 € are way less then I would pay for FOX or RockShox with each up to 800.
I do like that DVO use negativ coils on their forks that's why I like them, SR and Formula doing the same and they work also very good.
Can get him to carry that heffer of a bike too. Win win
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Exz7y4ookeE
This bike is fantastic value, probably rides to within 90% of the performance of bikes that cost 3x's as much but this kind of thing exists everywhere (Cars, clothes, computers, bla bla) - Make an infomed choice and vote with your wallet.
The sentry looks a great bike for the money though
For a start, the comparison between Orange and Calibre isnt realistic in any sense for a number of reasons so I dont know why its being discussed but....
Orange justify their pricing however they choose to do so as a private company and it is entirely up to you if you chose to purchase from them - If they could lower pricing and sell more bikes and therefore make more profit - do you not think they would do so?
As I said above, being made in the UK is just a start, their business model is also entirely different, they sell through dealers not direct etc etc.
Its like purchasing a Hope / Renthal stem v something sold directly from a taiwanese importer - its up to you to choose if there is any value in choosing one over the other. Do you think the Hope / Renthal stem is also too expensive and the price cannot be justified because of their UK manufacturing and non-direct distribution model?
With an Orange, your just paying loads of money for a bike that has crap welds and more often than not cracks as a result. Don't take my word for it, just do a Google search.
Stop trying to justify that being made in the UK means that Orange can charge whatever they want. Hope operate in the same price bracket and the manufacturing processes are quite literally 50 years ahead of what Orange are doing.
You can ‘see’ where the money is going? You think because you watch some PR videos you understand business costs?
So CNC uk and CNC Taiwan isn’t comparable?
Lots of confusion and contradiction here.
Do you preach about other business in the same way? Ralph Lauren £30 for a plain tshirt - £800 hand bags - cars - other bikes - blah blah and on to Infinitum.
Not sure where CNC comes into this conversation, since Orange don't use it?
Oh, and more than half of Orange frames are made in Taiwan ????, so yes I can see where the money's going- for the name.
Like you say, a company answers to its market. Orange are doing just that, keep up at the back.
By the way it's "answered your own..." not "answered the your own".
Apologies for making a simple mistake, I am answering you on a phone while at work without the time or motivation to make sure everything is linguistically perfect but at least my points make sense, unlike your own which are contradictory and absent of any coherency.
Case in point, the defenition of business model: "A plan for the successful operation of a business, identifying sources of revenue, the intended customer base, products, and details of financing"
I am sure you will allow the change in symantics from market to customer as I am sure you will agree the subject and meaning are the same.
The point also still stands - your whole argument is based around Orange not having a customer base to sell their product to, I am sure their customers would like to suggest otherwise, they seem to be thriving, dispite what a dimwit like yourself would like to be the case.
Honestly. Stop buying bikes like that only to be "a better" rider. Buy something playful. If you are not able to go fast on a shorter bike it means you shouldn't go fast at all. Those numbers should be reserved for people riding on the edge of physical possibilities. Nobody rides F1 car to work.
Get off your high horse.