Prototype Banshee Spitfire

Jul 26, 2009 at 11:23
by Keith Scott  
First look at the 2010 Banshee Spitfire.

The Banshee Spitfire is a new frame that Banshee is adding to their line-up next year. It will be a 5" travel aggressive trail / enduro ripping machine with adjustable geometry and a specifically tuned VF4B linkage to offer the rider great pedaling efficiency as well as active suspension under braking.

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With a stiff yet lightweight frame offering 2 travel settings that alter geometry and riding characteristics, has banshee come up with the perfect XC / trail bike for downhillers and freeriders, as well as a great bike for XC riders to take that step up to the next level?

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If you are interested and want to read more about the Spitfire including prototype geometry charts and more pictures, please check out their designer's blog write up.

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44 Comments
  • 10 1
 looks like a killer bike im really impressed with the bikes they have been putting out
  • 6 1
 sounds like it will be a very strong bike to take the more difficult lines on the enduro courses. but i would like to know what the two geometry settings are...
  • 3 0
 looks like they added a 1/2 travel to the pyre frame. the pyre is a great frame.
  • 2 0
 Yeah! Looks like my pyre!
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  • 5 1
 Is Banshee a brand of Pacific Corp.?
  • 6 1
 Banshee is NOT part of the Pacific that owns GT, Schwinn, Mongoose, etc. Banshee bikes are made in a small, high quality factory in Taiwan called Pacific Cycles, the same place they make Canfield and a few other high end brands.
  • 5 0
 e.g. Birdy folding bikes, right?
  • 2 0
 Yeah, they make Birdy, Evil, Niner, Astrix etc too.
  • 1 0
 They own Cannondale and Iron Horse now, too.
  • 1 0
 Different company, That is Pacific Corp.
  • 1 0
 the GT, mongoose, schwinn, cannondale etc. all owned by Dorel, you know the company that also makes your entertainment stand
  • 4 1
 That looks so solid. Now if only I had money...
  • 8 1
 Sell a kindey.
  • 3 1
 (just 4 kicks) what can one usually get for ones' kidney?
  • 1 0
 heck, you could get quite a penny for it. you only need one anyways...
  • 2 0
 What if you sold a kidney to buy the bike and then wrecked on a trail and ruptured the other one. Talk about irony.
  • 1 0
 i guess you would be on dialysis for the rest of your life. Be ready to pay those medical bills...maybe donate your sperm or somethin'
  • 1 0
 Then during another trail ride crash you somehow manage to bust your nuts so hard that you can no longer produce active sperm. ouch
  • 1 0
 drenboi, If that were to happen, I think I'd be wishin' at that very moment, that I was dead! lol
  • 4 0
 Sounds like a plan.
  • 3 0
 Banshee know how to make great looking bikes!
  • 4 0
 yeah it looks so high quality perfect welds and simple pleasing lines
  • 2 0
 The Only Problem here is that Oryx( now Rocky Mountain) Made a dually Spitfire frame. I used to own one.!!
  • 2 0
 that is a 100% minter really like AM/FR bikes and this is defo gonna be on my list for mi next bike
  • 3 0
 GIANT ANTHEM!!!! Nice bike though lol...
  • 1 0
 I agree.. Suspension design look familiar, only more travel.. I've ridden the Anthem, and it's a very good design.
  • 3 0
 thats actually quite nice
  • 1 1
 Kinda like the Lapierre Zesty/Spicy range. TBH the Laps look a lot better, cleaner lines, better looking hydroformed tubes and neater cable routing.
  • 1 0
 I like it, really straight-forward design. Clean look. I consider Banshee more and more every day for my next purchase.
  • 3 2
 reminds me of the 2006 or so specialized enduros
  • 1 0
 Thats the same linkage as meastro suspension... What makes it better?
  • 3 1
 ITS SO GAYYY!!
  • 2 1
 someone enlighten me on how this differs from the maestro patent?
  • 2 1
 my thoughts exactly haha
  • 1 0
 Leverage and wheel path will be entirely different. but I get what your saying.
  • 1 0
 I was thinking the exact same thing, except with DW-link in mind...
  • 2 0
 Looks nicer.
  • 1 0
 sweet bike Smile
  • 1 0
 Looks like a fun ride!!
  • 1 1
 flippin sweet, i gotta say, yet another great lookin bike from banshee
  • 1 2
 Looks sick, but a lot like the Transition Covert.
  • 2 0
 Other than an entirely different suspension design?
  • 2 3
 looks dated







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