Merida NINETY-SIX TEAM-D 2009

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CLICK ON THE PICS ABOVE FOR EXCLUSIVE IMAGES OF THE MERIDA 96 LAUNCH AT THE MERIDA TRAINING CAMP, SPAIN, FEBRUARY 2008

At only 9kg, Merida have produced the lightest full-suspension bike ever made

"There's increasing competition among the bike manufacturers for rights to the lightest production bike, and with its latest full susser Merida has decided to enter the fray. The all-new Ninety Six (named for the XC-friendly 96mm of rear travel) range is built around a 1.9kg (4.2lb) carbon fibre frame, with the top Team model dusting the scales at 9kg (19.8lb) complete.

The frame is all-carbon, right down to the rocker linkage and drive-side dropout. Not everything can be made of carbon, and the Ninety Six features titanium shock mounting hardware - all three bikes in the range run a DT Swiss XR Carbon shock with remote lockout lever. Merida has chucked a load of the currently in-vogue carbon nanotubes into its carbon fibre mix, boosting the material's strength-to-weight ratio and thus allowing them to use less of it to achieve that impressively low frame weight." (taken from BikeMagic.com 14/1/08)

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This ground-breaking machine is equipped with the following spec: 

-FULL CARBON  NANO-MATRIX  FRAME OFFERS 40% MORE IMPACT  RESISTANCE THAN  REGULAR  EPOXY MATRIX

-DT  SWISS XR  CARBON  50 REMOTE  LOCKOUT REAR  SHOCK

-MANITOU  R7 MRD 100 TPC  FORK WITH  REMOTE  LOCKOUT

-DT XCR  CARBON  DISC WHEELSET

-AVID  JUICY  ULTIMATE 160  DISC  BRAKES

-FSA K-FORCE  LITE  CHAINSET

-SRAM  XO  SHIFTERS AND  MECH

-CRANK BROTHERS  EGGBEATER 4 TI  PEDALS

TOTAL WEIGHT: 9.0 KG

OUR TOP-SPORTSMAN: NOT A SINGLE GRAM TOO MUCH AND PERFECTLY TRAINED. EACH FIBRE PURE PERFORMANCE. MADE FOR YOUR AMBITIONS IN SPORT.

Even as a prototype the Ninety-Six had won a world championship silver in Cross-Country on its first outing. The Multivan Merida Biking Team was celebrating and provided our developers important feedback for further improvements.

Matured to serial production level, it eclipses everything else: most light-weight production-fully in the world and best bottom bracket stiffness of all carbon suspension frames on the market. Meanwhile it has won its next world championship medal. Right now, the Ninety-Six is waiting for your challenge.

INTERNAL VALUES
You don’t see the true strengths of the Ninety-Six from the outside. We can explain to you why the Ninety-Six is that powerful. Or even better: You can experience it yourself.

Double Chamber Technology
Reinforcing ribs, running inside the top and down tube, improve the bending stiffness of the tubes enormously. Forces which affect the frame over fork and around the rear-shock are getting optimally absorbed and diverted.

Structural Element Monocoque
For high loads and maximum security: two separately manufactured Monocoque-segments cope with the extensive forces in both the bottom bracket and steering area effectively. An interior lug-connection provides, via a large overlap, a powerful connection of these components in the down tube. Between the less strained seat- and top tube-node we use a tube-to-tube connection, being the lightest bonding technique.

Hi-Tech Material
Our raw materials are the best available and they are processed with the greatest care. Unidirectional prepregs made of HM/UHM/IM-fibres are held by the very latest generation Nano-matrix-resin. Reliably produced by the best carbon professionals in the bike business.

IMPRESSIVE APPEARANCE

Intelligent form
The design of the Ninety-Six acts consistently in accordance with the design-fundamental “Form Follows Function”. For example the bottom bracket area is supported by the full width of down tube. The plane form in the steering head area has the same intention: to share the strengths equally and to avoid unwanted distortions. Functional design is also beautiful at the same time – with clean lines and striking forms.

Maximum Rigidity
The small connecting bridge in-between the seatstays provides a vast improvement of the rigidity of the complete rear-frame.

Minimum Weight
The rocker-link completely made of carbon is not only visually a highlight - it saves precious weight – it is 36 grams less in comparison to a completely minimized aluminium link of equal dimensions.

THE BIKE MAGAZINES ARE DELIGHTED:

„bike“ 05/08: „Better isn’t possible. MERIDA’s “Ninety- Six” possesses extraordinary lab-results, rides sensationally and raises a legitimate claim for the title: best (and most expensive) race full-suspension bike in the world.”
„Mountain Bike“ 06/08: „The Merida Ninety-Six came, saw and drove the elite of race-fullys into the ground. Versatile, strong in sprints, super light. Test winner!”
„Bike Sport News“ 05/08: „I think I’m in love!“

 

 

 

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