Bolt-on dropouts offer high and low geometry settings

was the only carbon component on the bike.

The rear end of the Titan is every bit as svelte as the front triangle, but don’t think for a minute that it’s flexy; internal ribs in the rear stays guarantee that while it looks skinny, it’s still bomber-solid. It’s also adjustable. Bolt-on rear dropouts offer high and low geometry settings, and while this isn’t the lightest approach to geometry adjustment, it does mean that the head angle and BB height can be manipulated independently of the suspension progression.

It also allows Banshee to offer different-length dropouts. The standard compact option provides a 450mm chainstay length, so not that compact, and they are designed to be used with maximum tyre sizes of 2.6in on a 29in rear wheel or 2.8in on 27.5in. In reality, there’s not tons of tyre clearance at the stays, even with a 29x2.4in Maxxis Minion DHR II out back. There is also a longer-dropout option, designed to let you fit a 29x2.8in rear tyre, but I can’t see many riders taking that approach. Banshee also has dropouts for the narrower 142x12mm hub standard, which is the real beauty of a modular system as it still supports older standards.